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A humiliating drubbing for last season’s champions. It was always going to be a tough defence for Phil Dowson’s side after the loss of their totemic veterans Courtney Lawes, Lewis Ludlam, Alex Waller and Alex Moon from last year’s pack.
But even with Alex Mitchell and Tommy Freeman, two of the stars of England’s Six Nations campaign rested, and Ollie Sleightholme unavailable because of injury, the flatness and inaccuracy of their performance was alarming.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Freshman Joyce Edwards scored 22 points in her first women’s NCAA Tournament game as No. 1 seed South Carolina began its run at a second straight national title with a 108-48 victory over Tennessee Tech on Friday.
The Gamecocks (31-3) improved to 17-1 in the past four women’s tournaments, winning in 2022 and 2024. The lone defeat came to Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the national semifinals in 2023.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Aaronette Vonleh had 25 points and 11 rebounds, leading fourth-seeded Baylor to a 73-60 victory over Grand Canyon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
Jada Walker scored 17 points as the host Bears (28-7) ended the Lopes’ nation-leading winning streak at 30 games in Grand Canyon’s first NCAA appearance. Baylor will play the Mississippi-Ball State winner in the second round Sunday.
Baylor trailed most of the first half before going in front for good on a 9-0 run in the final 3:35 before the break. The No.

Charles Barkley went viral during the CBS coverage of March Madness for calling out his co-host, Kenny Smith.

As the sports broadcasters filled out their NCAA Men’s Tournament bracket, Smith picked his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, to take the championship despite its unfavorability.

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Formula 1 travels to China for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai. The racing event will kick off Thursday (March 20) with practice sessions until race day on Sunday (March 23), at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT. There are some streaming options that’ll let you livestream the races online.

Paul Skenes continues to say and do all the right things.
Major League Baseball’s new-age pitching phenom has not only become a man of the people both on and off the field, but now he’s a defender of humanity in general after he ripped MLB’s push towards robo umpires and their new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) technology.
“It’s not in there this year [for the regular season] and I’m happy with that,” Skenes said during his appearance on The Dan Patrick Show.

The Buffalo Sabres are the embodiment of misery.
Since the 2011-2012 season, Buffalo has finished the season outside of the Stanley Cup Playoff picture. 
Over that span, they have watched a myriad of good players they once had on their roster – Sam Reinhart, Brandon Montour, Linus Ullmark, Ryan O’Reilley, and Jack Eichel – find other teams and win titles and personal accolades they didn’t get in Buffalo.
This season hasn’t been much better. Buffalo sits in last place in the Atlantic Division and are among the five worst teams in the league.

Some tragic news from one member of the Montreal Canadiens led to a touching moment with a fan and what is sure to be an emotional jersey swap next month.
On Thursday, Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher announced that his mother, Della, had passed away after a battle with brain cancer.
According to the Lethbridge Herald, Gallagher’s mother’s death occurred earlier this month while the Habs were on the road in Calgary.
She had been diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer in 2021 and was originally given only six to eighteen months to live.

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Shedeur Sanders, widely regarded as the No. 2 quarterback in the upcoming NFL Draft, skipped the Big 12 pro day workout on Thursday. This decision caught many by surprise, considering the event was expected to feature Sanders showcasing his skills.

The Edmonton Oilers will be without their top two players on Saturday and beyond as the defending Western Conference champions seek playoff positioning.
Coach Kris Knoblauch said center Connor McDavid is seeing a doctor Friday after he left Thursday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets with an injury. He said the three-time MVP could miss “maybe a week,” depending on what tests show.
Leon Draisaitl, the NHL’s top goal scorer, could be out “up to a week,” Knoblauch said. He sat out Thursday’s game after suffering an undisclosed injury on Tuesday.