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We are down to the final four of the World Baseball Classic, and we'll have a new titleholder. Defending champion Japan is out after losing to Venezuela in Saturday's quarterfinals. The South American squad now joins two other star-studded casts and one espresso-powered surprise for the semifinals in Miami. Italy took down Puerto Rico earlier on Saturday and will now join the party in Miami, where the Azzurri will face […]

Unsurprisingly, the quote that reverberated around social media following UConn’s comfortable victory over Georgetown in the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament semifinals on Friday night came from head coach Dan Hurley. He was asked to share his thoughts on an impending matchup with top-seeded St. John’s, an opponent with whom the Huskies split their regular season contests, and Hurley provided another trademark quip. "It's going to be a death match […]

"Hello, A.J. … what's happening?" Star wide receiver A.J. Brown remains a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. Nonetheless, Brown's four-year stint with the Eagles (2022-25) has come against the backdrop of the three-time Pro Bowler publicly complaining about his role in the team's offense and rampant speculation about his relationship (or lack thereof) with quarterback Jalen Hurts. Just last season, Brown told fans to "get rid" of him if they […]

DAIKIN PARK (Houston) – As Team USA quashed a late charge from Canada on Friday night, Paul Skenes had already started the process of preparing for a seemingly indomitable machine. The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, the best hope the United States has of getting back to the World Baseball Classic final, took off early to get ready for his Sunday start in Miami where a juggernaut will […]

DAIKIN PARK (Houston) – Once again, it did not come easily or stylishly for Team USA on Friday night, as evidenced by the subdued celebration on the field in the aftermath of its victory against its neighbors to the north. It seemed more like a sigh of relief than a scene of jubilation. But coming off a shocking pool-play loss to Italy that put its tournament hopes at risk, the […]

Braylon Mullins scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half, Jayden Ross hit a couple of momentum-stunting 3-pointers in the second, and sixth-ranked UConn defeated Georgetown on Friday night, 67-51, to set up a showdown of the top two seeds in the Big East Tournament final. The second-seeded Huskies (29-4) will face regular-season conference champion and 13th-ranked St. John's in the title game Saturday night after the Red […]

It’s not easy to find bargains in the first few days of free agency, when NFL teams were busy throwing more than a billion dollars in contracts around. The market is rarely filled with star players, which means most free agents end up getting vastly overpaid. But even in this first wave of new deals, there were a few that had the potential to be steals. It will take a […]

There has been well over a billion dollars in contracts handed out in the first wave of NFL free agency. Not all of it was spent wisely.It’ll be months or even years, of course, before we know the full damage caused by some of the deals in this year’s free-agent frenzy. But at first glance, here are five that look like the riskiest bets so far. RELATED: The 5 Best […]

It's not surprising to see Japan and the Dominican Republic emerge from World Baseball Classic pool play undefeated. The third unbeaten squad, though? It's not who anyone would've expected. The 20-team field is down to eight, and while pool play didn't go the way Team USA would've envisioned, the dream team survived thanks to Italy's extraordinary 4-0 run through Pool B. Now, the top four favorites from our initial World […]