April 3, 2023 is a day that UConn students will not soon forget. Some more than others, because it got out of hand and changed the course of their lives.
After back-to-back first round exits in the NCAA Tournament, Huskies basketball broke through as a No. 4 seed and won the national title in dominant fashion. Dan Hurley’s team beat its first five March Madness opponents by a 20.6-point average margin of victory, and took down San Diego State by 17 in the championship game.
As soon as the final buzzer sounded in Houston, it was mayhem in Storrs.
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Presumed top NBA Draft pick Victor Wembanyama looked more like a G-Leaguer during Saturday’s Pro A Finals in France.
Wemby’s Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitan 92’s dropped Game 1 of the series to Monaco by 23 points. Victor Wembanyama’s lackluster performance was a major reason for the lopsided loss.
The 7’4″ big finished with just eight points 3-of-8 shooting. Wembanyama added seven rebounds, two assists and a block.
Saturday’s loss was just the second time this season that Wembanyama scored in single digits.
With ABC broadcasting the NBA Finals, Charles Barkley’s work for TNT is over for the year, opening up his schedule to attend the Stanley Cup Final. The Basketball Hall of Famer was in attendance for Game 4 between the Panthers and Golden Knights on Saturday, and he shared a humorous story about one of the competitors in this year’s NHL championship series.
Barkley said he recently introduced himself to Golden Knights star Jack Eichel, but the NBA analyst is convinced Eichel didn’t recognize him.
“The other day I was at the hotel.
Tom Brady might be sparking potential unretirement rumors after filming a trick shot video with popular YouTuber James Donaldson, better known as MrBeast.
Except this time, the newly retired quarterback seemed to be joking about coming back to the NFL. Brady was tasked with trying to hit Donaldson’s drone with a football as the pair stood aboard a boat.
“If I hit the drone on the first try, maybe I should come out of retirement,” Brady said.
Brady being Brady, he did indeed hit the drone on the first attempt, putting his comment up for question.
Southern Miss and Tennessee both entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in their respective Regionals. Only one was offered the chance to host a Super Regional, and the NCAA’s decision created a lot of controversy.
Frustration amongst the fanbases was only escalated further on Saturday.
Southern Miss fans point and thumbs down a Tennessee fan during a NCAA baseball super regional game held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Saturday, June 10, 2023.(© Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK)
Tennessee was the No. 2 seed in the Clemson Regional and won.
The stars showed up and showed out for the 2023 French Open men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud on Sunday afternoon in Paris.
One of the biggest names in the stands was retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady. The seven-time Super Bowl champion sat next to Djokovic’s wife, Jelena, as the tennis star pursued a record 23rd Grand Slam title. Ruud is seeking his first major title.
Soccer stars Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain and newly retired Zlatan Ibrahimović attended the match together.
Since Aaron Judge suffered a toe injury last weekend, the Yankees have been vague about his timetable to return. In the team’s last update, it put the outfielder on the injured list with a contusion and a sprain of the ligament in his right big toe, although he avoided a fracture.
On Saturday, manager Aaron Boone offered the latest update on the superstar, as the swelling in Judge’s toe seems to have subsided for the first time in a week.
“He is doing a little bit better [Friday] and [Saturday],” Boone said, via the New York Post’s Mark Sanchez.
Saturday’s Premier Lacrosse League game between the Atlas and Whipsnakes was decided by one goal. It was a pair of shorts that was the difference.
The Atlas and Whipsnakes took the field for their first meeting of the 2023 season at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Both teams were evenly matched and the game was tied at 11 with less than 30 seconds left.
At that point, Atlas attackman Chris Gray came alive. He was having a horrible day up until that point and missed his first nine shots.
All he needed was one!
Gray got the ball at the X with 17.
Bears quarterback Justin Fields regularly shows his extraordinary athletic skills on the football field, but how do those skills translate onto a basketball court?
That question was answered recently when the Bears participated in a team-building event focused around basketball at the United Center on their last day of organized team activities.
In a video posted Thursday, Bears players can be seen trying to make shots from all over the court at the Bulls’ home arena. One of the best shots from the event came from Fields as he stood on the Bulls logo at half court.
Caleb Odom spent the weekend visiting the University of Florida. It resulted in a hilarious recruiting mishap that went extremely viral across the college football world.
Odom, a four-star tight end in the Class of 2024, stands 6-foot-4, 220 pounds. He will have his pick of the litter in terms of where to play on the next level, but Ole Miss, Auburn, Alabama and Florida are in hot pursuit. Miami, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Penn State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas A&M and UCF are among his other offers.