Yet for as much as players and fans and managers are conditioned not to assign undue import to the start of a season, there’s never been a five-game start as…
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SPOKANE, Washington — No one is beating UConn. Not USC on Monday night in the Elite Eight. Not UCLA, South Carolina or Texas in the Final Four, either. There are…
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Days after making his first start for Boston, pitcher Garrett Crochet and the Red Sox agreed on a six-year, $170 million contract extension, according to a person with direct knowledge…
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The 2025 WNBA draft has just received a huge shakeup. Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles was projected to be the No. 2 overall pick in USA TODAY Sports’ latest mock…
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The Washington Wizards’ rebuild is taking shape, and rookie center Alexandre Sarr is giving it even more promise with his late-season surge. There are reasons for Wizards optimism, starting with…
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The Hunt for (Cincinnati) Red October has a powerful new weapon in its arsenal. Using a torpedo bat for the first time, Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had a…
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The NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s main event is at hand, and a strong case could be made that any of the four teams left standing could wind up cutting down…
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The women’s NCAA tournament Final Four bracket is set. The Elite Eight was quite a ride as teams pushed for a chance to play in Tampa, Florida. South Carolina survived…
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They’re saying this Final Four repeats the history of 2008, and, by seed, they’re right. In many other ways, this Final Four is so much different. Blue bloods populated 2008…
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Rintaro Sasaki didn’t so much choose baseball as it chose him: Born to a legendary high school coach in Japan, gifted with a massive frame that generates…