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Madison Booker has been a revelation for Texas women’s basketball in her first two seasons.
Booker led the Longhorns to the Elite Eight as a freshman during the 2023-24 season. As a sophomore, Booker has once again led Texas to the Final Four in a matchup against South Carolina. She had 11 points entering the fourth quarter of the national semifinal on Friday in Tampa, Florida.
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According to ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings, Booker was the No.

Texas A&M has found its new basketball coach after Buzz Williams accepted the Maryland job earlier this week. Samford head coach Bucky McMillan is finalizing a deal to become the next coach in College Station. 
The news of McMillan accepting the job in College Station comes just a few days after Ole Miss head coach Chris Beard decided to stay in Oxford, after being heavily pursued by the Aggies. In return, the Rebels gave Beard a new contract, along with better NIL resources. 
The Aggies hiring McMillan was first reported by Pete Thamel.

Phillies slugger Bryce Harper loves L.A. — well, at least the World Series champion Dodgers’ freewheeling spending on their way to a nearly $320 million payroll.

Deion Sanders says quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter — the marquee players of Friday’s Colorado Showcase — have confirmed that they are the top two players in this year’s NFL draft.

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 893rd career goal Friday night against the Blackhawks to move one back of tying and two away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.

After getting their 2025 MLB season underway with a week-long trip down to Florida for four games against the Marlins and three against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Pittsburgh Pirates are finally back in the Steel City for their home opener.
However, team owner Bob Nutting might wish they were still on the road, because in the team’s first game at PNC Park, we’ve already got throngs of fans calling for him to sell the team.
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The Pirates welcomed the Yankees on Friday, and it didn’t take long before the fan unrest flared up.

Newly signed New York Mets star Juan Soto made his home opener today, and enjoyed one of the loudest ovations Citi Field has ever had.
And he may have some Yankees fans to thank.
Soto, of course, spent only one year with the Yankees before heading over to their crosstown rivals in the Mets, despite the Yanks offering a massive 16-year, $760 contract to their right fielder.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have become the villains of Major League Baseball by winning the World Series and continuing to build the best possible team. Fans of opposing franchises, frustrated that the Dodgers care about winning, have demanded a salary cap or other spending restrictions to punish them.
But as new data from BrooksGate on X demonstrates, the spending problem in baseball isn’t coming from the Dodgers. It’s coming from teams that refuse to spend an acceptable proportion of their revenue.

Apr. 4—EVANS — A year ago, Kiara Romero was just having fun during the round of a lifetime at Augusta National Golf Club.
Romero had missed the cut after 36 tough holes at Champions Retreat Golf Club, but the light at the end of the tunnel was the guaranteed practice round everyone in the field at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur gets to play prior to the final round.
She didn’t take any notes that Friday, instead opting to stay in the moment and enjoy herself at Augusta National.
A year later, her practice round carried a little more weight.

Former Alcoa basketball star Jahvin Carter is transferring to Middle Tennessee State, he announced Friday.
Carter, who last month completed his freshman season at Penn State, revealed his decision on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Signing the shooting guard will go a long way for the Blue Raiders in alleviating the loss off shooting guard and leading scorer Jestin Porter, who entered the portal following the season. Porter averaged a team-leading 15 points a game and hit 86 3-pointers in 2024-25.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Carter averaged 2.