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How good is Purdue basketball's Braden Smith? These 7 stats have him among sport's best
Braden Smith has cemented himself among the best guards in college basketball history, including those who had NBA fame.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Akron Zips basketball coach John Groce wins Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award
Akron head coach John Groce just had the best season in Zips history. Now he's taking home a national award for it.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Cardinals make McBride NFL's highest-paid TE
The Cardinals are making Pro Bowl pick Trey McBride the highest-paid tight end in NFL history, his agents told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Thursday.ESPN - 1d -
Women’s Final Four: Who would make the all-time starting 5, coach for each team?
There is tons of history and plenty of storylines with the participants in the women’s Final Four. Tampa, Fla., will feature one team’s first appearance in the Final Four, compared to another team ...Yahoo Sports - 22h -
Bruce Pearl earns AP Coach of the Year honors
Pearl shared the award with Rick Pitino. It was the first time in AP history two coaches received the same amount of votes (20) for the honor.Yahoo Sports - 14h -
Randall girls soccer takes down Aubrey to reach program's first state championship match
The Randall girls soccer team is heading to the state title match for the first time in school history after defeating Aubrey on Friday night.Yahoo Sports - 8h -
Islanders Up Next In Alex Ovechkin's Pursuit Of Breaking Gretzky's All-Time Goal REcord
As the New York Islanders prepare to host the Washington Capitals on Sunday at 12:30 ET, Alex Ovechkin comes in looking to make NHL history.Yahoo Sports - 6h -
Geno 'humbled' by UConn's record 34-point rout
UConn rolled into the national title game with an 85-51 rout of No. 1 overall seed UCLA, recording the largest margin of victory in women's Final Four history.ESPN - 3h -
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and ...The New York Times - 1h -
Man tending grandparents’ graves suspected of igniting South Korea’s worst wildfires
Police launch probe into a man suspected of accidentally starting the country’s worst wildfires in history while clearing his relatives’ gravesites. South Korean police have launched a probe into a ...The Guardian - 6d -
After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home
Taken from a First Nation community in Canada, the shrine recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.The New York Times - 6d -
Amid athletic lore in Pauley Pavilion, UCLA women’s basketball finally has a legacy to add
SPOKANE, Wash. — UCLA has won 124 national championships in school history. The women’s basketball team comes into its home gym of Pauley Pavilion and sees banners for 11 men’s basketball titles, ...Yahoo Sports - 5d -
UNM track: Kipkurui breaks NCAA record at 10,000 meters
Mar. 30—Saturday evening in San Juan Capistrano, California, University of New Mexico freshman Ishmael Kipkurui ran the fastest 10,000 meters in NCAA history. Right behind him was UNM teammate ...Yahoo Sports - 5d -
‘The food is bad, everything is bad’: what it feels like to be on a hopeless NBA team
Teams like Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls have gone down in history for their winning streaks. But what’s it like to be on a truly terrible roster?. The business of sports is about winning . But ...The Guardian - 5d -
Are some clubs cursed? The narrative can be as powerful as the truth
Leeds’s history of dark weirdness lends credence to the idea that ‘club DNA’ is real, even if reality may be more mundane. Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here A month ago, ...The Guardian - 4d -
Ladycats Soccer make first regional final appearance
The Godley Ladycats entered the 2024-25 season with no postseason wins in program history. On Friday, they added on to their monumental year with a third playoff win in the 4A-Div. II regional ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
How Wisconsin's Supreme Court race could have national impact
Wisconsin is preparing for what could be the most expensive state judge election in U.S. history. Money has been pouring into the campaigns of both the conservative and liberal candidates from of ...NBC News - 4d -
Myles Lewis-Skelly’s secret weapon is Lomu-like hand-off
Such is the running power and physical strength of Myles Lewis-Skelly, he was once compared with the most devastating player in the history of rugby union. In a youth match between Arsenal and ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Wayne Gretzky got into bed with Donald Trump and became a pariah in Canada
Wayne Gretzky was once Edmonton’s favourite adopted son. The greatest ice hockey player in the history of the game had made that town’s hockey team, the Oilers, the best in the game, winning four ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Julian Erosa knows better than to count on a bonus at UFC 314
Julian Erosa's been in the UFC long enough to have a few things figured out. Very few people in UFC history have walked away with double bonuses, regardless of how they came, but he's one of them. ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
‘It will never happen again’: former bikie-turned-golf pro Ryan Peake bears the scars of a chequered past
Australian golfer continues to carry a troubled history and a prison sentence with him even as a New Zealand Open title sends him on to the world stage. “I’ve done what I’ve done, I’ve been ...The Guardian - 3d -
Matt Zimmer: Is this rock bottom for the Twins? For the fans, it might be
Apr. 1—CHICAGO — Was Monday's 9-0 loss to the lowly Chicago White Sox the lowest point in the history of Twins baseball? No, probably not. But at the moment it does kinda feel like it, and that's ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
‘Remarkable’ Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
Veteran lauded for helping preserve history and legacy as well as vital role played during second world war. The Bletchley Park code breaker Charlotte “Betty” Webb has died at the age of 101, the ...The Guardian - 3d -
Day-One Game Pass Release Atomfall Is Dev's Most Successful Game In 32 Years
Developer Rebellion is perhaps best known for the Sniper Elite series, but the UK's studio latest release, Atomfall, is now the developer's "most successful launch" in its 32-year history. . ...GameSpot - 3d -
Kidney donor detained by ICE before life-saving transplant can take place
Immigration rights activists are calling on ICE to release a Venezuelan migrant who was preparing to donate a kidney to his brother, who is in end-stage kidney failure, and has no criminal history.The Hill - 3d -
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Major law firm reaches deal with Trump administration, will fund causes in line with Trump priorities; California teen makes history by becoming the youngest person to pass the bar exam.CBS News - 3d -
Booker says it ‘irked’ him that Thurmond held previous record to ‘stop people like me from being in the Senate’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (R-S.C.) prior record for longest Senate floor speech in history, saying it “irked” him that the late ...The Hill - 3d -
Trump White House brushes off Wisconsin loss amid warning signs around Elon Musk's role
As Democrats celebrate a battleground-state win in the most expensive judicial campaign in U.S. history, President Donald Trump and the GOP are confronting a worrying early sign about what the ...NBC News - 3d -
Grand National’s youngest winning owner back to try do so again as a pensioner
When Corbiere won the 1983 Grand National, the 23-year-old Bryan Burrough, fresh out of university but already embarked on a career in the City, became the youngest winning owner in the history of ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Social media reacts to Denver losing despite Nikola Jokic's 61-point triple-double: 'Westbrook is a Laker legend'
Nikola Jokic scored 61 points and recorded the highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history, yet the Denver Nuggets lost at home in a double-overtime thriller against the Minnesota Timberwolves, ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance
Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavement. Standing ...The Guardian - 2d -
Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate
Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history. Susan Crawford won the race for a ...The Guardian - 2d -
No bathroom breaks: How Booker accomplished record Senate speech
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) set a new record for the longest Senate speech in history on Monday and Tuesday by holding the upper chamber’s floor for more than 25 hours. Booker slammed the policies ...The Hill - 2d -
Voice of America | Sunday on 60 Minutes
Voice of America, the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster with an 83-year history, is now off the air due to a Trump administration executive order. Bill Whitaker reports, Sunday.CBS News - 2d -
Merrill hits a 2-run homer and Padres top Guardians 5-2 to start 7-0 for the first time
Jackson Merrill hit a two-run homer a few hours after finalizing a $135 million, nine-year contract and the San Diego Padres started 7-0 for the first time in their 57-season history by beating the ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
JD Davison of Maine Celtics named G League MVP
Apr. 2—The NBA G League named Maine Celtics guard JD Davison as its most valuable player on Wednesday. Davison is the second player in franchise history to earn the award, following Tim Frazier, ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
What's going on with Rafael Devers? Putting his historic strikeout streak into context
Boston's designated hitter has struck out 15 times and has no hits through the first five games. Here's what history tells us about his bad start.ESPN - 2d -
Iván Herrera becomes first Cardinals catcher with three-homer game in win over Angels
The 24-year-old is the fifth-youngest catcher in major league history to hit three homers in a game, and his 12 total bases broke the franchise record for a catcher of 10 that was last achieved by ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Mitchell scores 27 points as Cleveland rallies past New York for 61st victory
Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers matched the second-most wins in franchise history, defeating the New York Knicks 124-105 on Wednesday night. Jarrett Allen added 21 ...Yahoo Sports - 2d
