If you’ve ever wanted to grow your social media following, playing the hero in a massive upset in the first round of the NCAA Tournament is a great strategy.
Oakland University guard Jack Gohlke saw his Instagram following skyrocket after his No. 14 seed Golden Grizzlies toppled No. 3 seed Kentucky in a 80-76 stunner on Thursday night. Gohlke had 32 points and knocked down 10 threes in the win.
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Celine Dion — she of your mom’s CD collection fame — got the Boston Bruins buzzing before their Thursday night game against the New York Rangers.
Sure, it didn’t end well for the Big Bad Bruins, who were dealt a 5-2 loss, but they did get a heck of a lineup read from one of the songbirds of her generation.
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Top prospect Jackson Holliday will not open the season in Baltimore after the team reassigned him to the minors. Holliday, the No. 1 pick in 2022, batted .311 with seven extra base hits in spring training.
The Auburn wing was ejected before the game really started.
The Auburn Tigers are an analytical darling entering the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. Despite being a No. 4 seed in March Madness, the Tigers were rated as the No. 4 overall team in the country by KenPom’s model when they tipped off their first round game against No. 13 seed Yale.
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Rose Zhang during the second round of the 2024 FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship. | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images
After finishing up schoolwork at Stanford, Rose Zhang has shot up the leaderboard in her first LPGA event since January.
Rust?
What rust?
Rose Zhang, who carded a second straight 3-under 68 on Friday, has looked like a seasoned veteran at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship in California—not someone who just completed their coursework at Stanford.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been on a golf course and actually playing competitively,” Zhang said.
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Fans did not storm the court following Oakland’s upset win over Kentucky in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, but ESPN’s Jay Bilas still elected to share his thoughts about the Wildcats’ latest embarrassing effort.
Following Kentucky’s 80-76 loss to the 14th-seeded Golden Grizzlies, everyone pointed the finger at head coach John Calipari. The Wildcats looked unprepared and fell into their season-long trend of struggling mightily on the defensive side of the floor.