Sports

Good Luck With That 'Perfect' March Madness Bracket. You'll Need It

9:30am March 27, 2013

by Adam Cole

Millions of basketball fans will fill out NCAA tournament brackets this week and try to correctly predict the outcomes of every game. The chances of succeeding are about 1 in 150 quintillion. A group of computer scientists are trying to beat those odds by writing programs that learn to pick winners.

Queue Listen Now

U.S. Men's Soccer Team Ties With Mexico

5:56am March 27, 2013

by Carrie Kahn

Brad Guzan swatted away shot after shot and the U.S. team hung on for a 0-0 draw with Mexico Tuesday night. The U.S. earned only its second point in a World Cup qualifier at Azteca Stadium.

Queue Listen Now

Sports

It's Been An Ugly Year For College Basketball

4:40am March 27, 2013

by Frank Deford

Frank Deford isn't impressed with the style of play — or the style of uniforms — in this year's March Madness.

Queue Listen Now

Sports

Is Tiger Woods Ready for The Masters?

12:50pm March 26, 2013

After he won the latest pro golf tournament on Monday, Tiger Woods climbed back to number one in the sport. In his weekly Sports Commentary, WFDD's Dave Goren says that mean all is right with

Queue Listen Now

Florida Gulf Coast players Eddie Murray (No. 23) and Chase Fieler (No. 20) celebrate their win Sunday over San Diego State. The game was played at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Sports

3 Things You Need To Know About The Weekend's Basketball Action

10:00am March 25, 2013

by Mark Memmott

The biggest story? Florida Gulf Coast's Cinderella run. The biggest controversy? A missed call at the end of Ohio State's game with Iowa State. The longest game? The Dayton women's epic double overtime victory over St. John's.

March Madness: Good For Fans, Bad For Business

6:34pm March 23, 2013

by NPR Staff

No matter what team wins, employers are losing out. A recent study estimated the NCAA Division I men's college basketball tournament has already cost American companies at least $134 million in the first two days alone.

Queue Listen Now

Florida Pitches New Facilities To Clinch Spring Training

6:00pm March 21, 2013

by Greg Allen

Over the next four years, five major league teams will be renegotiating their spring training leases in Florida. With millions in economic benefits at stake, local communities and the Sunshine State are looking to upgraded facilities in hopes of keeping teams from moving to other locations in Florida and Arizona.

Queue Listen Now

Longtime sports columnist Dave Kindred says college basketball has changed for the worst.

Sports

Op-Ed: March Aside, College Basketball Has Lost Its Madness

2:58pm March 20, 2013

by NPR Staff

Dave Kindred, a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, says that even though March Madness still generates a lot of buzz around the water cooler, the regular college basketball season has lost its epic stories and, therefore, its charm.

Queue Listen Now

Sports

NCAA Tournament Tip Off

12:16pm March 19, 2013

The real March Madness begins this week, when the NCAA Tournament's second and third rounds are played at eight sites throughout the country.

Queue Listen Now

Ruth Ann Steinhagen, then-19, in the Cook County Jail after she shot Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949. On the table: a photo of Waitkus taken in the hospital where he was recovering from his bullet wound. The story of his shooting

Stalker Who Inspired 'The Natural' Dies; Lived Real Life In Obscurity

5:54pm March 18, 2013

by Mark Memmott

Ruth Ann Steinhagen was 19 when she shot Eddie Waitkus, a Philadelphia Phillie. She had been obsessed with him, and lured Waitkus to a Chicago hotel room. Initially judged to be insane, she was never tried. For about 60 years, she lived a quiet life in Chicago.

Queue Listen Now