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NFL free agency provides teams with the platform to take care of their most pressing needs. But it can also create or exacerbate roster problems, with several franchises learning that harsh lesson this week. While…

AI-assisted summary The NCAA Tournament selection committee uses a combination of predictive and results-based metrics to determine at-large bids and seeding. Predictive metrics such as NET, KenPom, BPI, and Torvik rankings focus on a team’s…

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goal record before season’s end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky’s record of 894 career goals, which…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Bud Cauley was in The Players Championship field. And then he was out. Then on Monday, he got the call. Lee Hodges had withdrawn. He was back in. Now, Cauley,…

The decision to promote Hubert Davis as Roy Williams’ successor seemed inspired after North Carolina went all the way to the national championship game in Davis’s debut, eventually losing to Kansas in a battle of…

The Houston Cougars, ranked No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, won the Big 12 tournament championship after a 72-64 victory over the No. 24 Arizona Wildcats on Saturday night. Houston receives an…

In the waning seconds of the Huskies’ 71-62 loss to Creighton in the Big East semifinals at Madison Square Garden, there was a scuffle between the two teams after Bluejays guard Jamiya Neal threw down…

Maybe Aaron Rodgers will make his decision known to the world today. Then again, maybe not. Maybe tomorrow. Or Monday. Or Palm Sunday. Waiting on the big reveal is so Rodgers. The free agent market…

Villanova fired men’s basketball coach Kyle Neptune after three seasons, the school announced Saturday. Neptune went 54-47 during his tenure at Villanova, and no NCAA Tournament appearances. His firing comes a day after the Wildcats…

There’s a saying by American author William Arthur Ward that says opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. For much of the season, North Carolina has hit the snooze button…