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Count the president’s bracket among many that were busted on Thursday.
College basketball fans everywhere had their brackets busted Thursday when two key upsets occurred in the afternoon window of the men’s NCAA tournament.
In the South Region, No. 13-seed Furman upset No. 4-seed Virginia when a desperation pass from Kihei Clark went awry. Not too long after that, No. 15-seed Princeton stunned No. 2-seed Arizona with stifling defense and timely offense down the stretch to put the Ivy League champions over the top.

The 60-year-old NBA icon has been the team’s majority owner since 2010.
The Hornets could soon be under ownership following a report that owner Michael Jordan may be looking to sell the team.
Jordan, who’s owned Charlotte for 13 years, is currently engaged in “serious talks” to sell his stake to a group led by Hornets minority owner Gabe Plotkin and Hawks minority owner Rick Schnall, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowki reported Thursday. The deal is reportedly not imminent but there is said to be “significant momentum” on a sale, according to Wojnarowski.

The Tigers’ poetic upset over No. 2 Arizona is the latest in a string of these increasingly-common wins.
For a second straight year, a No. 15 seed from New Jersey has upended the men’s NCAA tournament bracket.
Last year, it was Saint Peter’s, the small commuter school in Jersey City that electrified the sports world on its run to the Elite Eight. This time around, it’s Princeton, one of the world’s most prestigious universities, providing the first true tournament shocker.

The team’s play-by-play announcer will continue his radio show after signing a lucrative extension with ESPN.
Yankees television voice Michael Kay, who has also hosted a longtime ESPN New York radio show in the New York metropolitan area for over two decades, will continue his weekday radio show after contemplating retirement, he announced on his show on Thursday.
Reports of Kay considering ending his radio show after 21 years was first reported by the New York Post, but in the end, the contract extension offer from ESPN was too much to pass up, and The Michael Kay Show will continue.

Bulls guard Lonzo Ball will undergo another procedure on his troublesome left knee, which could cost him most — if not all — of the 2023-24 season, sources said.

No. 15-seed Princeton scored the final nine points and held Arizona scoreless over the final 4 minutes, 21 seconds on Thursday to earn the school’s first NCAA tournament win in 25 years.

Hornets owner Michael Jordan is engaged in serious talks to sell a majority stake in the franchise, sources told ESPN.

It actually seems to be on the verge of happening. The Commanders, after nearly 24 years of ownership by Dan Snyder, could very soon be under new management. Per multiple sources, Dan and Tanya Snyder have cleared out of the team’s facility in advance of the sale of the team.

The Tide entered March Madness under a cloud unlike any ever seen in college basketball, but you wouldn’t have known it from an utterly routine first-round rout.

The Dallas quarterback shared his thoughts on the franchise’s release of the three-time Pro Bowl running back.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is still adjusting to the fact that he will go into the remainder of the offseason and the 2023 campaign without his friend and running back Ezekiel Elliott lined up in the backfield with him.
Dallas released Elliott on Wednesday in what was described as a “mutual decision” between the three-time Pro Bowler and the franchise, allowing the Cowboys to increase their “flexibility and options” according to owner Jerry Jones.