After two rounds of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Sweet 16 has many future first-round NBA draft picks still dancing during March Madness. As always, prospects will use the momentum from March to capitalize on their draft stock to begin their professional careers. Others, however, might benefit from increased NIL packages in the NCAA […]
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CHICAGO — Rick Barnes didn’t give the canned answer like Alabama’s Nate Oats and Iowa State’s T.J. Otzelberger had to because nobody really figured it was worth asking anymore. “I’m from North Carolina,” the 71-year-old Tennessee men’s basketball coach quipped when told he was likely to be the only head coach at the 2026 NCAA […]
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By the time the final buzzer sounds Friday, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament field will officially be down to the Elite Eight. The round of 16 concludes with games in the East and Midwest Regionals, with the action taking place in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, respectively. A loaded field of programs with multiple championships will […]
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HOUSTON — Three minutes into Iowa’s Sweet 16 game against Nebraska on Thursday night, a casualty occurred on the Hawkeyes’ sideline. Iowa coach Ben McCollum, already red-cheeked and furious at his team’s passive start in a game they trailed by 10 points, snapped a dry erase marker into two pieces in the timeout huddle. Ink […]
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Delta Air Lines has cut off special services for members of Congress at airports, as the industry continues to feel the effects of the government’s failure to pay Transportation Security Administration workers. On Tuesday morning, Delta issued a statement saying it would temporarily suspend specialty services for members of Congress “due to the impact on […]
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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are buzzing with optimism that they’ve found a viable path to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, four sources familiar with negotiations between the White House and Congress told NBC News. Republicans believe the framework could gain the support of President Donald Trump and secure enough Democratic support to quickly fund […]
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The clock that was ticking toward a dramatic new escalation in the Iran war may now be counting down to a deal that would end it. That’s the latest stunning turn of events delivered by President Donald Trump’s social media account. Trump announced Monday that he was postponing his threatened military strikes against Iranian power […]
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This article is part of “Unaffordable America,” a series examining rising economic inequality in the U.S. and the policies that drive it. How’s the economy? Not bad if you’re rich. Demand for luxury yachts and private jets is surging thanks to last year’s tax law. Sales of $10 million-plus mansions are booming as stocks hit […]
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The Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building, a department official announced Monday. An area of the Pentagon known as “Correspondents’ Corridor” that reporters have used for decades to cover the U.S. […]
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U.S. stocks surged Monday, after President Donald Trump announced that he was postponing all military strikes on Iranian power plants for a five-day period. Trump said the U.S. and Iran had engaged in what he called “very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.” Reporting […]
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