The women’s Final Four is underway in Dallas. Can Angel Reese and 3-seed LSU knock down No.
Author: Michael
HOUSTON – One could almost see the wheels turning in Miami coach Jim Larranaga’s head when asked about ruining the Final Four from a local and regional basis.
“I’d rather not say,” he said Friday while on the way to other interviews. But he was smiling. And that said it all.
His No. 5 seed Hurricanes last Friday upset the No. 1 seed University of Houston, which is located five miles from NRG Stadium, site of the Final Four Saturday night here.
Then last Sunday, Miami team knocked off No. 2 seed and state flagship institution Texas, which is 164 miles west of Houston.
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo made clear that he does not support immediate eligibility for athletes transferring for a second time and that he also does not trust the NCAA’s plan to restrict immediate eligibility exceptions made for two-time transfers.
Under the NCAA’s new rule from earlier this year, players who transfer for a second time will not be permitted a waiver and must sit for a season if they transfer for reasons that include a coaching change or reduced playing time.
Colorado Rockies right-hander Justin Lawrence has some of the filthiest stuff in all of Major League Baseball.
We recently showed you some of his frisbee-like pitches from a spring training game that made us think his pitches just weren’t fair.
Well, he took things to an even more impressive level during the Rockies’ Opening Day victory over the San Diego Padres when he came in for one inning and proceeded to strike out Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts, and Jake Cronenworth with some of the nastiest pitches you’ll ever see.
Caitlin Clark and a red-hot Iowa offense face undefeated South Carolina’s vaunted defense. LSU’s Angel Reese clashes with Virginia Tech center Elizabeth Kitley.
Two days after publicly bashing officials following a loss, Timberwolves star center Rudy Gobert received discipline from the NBA in response to his scathing comments.
Gobert was fined $25,000 on Friday for “public criticism of the officiating,” the league announced. Timberwolves coach Chris Finch, who also voiced his disappointment in the officials after Wednesday’s 107–100 loss to the Suns, was fined $15,000 for the same offense.
Gobert and Finch’s comments came after Minnesota, the West’s current No.
ESPN 300 quarterback Jadyn Davis, the No. 35 overall prospect in 2024, announced his commitment to the Michigan Wolverines on Friday.
LaMarcus Aldridge is retiring from basketball for a second time. The 37-year-old big man briefly retired during the 2020-21 season after experiencing an irregular heartbeat, but returned to the Nets the next season.
Kansas freshman Gradey Dick, the No. 11 prospect in ESPN’s NBA draft projections, declared for the NBA draft on ESPn’s NBA Today on Friday.
Former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo has been hired as the director of leadership at UCLA, where he will serve as an adviser to the team’s staff and players.