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The World Baseball Classic has provided some thrilling moments and record numbers

5:15pm March 21, 2023

by Tom Goldman

The tournament wraps Tuesday night with what should be a riveting game between defending champion U.S. and two-time winners Japan. The WBC has been a big hit, with record attendance and viewership.

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There's drama brewing in the golf world over a new ball for the professionals

4:23pm March 21, 2023

by Gus Contreras

The booming drives are changing the character of some of the sport's classic courses.

Willis Reed (19) of the New York Knicks drives against San Francisco Warrior Clyde Lee (43) during an NBA game at Madison Square Garden on March 4, 1970. At right is San Francisco Warrior Jeff Mullins (23). Reed died Tuesday at age 80.

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Willis Reed, a leader on the New York Knicks' NBA championship teams, dies at 80

4:10pm March 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

Reed dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the Knicks to their first championship, an enduring example of playing through pain.

Vladislav Goldin of the Florida Atlantic Owls dunks in front of Demetre Roberts of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. FAU dispatched the Cinderella Knights from the 2023 NCAA tournament.

March Madness brackets are all busted, but the Sweet 16 beckons

11:08am March 21, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The 2023 men's tournament is wide open: to find a recent champion in the Sweet 16 field, you have to go all the way back to 2014 winners UConn.

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March Madness is in full swing. Catch up on the highlights so far

5:18pm March 18, 2023

by Tom Goldman

We're in the full swing of March Madness with the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments underway. There have already been a few upsets and surprises.

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Saturday Sports: March Madness begins; men's FIFA World Cup expands format

8:02am March 18, 2023

March Madness has begun in college basketball with some stunning upsets in the first round, the World Baseball Classic comes to a close, and the men's FIFA World Cup expands its format.

Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton, center, celebrates after a basket against Purdue in the second half of a first-round college basketball game in the men's NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday. FDU would go on to take the win, upsetting top-seeded Purdue University.

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Fairleigh Dickinson stuns top-seeded Purdue during March Madness

9:36pm March 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, thanks to a relentless, hustling defense.

Coverage and resources for women's basketball lag behind the surge in fan support

5:03pm March 17, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chantel Jennings, senior writer for women's basketball for The Athletic, about March Madness and the women's game.

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Get your bracket cards ready — March Madness tips off today

1:25pm March 17, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, about this year's NCAA Men's and Women's 68-team tournaments.

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Is your bracket intact? More games are on tap in the Men's NCAA basketball tournament

6:44am March 17, 2023

by Tom Goldman

March Madness is fully underway. The opening of college basketball's tournament season brought exciting play and some upsets.

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