Roughly 12 hours after its most celebrated event ended with the sweet sounds of “One Shining Moment,” the NCAA found itself with a new legal battle to fight.
Lawyers filed a multimillion-dollar, antitrust class-action lawsuit against the governing body of college athletics Tuesday, seeking retroactive Alston-related educational payments for college athletes dating back to 2018.
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Now champions of men’s college basketball for a fifth time, no program in the sport’s history has a profile like the UConn Huskies.
With a 76-59 win over San Diego State that never really felt in doubt, the 2022-23 Connecticut Huskies completed one of the most dominant national championship runs in the history of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
The numbers, and I’m guessing you’ve seen some of them by now, are staggering.
After an evening that featured significant celebrations over UConn’s fifth national championship on Monday, 15 people were arrested and 16 people were hospitalized in Storrs, Conn. by early Tuesday morning according to the university.
More than 10,000 fans attended the watch party in the school’s basketball arena, Gampel Pavilion, and many took to the streets to party and celebrate the win. However, chaos ensued as a result of the celebrations leading to broken light poles and windows, a turned over vehicle, and multiple fires set to trash cans and benches.
The Baltimore Ravens are reportedly very interested in adding Odell Beckham Jr. to the roster.
OBJ has been hunting for the right opportunity to return to the NFL, but so far, he hasn’t reached a deal. There was an initial report that the former Rams WR wanted $20 million to sign. He disputed the claim. The number was then reported to be closer to $15 million, which OBJ also disputed.
Now, the Ravens have reportedly stepped forward and put an offer on the table for an unknown amount of money.
Ravens reportedly make Odell Beckham Jr. an offer.
Would Bill Belichick really trade Mac Jones? Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reports that the Patriots coach has contacted “several” teams about the third-year quarterback.
The Padres are one of the best teams in Major League Baseball. And with all of their young stars, they’re also one of the most fun teams to watch in MLB.
That proved to be the case again Monday night when they beat the Diamondbacks in a back-and-forth game that ended with Ha-Seong Kim blasting a game-winning homer in the bottom of the ninth that had his teammates going wild and had Petco Park going off.
You know what made this home run even more fun? The Korean broadcast call of it.
This merger isn’t good for anyone except the billionaires at the top.
Months of speculation ended on Monday when Endeavor, the parent company of the UFC, formally announced it reached an agreement to purchase 51 percent of WWE with the plans of merging the companies. It brings together two of the biggest combat sports brands on the planet, with UFC representing the unscripted athletic side, while WWE will continue its sports entertainment brand.
On the surface it might seem like this is all fine.
Despite his record-breaking season, the new Yankees captain is still looking for the edge that will deliver his team a first World Series title since 2009.
Winning national championships runs in the family for LSU’s Angel Reese and UConn’s Jordan Hawkins.
The cousins from Maryland both won national titles with their respective schools in the last two days. Reese and LSU beat Iowa 102–85 and earned the game’s MVP award on Sunday.
After UConn won the men’s NCAA title on Monday night, Hawkins was asked about how it felt to have Reese and him both win national championships this year. It sounds like the two already have plans to celebrate together.
Monday night’s game between the Mariners and Angels was not the first time that Shohei Ohtani and Ichiro Suzuki came together on the baseball diamond, but it was just as powerful as the first. The former continues to have the utmost respect for the latter, for whom he has long talked about his admiration.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for him. What he has done for this game, our country and the fans. I wish we could have played against him, but it wasn’t meant to be.