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The passionate rivalry behind tonight's historic UNC vs. Duke matchup

5:08pm April 02, 2022

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with author and University of North Carolina graduate Will Blythe about the Duke-UNC basketball rivalry ahead of their highly anticipated NCAA tournament matchup tonight.

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Saturday sports: UConn and S.C. in women's NCAA final; men's Final Four tonight

10:17am April 02, 2022

by Tom Goldman

South Carolina and UConn face off later today in the women's NCAA basketball final. The men's contenders will be decided tonight. Plus, the men's World Cup soccer matchups.

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27 years to the day: UConn and Stanford meet again in the NCAA Women's Final Four

9:46pm April 01, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Women's Final Four Tournament is taking place in Minneapolis Friday night. South Carolina and Louisville play at 7:30 p.m. ET. UConn and Stanford play second at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Lothar Matthaus draws the card of USA in Group B during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final Draw on Friday in Doha, Qatar.

The U.S. will face England in the World Cup's group stage

2:09pm April 01, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

The United States drew a spot in Group B, meaning the men's soccer team will face off against England, Iran and the winner of a European playoff — setting up a challenging run for the U.S. squad.

Leaky Black #1 of the North Carolina Tar Heels places the team name on the East Regional Champion bracket slot after the Elite Eight round of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game against the Saint Peter's Peacocks on March 27 in Philadelphia.

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Odds are your NCAA bracket has already been busted, but that's half the fun

5:00am April 01, 2022

by Jeff Dean

Don't feel bad if your NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket has already been vaporized. The odds of predicting a perfect March Madness bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion.

The NCAA made moves toward gender equality this March Madness, but there's work to do

4:57pm March 31, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The women's division 1 college basketball tournament soon comes to a close in Minneapolis. Many wonder whether changes in the event have put it on more a equal footing with the men's tournament.

Costa Rica's Ian Lawrence (right) vies for the ball with U.S. player DeAndre Yedlin during their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 CONCACAF qualifier match in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Wednesday.

The U.S. men's soccer team qualifies for the World Cup despite its loss to Costa Rica

8:45am March 31, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. will learn on Friday which three nations it will face in the group stage of the World Cup, which starts Nov. 21. The men's team returns after a 2018 loss that broke its qualifying streak.

In Barcelona, a record attendance for a women's soccer game

4:18pm March 30, 2022

It's called El Clásico: Each time Barcelona FC and Real Madrid face one other. On Wednesday, it is a women's game that is breaking an attendance record in Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium.

New NFL hiring rules aim to bring in more women and people of color

4:41pm March 29, 2022

by Tom Bowman

The National Football League has a diversity problem, which it acknowledged this week. Team owners announced new hiring rules to increase numbers of women and people of color in their organizations.

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NFL is requiring teams to hire women or minorities as coaches for 2022 season

5:53am March 29, 2022

by Ayana Archie

According to league data, the percentage of people of color in coaching positions increased from 35% in 2020 to 39% in 2021.