March Madness 2025: What the NCAA tournament selection committee got right and wrong

The men's tournament selection committee was going to leave many parties either happy or disappointed Sunday. What did it get right and what did it truly miss the mark on?

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 17

Trump claims Biden's pardons for Jan. 6 committee are 'void' because he used an autopen

Trump claimed without evidence that his predecessor’s pardons for members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol are invalid because then-President Joe Biden ...

NBC News - Mar. 17

Ted Karras joins the NFLPA Executive Committee

The NFL Players Association is currently conducting its annual meetings, in Hawaii.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15

How Matt Gaetz poisoned the House Ethics Committee

The panel is still reeling from accusations of leaks and breaches of confidentiality in the previous Congress.

Politico - Mar. 18

Kirsty Coventry Is Elected President of International Olympic Committee

Ms. Coventry, a former Olympic swimming champion who has been Zimbabwe’s sports minister, faces urgent issues including the rights of transgender athletes and the challenges posed by the climate ...

The New York Times - Mar. 20

Competition Committee makes only five proposals for 2025

The list includes only two potential rule changes.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Competition Committee's position on team proposals will be finalized on Sunday

When the NFL's owners meet next week, they'll take up a variety of proposed rules, bylaws, and resolutions changes from the league's teams.

Yahoo Sports - 2h

How Trump Has Upended the Presidential Pardon

President Trump’s willingness to pardon allies has spawned a brisk market for executive clemency. Kenneth P. Vogel, a Times reporter who investigates money, politics and influence, looks at some of ...

The New York Times - Mar. 8

Romania Bars Ultranationalist Candidate From Presidential Race

The country’s electoral commission ruled on Sunday that Calin Georgescu, an outspoken critic of Ukraine and NATO, could not compete in the do-over election.

The New York Times - Mar. 10

Ronaldo withdraws from CBF presidential race

Brazil football great Ronaldo said that he was pulling out of the race to be president of his country's football association (CBF) on Wednesday after failing to gather enough support from regional ...

ESPN - Mar. 13

Trump makes rare presidential appearance at Justice Department

In the speech, President Trump praised his former defense lawyers, now in senior roles at the Department of Justice, and repeated familiar accusations about the purge of career prosecutors linked ...

NBC News - Mar. 14

Sudan’s army recaptures presidential palace in Khartoum

Victory brings army closer to controlling capital but adds to danger of country’s de facto partition

Financial Times - Mar. 21

Sudan’s Army Retakes the Presidential Palace in Khartoum

Two years into a civil war, troops recaptured the palace in Khartoum, routing a paramilitary foe. Civilians have been trapped in the middle in a city with an apocalyptic air.

The New York Times - Mar. 21

Columbia Concedes to Trump

Plus, Sudan’s army recaptures the presidential palace.

The New York Times - 6d

UNC over West Virginia committee decision may be by-the-book, but it's miserable look

Maybe it's time for the NCAA to ditch the model of athletics directors and conference commissioners choosing who gets in NCAA Tournament.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 17

Selection committee head explains why Notre Dame dropped to No. 3 seed

Does it make sense to you why Notre Dame was seeded where it was?

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 17

Lunardi: The one big thing the selection committee got wrong

The decision to include both Texas and North Carolina has stumped our resident Bracketologist.

ESPN - Mar. 18

Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry succeeds Thomas Bach, whose term ended after 12 years in the role.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20

Kirsty Coventry becomes first female president of International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20

Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected to lead the International Olympic Committee

First woman IOC president could preside over Utah’s 2034 Winter Games.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 20

Musk seeks Italian presidential meeting to salvage Starlink deal

Domestic political opposition to $1.5bn deal for secure communications has mounted amid transatlantic diplomatic tensions

Financial Times - Mar. 9

Romania bans far-right frontrunner from presidential election

Ruling against Călin Georgescu comes despite US call for country to respect voters’ wishes

Financial Times - Mar. 9

A top Romanian court upholds the ban on far-right Georgescu’s presidential bid

Yahoo News - Mar. 11

Reporter's Notebook: How a fireside chat set a new standard for presidential leadership

Late President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first fireside chat on this day in 1933 to an audience of approximately 60 million, setting the standard for a leader's obligation to explain himself. ...

CBS News - Mar. 12

Exclusive: How 'no daylight' from Biden crippled the Harris presidential campaign

The Hill - Mar. 13

Walz, Newsom and Buttigieg Are Among Democrats Stirring 2028 Presidential Chatter

Pete Buttigieg says he’s keeping his options open. Tim Walz went to Iowa. JB Pritzker’s off to New Hampshire. It’s too early to run for president, but some Democrats seem to be exploring the idea.

The New York Times - Mar. 15

Romania bans second far-right hopeful from presidential election rerun

Diana Șoșoacă’s exclusion follows expulsion of front-runner Călin Georgescu from race amid rising tension around poll. Romania’s electoral commission on Saturday excluded a second far-right ...

The Guardian - Mar. 15

Erdogan rival arrested days before becoming presidential candidate

Protests erupt in the streets of Istanbul after the move, despite a four-day ban on demonstrations.

BBC News - Mar. 19

Coe feels ‘momentum’ but IOC presidential race remains on knife-edge

Vote on next IOC president to take place on Thursday Samaranch Jr, Coventry and Coe the leading contenders Sebastian Coe feels he has momentum as the race to become the next president of the ...

The Guardian - Mar. 19

Istanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nomination

Ekrem İmamoğlu of CHP opposition party detained alongside 100 others accused of corruption and links to terror groups. Turkish police have arrested the mayor of Istanbul, detaining the primary ...

The Guardian - Mar. 19

Sudan army recaptures presidential palace after two years of war

Yahoo News - Mar. 21

Sudan army recaptures presidential palace after two years of war

It follows days of heavy fighting as the army took control of areas previously held by a rival force.

BBC News - Mar. 21

Michelle Obama opens up about if she would consider presidential run

Former first lady Michelle Obama opened up to Kylie Kelce on her "Not Gonna Lie" podcast about the possibility of her running for president. “Question asked and answered, never gonna happen,” Obama ...

NBC News - 6d

Kitty Dukakis, Activist Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88

Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful treatments for alcoholism and depression.

The New York Times - 6d

Kitty Dukakis, Activist Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88

Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful treatments for alcoholism and depression.

The New York Times - 6d

Kitty Dukakis, Activist Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88

Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful treatments for alcoholism and depression.

The New York Times - 6d

Huge protests as Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination

Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials. An Istanbul court has formally arrested the city’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on ...

The Guardian - 4d