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This NCAA Tournament started with 68 national-title-hopeful teams.  Bracket Central Expert Picks Latest odds It’s now down to two.  After winning their respective Final Four matchups on Saturday, No. 1 seed Gonzaga will battle No. 1 seed North Carolina for the national title Monday night. It’s a matchup between two teams that have shared the “best team in the country” label at different points this year. This is a big-boy…

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Their pedigrees are different, but both teams are loaded with veterans. Both have some heft in the middle. When Gonzaga meets North Carolina for the NCAA national championship on Monday night, it could be quite a brawl. ”They’re big just like us and they match up with us pretty well,” North Carolina’s Theo Pinson said. ”Their guards are really good. We just got to play the game…

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The questions kept streaming in. South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar sat inside the Gamecocks’ locker room here and answered them all, often with a smile. One topic in particular, though, seemed to make the freshman from Estonia glow brighter. MARCH MADNESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA JOIN THE TEAM. Follow @marchmadness A reporter wanted to know if Kotsar’s parents would be traveling…

The World Series never would have a 52-year-old pitch in Game 7. But Major League Baseball doesn’t have a dead man like the Undertaker. Could a 50-year-old NBA star return after a 13-year layoff and become the MVP in the Finals? No, but the NBA didn’t sign Bill Goldberg. Imagine a hot NFL prospect, a No. 1 draft pick, billed as a franchise savior that has all the tools to…

Bracket Central Expert Picks Latest odds GLENDALE, Ariz. — One of the most haphazard national semifinals in history was appropriately decided by four missed free throws from the winning team, while the losing team twice failed to grab a rebound and give themselves a chance at redemption.  We will have a top-seeded showdown in the desert to decide the national title. No. 1 North Carolina’s 77-76 win Saturday night over…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The questions kept streaming in. South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar sat inside the Gamecocks’ locker room here and answered them all, often with a smile. One topic in particular, though, seemed to make the freshman from Estonia glow brighter. MARCH MADNESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA JOIN THE TEAM. Follow @marchmadness A reporter wanted to know if Kotsar’s parents would be traveling…

All together now, do you believe in mirac . . . Hold it. That’s already been taken. But it fits the night the mighty Connecticut women went down, their 111-game winning streak t-boned by a Mississippi State team that lost by 60 points the last time they met. Miracle, and nothing but. We’ve gasped about what happened Friday night in the women’s Final Four. We’ve picked…

Johanna Konta’s tense 6-4, 6-3 win over Caroline Wozniacki in the final of the Miami Open – much tougher than her quick dismissal of the former world No1 in the third round of the Australian Open in January – was an achievement that announced her arrival at the next level of her sport. Konta, who lost in the quarter‑finals to Victoria Azarenka on her tournament debut last year, joins Andy…

SATURDAY ON TV MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN2 — Basketball Hall of Fame Class Announcement, at Glendale, Ariz. 6:09 p.m. CBS-32 — NCAA Tournament, Final Four, first semifinal, South Carolina vs. Gonzaga, at Glendale, Ariz. 8:49 p.m. CBS-32 — NCAA Tournament, Final Four, second semifinal, Oregon vs. North Carolina, at Glendale, Ariz. MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLB — Spring training, Pittsburgh vs. Toronto, at Montreal 2 p.m. ESPN — Spring…

Another journey has lasted 37 games. Gonzaga started the year 29-0, with wins over power-conference teams in Florida, Arizona and Iowa St. and two over their only worthy conference adversary – a St. Mary’s team that spent much of the year inside the top 25. Then, in the season finale, Gonzaga suffered a loss to a mediocre BYU team, ending the run at perfection. Being the final undefeated team in the country, as…

All together now, do you believe in mirac . . . Hold it. That’s already been taken. But it fits the night the mighty Connecticut women went down, their 111-game winning streak t-boned by a Mississippi State team that lost by 60 points the last time they met. Miracle, and nothing but. We’ve gasped about what happened Friday night in the women’s Final Four. We’ve picked…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The questions kept streaming in. South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar sat inside the Gamecocks’ locker room here and answered them all, often with a smile. One topic in particular, though, seemed to make the freshman from Estonia glow brighter. MARCH MADNESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA JOIN THE TEAM. Follow @marchmadness A reporter wanted to know if Kotsar’s parents would be traveling…

All together now, do you believe in mirac . . . Hold it. That’s already been taken. But it fits the night the mighty Connecticut women went down, their 111-game winning streak t-boned by a Mississippi State team that lost by 60 points the last time they met. Miracle, and nothing but. We’ve gasped about what happened Friday night in the women’s Final Four. We’ve picked…

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Interest in competitive video game content, also known as e-sports, is exploding, and some of the biggest companies in tech and media see substantial opportunities in this increasingly popular form of entertainment.   Click through the presentation below to learn how Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Disney (NYSE:DIS) are shaping the progression of e-sports and how they stand to benefit from the growth of this emerging market.  Image source:…

The World Series never would have a 52-year-old pitch in Game 7. But Major League Baseball doesn’t have a dead man like the Undertaker. Could a 50-year-old NBA star return after a 13-year layoff and become the MVP in the Finals? No, but the NBA didn’t sign Bill Goldberg. Imagine a hot NFL prospect, a No. 1 draft pick, billed as a franchise savior that has all the tools to…

Benteke’s goal against Chelsea was only his second in his last 14 league games Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League was cut to seven points after they suffered a shock home defeat by Crystal Palace and Tottenham beat Burnley. Antonio Conte’s side had won their past 10 league games at Stamford Bridge and had not lost there in any competition since 16 September, but saw that run…

DALLAS — If all good things must end, then surely all-time great things are on the clock as well — and on Friday night, in the Final Four, the clock on the Connecticut women’s amazing, ridiculous, truly mind-boggling 111-game win streak finally stopped ticking.  Mississippi State 66, UConn 64 in overtime.  And the game was every bit as wild as that score, with that kind of streak and a national…

12:50 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Halfway around the world in Dubai, Tiger Woods seemed a bit sheepish about his encounter with British golfer Marcus Armitage. The European Tour player was warming up on the driving range when Woods took the spot next to him at Emirates Golf Club. After some time passed — and perhaps after summoning up the courage — Armitage introduced himself,…