MILWAUKEE — The St. Peter’s men’s basketball team, metaphorically sprouting from a crack in the Jersey City asphalt to reveal its Peacock feathers to a national audience, is led by a man who knows something about seizing a moment. Back when Shaheen Holloway was a senior in high school, with a slick game honed on … Read more
After suffering a left quad strain in yesterday’s Spring Training game, Luis Urias is facing at least a two-week layoff and is “questionable” for Opening Day, Brewers manager Craig Counsell told The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Todd Rosiak and other reporters. Even if Urias does miss only 14 days, that won’t leave much time for Urias to … Read more
The madness continues! Sunday’s slate of NCAA Tournament games will set the men’s Sweet 16 field, while day 1 of the second round starts for the women. Three of the four No. 1 seeds (Stanford, Louisville, South Carolina) in the women’s bracket took the court during a day where two No. 2 seeds — Iowa and … Read more
All eyes were on Carlo Ancelotti’s starting XI and which player would replace Karim Benzema ahead of the first league Clasico against Xavi’s in-form Barcelona side. Fede Valverde slotted in on the right wing and Rodrygo Goes was the man chosen to replace Benzema as a number nine. It was a make-shift line-up with the … Read more
“I have good memories of the Bernabéu,” Xavi Hernández had said and here was another one for the collection. “Historic,” he called it and it may have given him even more satisfaction than all those other nights as a player. His first visit as Barcelona’s coach, the man entrusted with their revival, saw a run … Read more
Some of the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament’s best moments are birthed from classic David and Goliath matchups. The Goliaths, those powerhouse programs that make deep tournament runs seem routine, meet the Davids, the upstart challengers that many college basketball fans know nothing about until March. This matchup between the No. 2 seed Duke and the … Read more
Tenth-seeded Creighton made its first round of 16, and did it with late-game drama befitting the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament. Lauren Jensen, a sophomore who is in her first year playing for Creighton after transferring from Iowa, shut the door on her former team on its home court in Iowa City with a go-ahead 3-pointer … Read more
Great racing returned to Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday as frequent passing and a thrilling slingshot finish as Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden denied teammate Scott McLaughlin’s first oval win at the finish line. After 248 laps of attrition-filled action, Newgarden edged McLaughlin to take the victory by 0.0669s; Newgarden was credited with leading three laps … Read more
11.21am EDT 11:21 Lap 11/57: Alonso, back in P10, is asked on the radio how his tyres are. “Bad” he snaps. 11.20am EDT 11:20 Lap 10/57: Back in P20 is Ricciardo, who had to veer wide early on to avoid an incident ahead of him. Meanwhile Perez spots his chance and picks off Hamilton for … Read more
Transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas finished in eighth place in the 100-yard freestyle race at the NCAA Division I women’s championships, making for a disappointing final race of her controversial college swimming career. Thomas, 22, swam 48.18 seconds on Saturday night, less than a second slower than her qualifying time of 47.37 seconds, which was a personal … Read more