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West Virginia will not play in any postseason tournaments
West Virginia will officially not be participating in any postseason tournaments. If that wasn't obvious by their omission from the brackets of the NIT and Crown, it became so when Athletic ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Lucky loser Van de Zandschulp stuns struggling Djokovic at Indian Wells
Five-time champion loses 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in second round Jack Draper and Sonay Kartal advance to third round Novak Djokovic’s difficult start to the season continued on the North American hard ...The Guardian - Mar. 9 -
Alcaraz three-peat bid on track as Cerundolo downed
Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz fought off determined challenger Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters.Alcaraz next ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Wholly Women-Led Companies Attracted Just 1 Percent of VC Funding in 2024, Tanking an Already Abysmal Stat
Thirteen female-founded companies became unicorns in 2024. But early-stage funding took a hit and anti-DEI efforts could make things worse for female founders.Inc. - Mar. 7 -
How a trailblazing chef changed American's taste in bread
Nancy Silverton is globally known thanks to her restaurants and cookbooks. She popularized sourdough and artisan breads in the U.S. with Los Angeles' La Brea Bakery, and became the first-ever James ...CBS News - Mar. 8 -
Warriors star Stephen Curry reaches 25,000 career points
Stephen Curry became the 26th player in NBA history to score 25,000 career points, reaching the milestone during the third quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ 115-110 win against the Detroit ...ABC News - Mar. 8 -
Curry's latest achievement: 25K career points
Stephen Curry became the 26th player in NBA history to score 25,000 career points, reaching the milestone during the third quarter of the Golden State Warriors' 115-110 victory over the Detroit ...ESPN - Mar. 9 -
"Buena Vista Social Club" serenades Broadway
In 1996, a group of elderly, mostly forgotten Cuban musicians recorded an album that became a critical and commercial phenomenon worldwide. Now, the Grammy Award-winning album has inspired a ...CBS News - Mar. 9 -
John Mulaney on "Everybody's Live," sobriety and fatherhood
The Emmy Award-winning comedian and former "SNL" writer became a superstar as a stand-up; now, he's sitting down, as host of a Netflix talk show, "Everybody's Live with John Mulaney."CBS News - Mar. 9 -
The North Pole: The History of an Obsession by Erling Kagge review – an adventure that can’t be topped
The Norwegian explorer – who in 1990 became the first to reach 90 degrees north without the help of machine nor beast – journeys into the past to uncover the myths, politics and pure joy of the ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
Christopher Bell rings up first Cup three-race win streak since '21
Christopher Bell became the first NASCAR Cup Series driver to win three straight races since 2021, holding off Denny Hamlin by 0.049 seconds at Phoenix Raceway.ESPN - Mar. 10 -
Microplastics may be stoking antibiotic resistance: Study
The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found. Bacteria exposed to these ubiquitous fragments, known as ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Woman pleads guilty in cross-burning hoax during Colorado Springs mayoral campaign
DENVER — A woman who was part of a group charged with setting a cross on fire in front of a defaced campaign sign for a candidate who became Colorado Springs’ first Black mayor pleaded guilty on ...NBC News - 6d -
Family ties: Donovan McNabb Jr. receives offer from Michael Vick, Norfolk State
Donovan McNabb Jr. could have the opportunity to play for his dad's former Eagles teammate as Norfolk State became the latest school to make an offer to the 2027 wide receiver.ESPN - 6d -
Supermarket guards, truck drivers and ‘very big mistakes’: the failed role of western mercenaries in the fall of Goma
An investigation into the DRC’s use of hundreds of hired Romanian fighters reveals how a disorganised operation with untrained recruits became a deadly ‘circus’. In January, after the two-year ...The Guardian - 4d -
Chappell Roan: The Giver review – saddle up, there’s a new sheriff in town
The midwest princess embraces her roots with a queer country banger about pleasure that toys with the genre’s gender and class cosplay. It’s easy to forget that in the year that Chappell Roan ...The Guardian - 4d -
Why Trump's Justice Department visit was controversial
President Trump on Friday became the first president to visit the Justice Department in a decade. The president walked out to cheers from loyal department officials before attacking his predecessor ...CBS News - 4d -
Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships
Kelsey Daniel became the first Texas Longhorn to win the men’s long jump on the opening day of the Division I men’s and women’s indoor track and field championships, jumping a program record 8.16 ...ABC News - 3d -
‘New York plows ahead’: how the English invaded and changed a city
Russell Shorto returns to fascinating history of a unique city in Taking Manhattan, a book showing how New Amsterdam became New York. In lower Manhattan, at Pearl Street and Coenties Alley in the ...The Guardian - 3d -
Chicago Cubs notes from Tokyo: Matthew Boyd’s roots to Japanese baseball — and a healthy Julian Merryweather
TOKYO — Matthew Boyd’s appreciation for baseball’s popularity in Japan and its stars can be traced to his roots. Boyd grew up roughly 30 minutes outside Seattle and became a big Mariners fan when ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Black Hawks Clinch Playoff Berth With Convincing Win Over Steel
The Waterloo Black Hawks became the third USHL Western Conference team to punch their ticket to the 2025 Clark Cup Playoffs, cruising past the Chicago Steel 5-1 at Fox Valley Ice Arena Friday night.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Rocket blasts off to bring stranded US astronauts home from the ISS at long last
Launched by Nasa and SpaceX, the Falcon 9 is picking up Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose eight days on board the International Space Station became nine months. A long-awaited mission to ...The Guardian - 3d -
Junior Bridgeman, N.B.A. Player Turned Mogul, Dies at 71
He became an entrepreneur during a solid career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He later bought hundreds of fast-food outlets, a Coca-Cola bottling business and Ebony and Jet magazines.The New York Times - 3d -
Dick Vitale tears up on ACC Championship broadcast while talking about recent cancer battle
Dick Vitale became emotional Saturday night while talking about his most recent cancer battle while announcing top-ranked Duke's 73-62 victory over No. 13 Louisville in the Atlantic Coast ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Former Bayern Munich president Fritz Scherer dies at age 85
Former Bayern Munich president Fritz Scherer has died at age 85, the record Bundesliga champions said on Sunday. Scherer became a club member in 1971, was treasurer 1979-1985, president 1985-1994 ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
'Scotland played the right way' in 35-16 loss to France
Scotland gave it their best in Paris, but eventually France's physicality became too hard to break down, and their clinical attack started to stretch the scoreboard. It meant another fourth-placed ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
ESPN's Vitale gets emotional on ACC broadcast
ESPN's Dick Vitale became emotional Saturday night when talking about his most recent cancer battle while announcing Duke's victory over Louisville in the ACC tournament championship.ESPN - 2d -
Georgia winger Akaki Tabutsadze reaches 50 tries in test rugby
Georgia winger Akaki Tabutsadze became the seventh man in international rugby history to score 50 tries after bagging three in the Rugby Europe Championship final on Sunday. Tabutsadze is the ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
‘We warned everyone: do not go near Tom Cruise!’ How Covid sent British TV haywire, five years on
From chatshows in spare bedrooms to the sheer terror of infecting Hollywood megastars, making television in lockdown became utterly wild. The insiders tell all. Nearly four years ago, back when ...The Guardian - 1d -
Whitham, 14, becomes youngest player in NWSL
McKenna Whitham, 14, became the youngest-ever footballer to play in the NWSL after coming off the bench in NJ/NY Gotham FC's season opener against Seattle Reign.ESPN - 1d -
Longtime sportswriter Cindy Luis was a trailblazer in so many ways
STAR-ADVERTISER / 2020 Cindy Luis, 70, became the first female sportswriter at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1981, and was the first woman to be sports editor of a daily newspaper in the state, ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
This is how we do it: ‘After mutual cancer diagnoses we didn’t have sex for five years. Then we discovered toys …’
Jill and Bob became more like housemates than lovers during an illness-enforced break, but a delivery of sex toys brought back the fun How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, ...The Guardian - Mar. 8 -
Celts hail 'old reliable' Horford after rivalry win
Al Horford played 37 minutes -- his second-highest total of the season -- and put up 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, all while being relentlessly hunted by the Lakers throughout what became a ...ESPN - Mar. 9 -
Top 20 Most Popular Steam Games Of All Time
Wildly popular Steam is the world's most popular destinations for PC gaming, so if a game makes it to the top of the platform's charts, that's saying something. Recently, Capcom's Monster ...GameSpot - Mar. 10 -
Woman says she gave birth to another couple's child in IVF mixup
Krystena Murray was over the moon when she became pregnant through IVF in 2023. She had chosen a sperm donor who looked like her, but in the moments after her son's birth, Murray knew something ...CBS News - 6d -
Villegas, Spaun and Glover share Players lead, McIlroy one back
Colombia's Camilo Villegas and Americans Lucas Glover and J.J. Spaun each fired six-under-par 66s to share the lead on Thursday at the darkness-halted opening round of the PGA Players ...Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Stephen Curry reaches 4,000 career 3-pointers, Warriors hold off Kings for 6th straight win
Stephen Curry became the first player in NBA history with 4,000 career 3-pointers, Draymond Green scored 23 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Sacramento Kings 130-104 on Thursday night ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Curry bags record 4,000th three-pointer as Warriors rout Kings
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry became the first NBA player ever to score 4,000 three-pointers on Thursday, extending his runaway lead as the greatest long-range shooter in basketball ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Rick Tocchet Establishes A New Franchise Record During 100th Regular Season Victory With The Canucks
Rick Tocchet is officially a Vancouver Canucks record-holder. With his win on Wednesday, Tocchet became the fastest coach in franchise history to record 100 regular season wins. Tocchet achieved ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships
Kelsey Daniel became the first Texas Longhorn to win the men's long jump on the opening day of the Division I men's and women's indoor track and field championships, jumping a program record 8.16 ...Yahoo Sports - 3d