Connecticut has a pedigree but hasn?t made a deep run since 2014. Florida Atlantic plays in a small gym on a campus that?s an owl sanctuary. San Diego State got in on a free throw. And Miami?s coach likes his self-help advice.

Clark delivered a 41-point triple-double against Louisville to take Iowa to its second Final Four; Angel Reese recorded her 32nd double-double of the season to propel L.S.U. over Miami.

With three major rule changes this season, Major League Baseball will try to reinvent itself while looking to the game?s past for inspiration.

Anthony Volpe, 21, grew up rooting for Derek Jeter. Making the Yankees? opening day roster after a hot preseason, Volpe will try to pick up where his idol left off.

Once a symbol of Wall Street excess, Cohen has invested lavishly in the Mets, becoming the most beloved billionaire in Queens. Is that enough to reverse team history?

While interviewing Rob Manfred for his book about baseball, Joe Kelly, an outspoken reliever, realized their goals weren?t all that different.

Fifth-seeded Miami rallied from 13 points down to beat Texas, while a foul and a free throw gave another No. 5 seed, San Diego State, a win over Creighton. They join UConn and Florida Atlantic.

The UConn men?s team had a very different night: They routed Gonzaga to reach the Final Four. Ninth-seeded Florida Atlantic also advanced.

Yolett McPhee-McCuin, buoyed by her confidence, represents a new wave of coaching in women?s college basketball. ?We?re gliding now,? she said of her Rebels.

Mikaela Shiffrin and Jessie Diggins are skiing unicorns. American skiing wants to make sure the next stars don?t have to be.

The American long-distance runner has shared her story in ?The Longest Race? at a moment of reckoning for the elite running world.

Some players grew up in New York but hadn?t played on its biggest stage. Others were learning about it anew in this N.C.A.A. men?s tournament.

Alabama?s season, which included questions about its handling of a deadly shooting, ended well short of its ambitions of an N.C.A.A. men?s basketball title.

The move comes amid a reckoning of the fraught history of team names across American sports. Potential new names include: ?Ambassadors,? ?Blue Fog,? ?Revolutionaries? and ?Sentinels.?

Creighton?s Arthur Kaluma and San Diego State?s Adam Seiko have faced each other at the N.C.A.A. tournament, and plenty of other times, before.

Assistant coaches usually move on after a few seasons. Not Dailey, Connecticut?s associate head coach, who sticks to a routine and brings balance to the bench.

The Hurricanes were unusually loose against the Cougars, the last No. 1 seed in the men?s N.C.A.A. tournament. Now Miami, not Houston, is pushing for a Final Four.

San Diego State bothered the Crimson Tide with a physical style and slow pace. Miami pounced on Houston early and cruised in the second half.

Vfl Wolfsburg casts itself as an underdog in Germany and in the Champions League. That doesn?t reflect reality.

Nationwide, poor children and adolescents are participating far less in sports and fitness activities than their more affluent peers.

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