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Attempting to predict a U.S. Supreme Court decision based on the tone and tenacity of the questions that justices ask attorneys during oral arguments has proven to be a fruitless exercise since, well, about 1789. It’s always best to assume nothing. So who knows what the nine current justices will decide in NCAA v. Alston — a case that boils down to, in the most general of descriptions, whether college athletes can be paid above and beyond their currently allotted scholarship. A decision… Source link

Best Life These Popular Products Are About to Disappear From Shelves, Experts Warn For almost a week, the 1,300-foot Ever Given container ship blocked the Suez Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes, after it was knocked off course by strong winds and reduced visibility due to a sandstorm. The boat became lodged in the sandy clay canal bed at an angle that blocked the waterway in both directions. Thankfully, attempts to move the Ever Given using tug boats, diggers, and high… Source link

MMA Weekly Francis Ngannou wants to fight Jon Jones, despite Dana White’s doubts After knocking out Stipe Miocic in the second round to win the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 260, Francis Ngannou spoke to the media at the post-fight press conference about what could be next for his career. Earlier in the evening at the press conference, UFC president Dana White said he was 100-percent willing to make a title fight between Ngannou and Jon Jones. But White also expressed doubt that Jones… Source link

For more than 48 hours, the NCAA men’s tournament returned to precisely what we fondly remembered — overtimes, upsets and the type of merry chaos that make the event one of the most exhilarating on the American sporting calendar. After the NCAA canceled the tournament in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, college basketball endured a 2020-21 season of fits and stops, sporadic flourishes and frequent shutdowns. So it was only obvious that COVID-19 would loom over the tournament,… Source link

Not even 90 seconds into his team’s matchup against Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State, college basketball’s leading scorer demonstrated he wasn’t intimidated by the NCAA tournament stage. Max Abmas came around a screen 30 feet from the rim, brazenly pulled up and sank a 3-pointer with both feet inside the mid-court logo. That shot was emblematic of everything that followed in Oral Roberts’ stunning 75-72 overtime upset of the second-seeded Buckeyes. Not once did the 15th-seeded Golden… Source link

Performance coaches from at least three women’s college basketball teams called out the NCAA this week for the unequal access it has provided to weight rooms and equipment during March Madness. Men’s teams have access to a full weight room at their NCAA tournament in Indiana. Women’s teams, on the other hand, don’t have access to a weight room of any kind until the Sweet 16, multiple coaches said. In the meantime, coaches said, their accommodations are meager. Women’s basketball “only has… Source link

California Baptist continued a dream season on Saturday by winning the Western Athletic Conference tournament, adding yet another victory to its perfect 24-0 record. Just three years after moving up from Division II, the Lancers are now the only unbeaten team in women’s college basketball. However, that story won’t be continuing in the NCAA tournament. Despite California Baptist’s win over Grand Canyon in the conference finals, it will instead be Utah Valley who gets the WAC’s automatic bid to… Source link

The Spartans are likely dancing after Sunday’s win over Michigan. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Michigan State entered Sunday’s regular-season finale in unfamiliar territory — squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble. It left in much better shape — with a win No. 2 Michigan and a likely at-large bid to the NCAA tournament secured. Facing the Wolverines for the second of a back-to-back set against their rivals, the Spartans held a 61-59 lead with less than a minute remaining in Sunday’s game…. Source link

Rutgers senior guard Geo Baker is frustrated with how the NCAA treats athletes. Baker ripped the NCAA on Instagram on Saturday, calling the organization’s approach to athlete rights “modern day slavery.” Baker made those comments in response to an Instagram post from the NCAA March Madness account. The post featured a graphic of Baylor’s men’s basketball coach Scott Drew. A quote under Drew’s picture read, “Guys are breaking up with their long-time girlfriends to keep the bubble… Source link

The NCAA experienced a $600 million drop in revenue for the 2020 fiscal year, new documents acquired by USA Today Sports show. It’s due largely in part to the cancelation of the 2020 Division I men’s basketball tournament and shows why the NCAA is pushing forward with the tournament this year. It’s a drop of more than 50 percent in revenue compared to the 2019 numbers. Why did NCAA lose $600 million? Though it had $270 million from event cancelation insurance and spent about $473 million… Source link