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Illinois vs Houston live score, updates, highlights from March Madness Sweet 16 game originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The third-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini take on the second-seeded Houston Cougars in a 2026 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup. Illinois is coming off a 76-55-88 last-second victory over VCU. Houston defeated Texas A&M 88-57 to advance to the Sweet 16.
The Illini (26-8), who finished in second place in a three-way tie in the Big 10 Conference, have won four of the last five games.
Jordan Pope didn’t really hesitate on Thursday when it came to whether or not he was going to take the court at the SAP Center.
Despite his broken foot, the Texas star was going to play.
“I couldn’t break it any more, so there wasn’t much of a high risk in terms of the actual injury,” Pope said. “Obviously you can hurt other things, but I had nothing to lose. It was the Sweet 16, I’m back home in front of my family … I’ll never have this opportunity again. I couldn’t let that pass. I think I would have regretted that a lot if I would have.
While Tiger Woods makes every effort to play in the Masters, President Donald Trump believes he already knows the 15-time major champion will not be teeing it up at Augusta National in two weeks.
Trump was asked March 26 on Fox News who he believed would win the season’s first major and he answered it by saying Woods would not be playing.
“I love Tiger, but he won’t be there,” Trump said. “Well, he’ll be there, but he won’t be playing in it.
Did Jaylen Brown just shore up his Most Valuable Player case in a potential 2026 NBA Finals preview between his Boston Celtics and the Oklahoma City Thunder? The Georgia native showed out in what was likely the Celtics best win of the 2025-26 NBA regular season, outplaying MVP front-runner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander while helping Boston beat the league’s reigning champions.
And Brown did it on both ends of the court, defending at an All-Defense level while being the engine of the Celtics offense as well.
Patriots Picking Up Steam As Ideal Spot For $100M Edge Rusher originally appeared on NESN.
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All signs point to the New England Patriots being one of the few teams in the league with both the cap space and the inclination to go into the free-agent pool to recruit a true finisher at defensive end.
We have seen teams like the Buffalo Bills add players like future Hall of Famer Von Miller to bolster a team with Super Bowl aspirations in the past.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – DECEMBER 22: Indianapolis Colts Mascot Blue cheers during the NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts on December 22, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For the first time in 39 years, Iowa is heading to the Elite Eight, thanks in part to a disastrous blunder by Nebraska in the final minute of play. Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm has sued his parents for millions of dollars, alleging they moved large amounts of his money into financial accounts they managed for him and then used some of the cash to pay their own expenses. Stoic Curt Cignetti isn’t interested in your brand. The Indiana head coach has no plans to let his Hoosiers go Hollywood. Prized transfer wideout Nick Marsh learned that lesson the hard way this week.
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The Big Ten showdown in Houston was one to remember, as the sweet sixteen got underway Thursday night with a bang. Unfortunately for Nebraska fans, they will be rehashing this loss for quite some time, with a massive mistake coming out of a timeout helping the Hawkeyes clinch the win.
The score was 71-68, and the Hawkeyes were inbounding the ball with :58 remaining in the game.
The former Michigan State standout strolled onto the field for spring practice wearing flashy gold cleats, and Cignetti didn’t wait to make his point.
“He learned what getting your a** ripped is all about,” Cignetti told reporters on Thursday, humbling the young star. The coach didn’t just target the shoes.