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Markquis Nowell would not let his team lose. Nowell, the spark-plug 5-foot-8 point guard for Kansas State, turned in one of the best performances of the NCAA tournament in a heart-stopping 75-69 victory over Kentucky on Sunday in Greensboro. Whether he was hitting 3-pointers from the midcourt logo or dishing off highlight reel assists to

The opening Thursday of March Madness featured two massive upsets, one by an Ivy League program with a giant-slaying history and the other by a SoCon team that hadn’t won an NCAA tournament game in nearly half a century. Now comes a Friday slate with just as much action. Here’s a rundown of Friday’s slate:

In March 2019, Kihei Clark made one of the most astute passes in NCAA tournament history to save eventual national champion Virginia. Four years later, Clark was responsible for the exact opposite kind of March moment, a panicky gaffe in a pressure-packed moment. Trapped along the baseline by two defenders in the final seconds of

Figuras recortadas de cartón de Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, en el centro, y otros jugadores del equipo de fútbol del Nápoles en Quartieri Spagnoli, un vecindario de Nápoles, Italia, el 4 de marzo de 2023. (Roberto Salomone/The New York Times) NÁPOLES, Italia — La estrella revelación del fútbol europeo luce inquieta por un momento. No es el

Sometime before 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, the NCAA tournament selection committee will send CBS a completed bracket to unveil on its selection show. Here’s a look at the biggest decisions that the committee will have to make between now and then: 1. Who should get the final No. 1 seed? While three of the

The NFL combine is over and the sprint toward the actual 2023 NFL Draft is in full swing. Some players really saw their stock increase with strong performances in Indianapolis and we’re inching closer to the top pick in the draft being dealt. The leadoff of this mock draft? The host city of the combine

The Baltimore Ravens made their decision Tuesday afternoon: to assign quarterback Lamar Jackson with a non-exclusive, rather than exclusive, franchise tag. Its implication — a roughly $13 million cheaper salary in exchange for allowing Jackson to negotiate potential deals with other teams — prompted a chorus of opinions across the league to flow freely. “Not

This column originally appeared in Read & React, Yahoo Sports daily newsletter. You can subscribe here. Let’s kick the week off talking about the NFL scouting combine, which finished up Sunday. The NFL is a bit like a 21st century first date: you’ve read the profile, seen some game film, swiped right and now it’s

Jerry Richardson, seen here on a Carolina Panthers gameday in 2016. (Chris Keane/AP Images for Panini) Jerry Richardson, the founder and former owner of the Carolina Panthers has died. The Panthers announced his death on Thursday. He was 86 years old. David Tepper bought the Panthers from Richardson in 2018. Richardson put the team up

The NBA’s MVP award has been chosen annually by a panel of media members since the 1980-81 season. The discourse among voters, league personnel and fans seems more divergent than ever, and yet no race has been decided by fewer than 39 first-place votes since Steve Nash edged Shaquille O’Neal in 2004-05. O’Neal will never

Antoine Davis of the Detroit Mercy Titans is just 63 points shy of equaling Pete Maravich’s all-time NCAA scoring record. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Jaeson Maravich was working out at a gym about a week ago when he found out that one of his dad’s most unassailable records was in jeopardy. A friend mentioned

Jake Paul jaws at Tommy Fury following their weigh-in Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Paul came in at 183.6 pounds and Fury, the half-brother of lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, was 184.5. (Photo courtesy Skills Challenge) For much of his fledgling boxing career, social media content creator turned boxer Jake Paul has been criticized for

NFL draft season is in full swing with the scouting combine starting up next week. A brand new mock draft, with four quarterbacks in the top seven picks, is what you need to get your own takes percolating. Here is Charles McDonald’s 2023 NFL mock draft 4.0. (Moe Haidar/Yahoo Sports) This guy is the best

Moe Haidar/Yahoo Sports illustration With the NBA All-Star break over, teams are heading into the final stretch of the 2022-23 regular season with around 23 or so games remaining. With that in mind, Yahoo Sports’ NBA staff resets its preseason predictions for a number of awards, late-playoff matchups and what will be the most interesting

SALT LAKE CITY — We were well on our way to celebrating Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James as the biggest winner of the NBA’s All-Star Game, until news broke he would not play in the second half. The 38-year-old skipped the chaos that was media availability on All-Star Saturday, opting instead to spend a

SALT LAKE CITY — There are always snubs or players who feel like they’re right on the cusp of being an All-Star, even after this season of so many injury and injury replacements. Here’s who can have a good case to be on the All-Star list next season or in the very near future. Is