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The USA is into the World Baseball Classic championship game, and now they await their opponent. Team USA held off the Dominican Republic to advance to the final. In the other semifinal, undefeated Italy will continue its surprise run against Venezuela, which ousted Shohei Ohtani and the reigning champion Japan. Here's the upcoming schedule: All times Eastern: Semifinals Sunday, March 15 Monday, March 16 Final Tuesday, March 17: Previous Quarterfinal […]

Conference tournaments are underway, the first sign that March Madness has arrived! Each of men's college basketball's 31 conference tournament champions earns an automatic berth to the 2026 NCAA Tournament, while the other 37 spots are awarded to at-large participants by the tournament’s selection committee. Follow along to see which teams have locked up an auto-bid thus far, as of March 15: This story will be updated throughout the week. […]

Roughly two-thirds of the way through the 2025-26 men's college basketball season, a statistical oddity seemed to be emerging: Nearly 50 teams were averaging more than 120 points per 100 possessions — the standard metric used to derive offensive efficiency — as the calendar turned from January to February. Intuitively, the number seemed extraordinarily high — even for a year when there is so much elite-level talent across the sport that […]

One of the most optimistic times of the year for NFL fans has arrived. Free agency has started with a bang, with several huge deals around the league already completed. We're grading every notable signing and even a few trades as the deals happen. Did your favorite team make smart moves? Let's take a look at how we view some of the top signings and trades around the league. [NFL […]

Washington, D.C. — INDYCAR drivers are known to focus on the track ahead of them, but there will be plenty for them — and fans — to look at when they race Aug. 23 in the nation’s capital. Federal, city and INDYCAR officials announced plans for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix course, a 1.66-mile, seven-turn circuit with a start-finish line on 3rd street with the U.S. Capitol (less than a […]

The Fanatics Flag Football Classic is going stateside, and it might have an Olympic-like feel. Tom Brady and a handful of current NFL stars of past and present will compete in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic, which will now be held at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. The Fanatics Flag Football Classic will still be held on Saturday, March 21, after switching events, but Team USA Football will now participate […]

The final regular-season rankings are in, just in time for the best stretch of the college basketball calendar. It's time for conference championship week, with Selection Sunday right around the corner. My top-3 teams remain unchanged, but UConn’s shocking loss to Marquette could shake up the 1-seed picture and open the door for Florida, a team that has surged after a shaky 5-4 start to the season. The defending champs […]

Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, Ariz.) — The bosses are always happy with a victory, but Ryan Blaney certainly thrilled the Team Penske brass with his victory Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series race. Blaney didn’t just pick up the first Penske victory of the NASCAR season, but he also made it an INDYCAR-Cup sweep for the organization, which is the only one with both a NASCAR and INDYCAR operation under one […]

An unmistakable swell of noise began to reverberate around Crisler Center with a little over a minute remaining on Sunday afternoon, the legions of Michigan faithful understanding that another iteration of the rivalry with Michigan State was about to go their way. The Wolverines’ lead swelled to seven before the last-ditch foul fest began. They added 11 more points from the free-throw line to ensure that nothing about the waning […]