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Barcelona add former player to shortlist of Marcus Rashford alternatives
As well as signing a centre-back and striker, Barcelona must also address the situation with Marcus Rashford this summer. The Manchester United loanee is increasingly unlikely to sign on permanently at the Spotify Camp Nou, and if a new loan cannot be agreed upon, the Catalans will be forced into securing the services of a replacement.

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More than three decades later, the wound still hasn’t fully healed, and Deon Thomas made that clear again this week as Illinois prepares for the Final Four. Speaking about Bruce Pearl and his presence on NCAA Tournament broadcasts, Thomas didn’t hold back, reminding everyone that what happened in 1989 still carries weight inside the Illinois program.
For Thomas, this isn’t just history.

When Illinois coach Brad Underwood looks back on his team’s game against Connecticut on Black Friday, he almost doesn’t recognize the Illini.
UConn’s 74-61 win over Illinois on Nov. 28 was a reality check for Underwood’s team. The Illini entered the season with big goals and split games with ranked Texas Tech and Alabama teams in the first couple of weeks of the season.
Then the Huskies, ranked No. 5 at the time, jumped to a double-digit first-half lead and led by as many as 21 points in a game that was never really close at Madison Square Garden.

FISHERS – It did not take long for Vaughn Karvala to get recognized in his future home state.
The 6-foot-7 Indiana recruit joked that he had “taken at least 50 pictures” with fans since he arrived at the Hamilton Southeastern gym on Thursday for the Chipotle Nationals, a 10-team tournament featuring many of the top high school basketball players in the country.
“It’s great here,” Karvala said with a smile.

Karvala, ranked as a four-star prospect and the No. 51 player nationally in the 2026 class by 247sports, helped his third-seeded CIA Bella Vista Prep (Ariz.

I don’t know what’s going on with ballpark food, but everything is absolutely insane this year, even by MLB concession standards.
We’ve seen buckets of nachos, buckets of fried chicken that’s actually ice cream, and even a brownie topped with brisket.
But nothing stopped me in my tracks quite like the Texas Rangers’ new Rally Sombrero.
Why? Because it’s a wearable nacho hat, that’s why!
There were times in human history when food was hard to come by.
Now, we’re wearing it on our heads just because we can, and it’s kind of funny.

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 29: Angela Dugalic #32, Charlisse Leger-Walker #5, Lauren Betts #51 and Gabriela Jaquez #11 of the UCLA Bruins react against the Duke Blue Devils during the fourth quarter in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Golden 1 Center on March 29, 2026 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Thien-An Truong/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Women’s Final Four field is set and the teams still alive will battle in Phoenix on Friday, April 3 for a spot in the 2026 national championship game. It’s all No.

Tiger Woods rolling a Land Rover onto its side on Jupiter Island gets crazier with every clip of footage released, and the wildest part of the story is here…
Amid his DUI arrest on March 27, Tiger went full “Pulp Fiction” and phoned a close friend in a time of dire need… President Donald J. Trump.
In newly released footage from TMZ, Tiger is shown telling deputies he had already been on the phone with No. 47, fessing up to flipping his SUV over like a burger patty and probably hoping to get bailed out by the Commander-in-Chief.

Tiger Woods was arrested and charged with DUI after his Range Rover flipped over in Florida last week. Woods had no alcohol in his system according to a breathalyzer, but he failed a field sobriety test before his arrest. Woods had a couple white pills in his pocket at the crash scene, which were identified as hydrocodone by TMZ.
The golf pro knew he was in trouble after police showed up to the scene, and he had a bright idea to try to get out of it: call President Trump.
TMZ released a video of Woods calling Trump shortly after the crash — or at least that’s what he told police.

This season for the Toronto Maple Leafs has been nothing short of a complete and utter disaster, with the team, which came in as projected Stanley Cup contender (though I’d argue that was never really the case), about to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
GM Brad Treliving got the axe earlier this week, and with a GM change, a coaching change usually isn’t too far behind, meaning head coach Craig Berube could be next out the door.

Alice Pereira wanted to become the youngest women to sign with the UFC, joining the promotion just days after turning 19, but ultimately lost a decision to Montserrat Rendon in her debut. She’s back seven months later to face off against Hailey Cowan at UFC Vegas 115, which goes down April 4 at the Meta APEX, and has mixed feelings about her first night as a UFC fighter.