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March 23, 2024

The first game of the 2024 women’s NCAA Tournament featured near-madness. No. 8 seed North Carolina led No. 9 seed...

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What’s it like to be recruited by Dawn Staley? Brazilian steaks, samba dancing and stardom

March 23, 2024

Te-Hina Paopao’s heart was set on transferring to TCU.After Oregon missed the 2023 NCAA Tournament, she entered the transfer portal...

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What do March Madness stars listen to before tip-off? 13 players and coaches share their mixtapes

March 23, 2024

As college basketball players head to NCAA Tournament arenas on their team buses, many will slip on headphones, zone out...

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‘Road House’ Review: This Remake Amps Up the Action

The 1989 blockbuster “Road House,” was something of a pastiche. It delivered disreputable B-picture thrills with big-picture production value. The...

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Mandel: Nothing brings a split country together like March Madness. Enjoy it

You can find more of The Athletic’s coverage of the men’s NCAA Tournament here and women’s NCAA Tournament here. Follow...

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Five Action Movies to Stream Now

‘24 Hours with Gaspar’Stream it on Netflix.A taut revenge action fable, the Indonesian director Yosep Anggi Noen’s “24 Hours with...

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The Slave Ship Musical You Never Knew Existed

It’s safe to say that the Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty” is a...

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Year of the splitter? Once a dark art, the pitch is primed to take over baseball

By Zack Meisel, Cody Stavenhagen and Stephen J. NesbittGOODYEAR, Ariz. — A decade ago, on a dusty baseball diamond in...

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A ‘high butt factor’ might be an NFL Draft prospect’s most prized asset

“So you want me to comment about how important a guy’s ass is in the evaluation?” Mike Mayock asked, laughing....

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Amnon Weinstein, Who Restored Violins From the Holocaust, Dies at 84