There will be no back-to-back runs to the Final Four for the Alabama Crimson Tide, who fell 85-65 to the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils in the East Region final of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Saturday night at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Duke (35-3 overall) cut down the nets after getting 21 points from Kon Knueppel, 17 from Tyrese Proctor and 16 from freshman star Cooper Flagg in a resounding victory over the Crimson Tide (28-9) in the Elite Eight. The Blue Devils led from start to finish, and their 20-point lead as the final buzzer sounded was their largest of the game.
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Dansby Swanson may be off to a slow start at the plate to begin the new MLB season, but the shortstop is making up for it in the field, and doing so in style.
Swanson’s Chicago Cubs took a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night, and while it looked as if they would cruise to victory, nothing came easy in the final frame.
Veteran closer Ryan Pressly gave up a single to Josh Naylor to start the inning before throwing a pitch Eugenio Suarez left the yard with to make it a 4-3 game without an out on the board.
Everyone is talking about Florida Gators star senior guard Walter Clayton Jr., and for good reason. But there’s another guy who deserves as much, if not more, credit than Clayton: head coach Todd Golden.
Look, Clayton was sensational. He scored 30 points in the team’s 82-77 Elite Eight win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders and made two huge three-pointers in the final two minutes of the game, including the one that gave Florida the lead for good.
Despite Clayton struggling early in the game, Golden leaned on his star late.
Georgetown (Tx.) 2026 running back Jett Walker made the trek to West Virginia to get an up close look at the football program.
And Walker left campus with a strong impression.
“I thought the visit was great. What stood out was what coach (Rich) Rodriguez is building in Morgantown,” he said.
The Mountaineers initially extended a scholarship offer to Walker in February and since that time he has been able to get to know not only Rodriguez, but running backs coach Larry Porter better.
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BERLIN (AP) — Andrej Ilić scored what proved to be the winner for Union Berlin to boost its Bundesliga survival hopes with a 2-1 win in Freiburg on Sunday.
Freiburg’s loss after seven games without defeat prevented it from getting closer to the Champions League qualification places. Freiburg remained three points behind fourth-placed Mainz ahead of Mainz’ game later at Borussia Dortmund. Only the top four qualify for Europe’s top competition.
Union came from behind as it moved eight points clear of Heidenheim in the relegation playoff spot.
Javier Mendez has been by Cain Velasquez’s side through pretty much every life scenario, and that was no different during the former UFC heavyweight champion’s recent legal battle with charges including attempted murder.
Velasquez was sentenced March 24 to five years in prison minus time served after he shot at Harry Goularte, a man accused of molesting Velasquez’s son at a daycare. Velasquez struck the man’s stepfather resulting in injury.
Cowboys fans have been obsessing for months- and will continue to for another three weeks- over who the team should select with the 12th overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft. The roster needs are certainly plenty: running back, wide receiver, cornerback, offensive line, even defensive line, to name just the biggies.
Grabbing an elite talent in the first half of the first round is indeed a tantalizing notion, a silver lining that makes the previous year’s disappointing 7-10 finish a little easier to stomach.
But Jerry Jones & Co.