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Each March, for a handful of unlucky teams, Selection Sunday becomes Rejection Sunday. They gather together to watch the unveiling of the NCAA tournament bracket only to endure the anguish of their school’s name not popping up. In a welcome surprise, this year’s biggest snubs didn’t exclusively hail from outside the five football power leagues

AccuWeather ‘Historic’ snowstorm to pummel Wyoming, Colorado Only a few days are left in winter, but that won’t stop Mother Nature from pulling out all of the stops in the last stretch of the season in the central and southern Rockies. A developing storm that AccuWeather meteorologists have been monitoring since last week will take

The Norman High School girls basketball team kneeled in protest during the national anthem on Thursday in a state quarterfinals game. An announcer called them, “f***ing n******” on the broadcast. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) An announcer calling an Oklahoma girls high school basketball game on Thursday night hurled racial slurs and expletives directed at a team

Houston Texans head coach David Culley is committed to quarterback Deshaun Watson … for “right now,” at least. Culley raised some eyebrows Thursday, telling Jim Trotter and Steve Wyche that Watson is the team’s starter “right now.” That phrase seems to suggest Watson may not be the starter when the 2021 season begins. Trotter and

Three days before what would have been her program’s first-ever postseason appearance, the coach of the Columbia women’s basketball team knocked on her athletic director’s office door. Megan Griffith’s players were eager to start practice. Griffith just needed to know if the Lions still had a game to prepare for anymore. It was the morning

Not long after the lightning strike of Dak Prescott’s massive four-year, $160 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys flashed across the NFL on Monday, the lingering buzz turned to team owner and league powerbroker Jerry Jones. It wasn’t the usual look-at-what-Jerry-just-did moment. Instead, this was a reading of the tea leaves when it came to

The Dallas Cowboys have reached a contract agreement with quarterback Dak Prescott, sources told Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson. #cowboys and Dak Prescott have agreed to extension terms. It’s done. — Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) March 8, 2021 The Cowboys confirmed the deal Monday afternoon. Record money in first year ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the extension

15 16 1 2 3 4 LEB 15 – – – DUR 16 – – – Last Play: Stephen Curry 3 Pts • 1 Ast • 2 Reb • 1 Stl Recent Plays 1st 8:18 3PT Stephen Curry makes a 24-foot three-pointer from the right corner 1st 8:21 Stephen Curry steals the ball from Kawhi Leonard 1st 8:26 Nikola

The University of Kansas placed coach Les Miles on administrative leave on Friday night, the first step in a departure that appears inevitable. A series of untoward allegations arose against Miles during his time coaching at LSU, which include unwelcome advances to multiple student employees and ignoring his athletic director’s orders to not contact student

While Blake Griffin appears far removed from his days as an All-NBA player, teams are interested in the six-time All-Star after his buyout with the Detroit Pistons. Knee surgery that halted his 2019-20 season after just 18 games has affected his play this season for a rebuilding Pistons team, leading to Friday’s buyout. If he’s

With the NFL rumor mill heating up and free agency on the horizon, it’s time to dive into the second edition of my ongoing series based around my trademarked “BS Meter.” I use this meter to parse out the rumors sure to be flying during this wild offseason. Here’s how it’s going to work: The

J.J. Watt signing with the Arizona Cardinals on Monday came with one complication: No. 99, which he’s worn his entire professional career, wasn’t available. It’s more complicated than Watt just paying the guy who wears No. 99 for the number. The Cardinals have retired No. 99 in honor of Marshall Goldberg, which means no one

“Changed the Game” is a Yahoo Sports series dedicated to the women who are often overlooked, under-appreciated or simply deserve more flowers for their contributions to women’s sports history. WHM What’s it like to make history and have everyone forget about it immediately? Wyomia Tyus knows. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Tyus

(Illustration by Michael Wagstaffe/Yahoo Sports) In 1952, the Boston Braves purchased the Negro League contract of Henry Aaron from the Indianapolis Clowns, a transaction that set the stage for baseball history. Aaron would make his MLB debut with the Braves two seasons later, 23 years before he retired with the most revered record in American

On a course that was supposed to keep the world’s best in check, Collin Morikawa still got to 18 under as he won the WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession Golf Club. Here’s everything you need to know from Sunday in Bradenton, Florida: Leaderboard: Collin Morikawa (-18), Viktor Hovland (-15), Brooks Koepka (-15), Billy Horschel (-15), Scottie

More than a year after the death of Kobe Bryant, his wife is taking issue with tweets posted immediately after his helicopter crash calling attention to his past rape accusation. Vanessa Bryant posted two tweets onto her Instagram story from actress Evan Rachel Wood and documentary producer Abigail Disney. Both tweets, which received blowback from