UConn is the only school to win both men’s and women’s championships in the same year, achieving this in 2004 and ’14, and have now sent both schools to the Final Four, college basketball’s biggest marquee, for the sixth time.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
In three seasons with the Red Storm, the 73-year-old Pitino has led a remarkable resurgence for the New York City program, coaching the Johnnies to consecutive Big East regular-season and tournament championships.
Behind driver Tyler Reddick, 23XI won four of the first six races, months after MJ settled his lawsuit with NASCAR regarding a challenge to the racing circuit’s charter system.
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Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Small shifts in persuasion matter, particularly when races are close.
Erica Fox was a swimmer and triathlete who had done two half-Ironmans and numerous other triathlons and who for almost 20 years did an annual triathlon called Escape From Alcatraz, her father said.
Rhyne Howard scored 30 points to lead Vinyl past Laces and into the Unrivaled semifinals on Saturday, while Paige Bueckers’ 29 points led Breeze past Rose to secure its semifinal berth.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
If Palace do progress to next month’s quarter-finals and find a way to reach and win the final in the German city of Leipzig on May 27, the manner in which victory came will be forgotten.
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Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
The Alcaraz and Sinner trilogy in major finals began with an epic French Open final that came in at a whopping five hours and 29 minutes.
After Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government’s emergency decree issued in spring last year, only foreign nationals with Italian parents or grandparents are now allowed to seek citizenship.
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Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
His death brings the total at the Adelanto facility to four deaths, all involving Mexican nationals.
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