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The superstar dropped 41 points as the Hawkeyes made their second-ever Final Four.
Caitlin Clark and Iowa are Final Four bound.
The superstar guard led the charge for the Hawkeyes as they cruised to a 97–83 victory against Louisville in the Elite Eight on Sunday night. It’ll be the program’s first trip to the Final Four since 1993. 
It was a historic night for Clark, who became the first player in women’s NCAA tournament history to record a 40-point triple-double. Her performance also made her the first to record a 30-point triple-double during the Big Dance.

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There are several clubs paying players who are no longer on their rosters this season.
Every year on July 1, baseball fans from the snarkiest corners of internet emerge to commemorate a day that draws groans from the greater Queens area: Bobby Bonilla Day.
It’s that special day, of course, when former All-Star third baseman Bobby Bonilla—who last appeared in an MLB game in 2001—receives $1.19 million from the Mets as part of his contract with the team that guaranteed him a seven-figure payday each year from ’11 to ’35.

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Los Angeles is currently the No. 9 seed in the Western Conference.
The Lakers are still fighting to make the NBA playoffs, but LeBron James thinks the team should be aiming higher than just that. 
After making his return from injury on Sunday during L.A.’s loss to the Bulls, James indicated that he’s hopeful the Lakers can finish the season among the top six teams in the Western Conference. 
Following Sunday’s loss, the Lakers sit in the ninth seed in the West, though only 1.5 games separate them and the Warriors for sixth place in the conference.

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This year’s Final Four features a No. 4-seed favorite along with three first-time participants, a fitting field for a college basketball season that didn’t have any truly great teams.
Welcome to a Final Four nobody predicted but many saw coming. The specifics—three first-time programs, two mid-major conferences, zero teams from the top three seed lines—are stunning, but the general upheaval shouldn’t be.
Men’s college basketball was torqued inside-out like an umbrella in a windstorm this season, so this is an appropriate result.

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Fans who watched sports live reported lower levels of loneliness.
Most people take for granted that playing sports is good for the body. However, new research indicates that merely watching sports live may be good for the mind as well.
Participants in a study conducted by Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England who attended live sporting events reported lower levels of loneliness and higher levels of life satisfaction than those who did not, according to a paper published in Frontiers in Public Health.

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History repeated itself on Sunday as the Miami coach led the program to its first Final Four on the anniversary of his legendary Elite Eight win at George Mason.
For the second time in his career, Miami coach Jim Larrañaga will lead a team into the Final Four after guiding the fifth-seeded Hurricanes past No. 2 Texas in the Elite Eight. But, while Miami’s first-time berth will have its own place in NCAA history, for Larrañaga, Sunday’s win carried added significance considering it came exactly 17 years after the start of his first legendary Final Four run.

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Inside the NBA’s Charles Barkley can’t help but speak the blunt truth, especially on the latest episode of “60 Minutes.”
The NBA legend, who’s led an equally successful career in broadcasting, touched on several buzzing topics in the league. One person he notably called out, in typical Chuck fashion, was Kevin Durant.
NBA’s Player-Driven League Fuels Guys Like Durant
On the program, Barkley called out Durant for being too sensitive toward outside criticism. Barkley painted that level of softness among NBA players as a broader issue of today’s league.

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The Hawkeyes’ superstar stands alone in Division I history.
Caitlin Clark is in a league of her own.
The Iowa superstar achieved some jaw-dropping history on Sunday during the Hawkeyes’ Elite Eight tilt against Louisville.
Clark, who piled in 15 of Iowa’s 25 first-quarter points while adding four assists, became the first Division I basketball player in NCAA history to record 900+ points and 300+ assists in a single season. No other player in men’s or women’s Division I NCAA basketball history has achieved the feat, according to The Sporting News.

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The past and present Suns forwards have traded words in the last two months.
In almost quarter of a century on TNT’s Inside the NBA, Hall of Fame forward Charles Barkley has never been afraid to make his opinions known. 
After all, the Round Mound of Rebound’s legendary broadcasting career has spanned nearly a third of NBA history. During that time, Barkley’s contemporaries have given way to younger generations of players given over to different values.

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