Today in History — March 18
Today is Saturday, March 18, the 77th day of 2023. There are 288 days left in the year.
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Today is Saturday, March 18, the 77th day of 2023. There are 288 days left in the year.
Composer John Kander ("Chicago") is 96. Actor Brad Dourif ("Deadwood," "Lord of the Rings") is 73. Jazz guitarist Bill Frisell is 72. Keyboardist Karen Grotberg of The Jayhawks is 64. Actor Geoffrey Owens ("The Cosby Show") is 62. Actor Thomas Ian Griffith ("Cobra Kai," "The Karate Kid Part 3") is 61. TV personality Mike Rowe ("Dirty Jobs") is 61. Singer-actor Vanessa Williams ("Desperate Housewives," "Ugly Betty") is 60. Keyboardist Scott Saunders of Sons of the Desert is 59. Actor David Cubitt ("Medium") is 58. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains is 57. Actor Michael Bergin ("Baywatch") is 54. Rapper-actor Queen Latifah is 53. Comedian Dane Cook ("Employee of the Month") is 51. Singer Philip Sweet of Little Big Town is 49. Singers Evan and Jaron Lowenstein of Evan and Jaron are 49. Actor Sutton Foster ("Younger," "Bunheads") is 48. Singer Adam Levine of Maroon 5 is 44. Drummer Daren Taylor of Airborne Toxic Event is 43. Actor Adam Pally ("The Mindy Project") is 41. Actor Cornelius Smith Jr. ("Scandal") is 41. Actor Duane Henry ("NCIS") is 38. Actor Lily Collins is 34. Actor Julia Goldani Telles ("Bunheads") is 28. Actor Ciara Bravo ("Big Time Rush") is 26. Actor Blake Garrett Rosenthal ("Mom") is 19.
Authors, journalists and filmmakers take what may seem mundane or complicated and bring it to life through engaging storytelling. Each year, I highlight interviews that stuck with me throughout the year.
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Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night. The shortest team in the tourney, the Knights showed no fear in swarming 7-foot-4 All-America center Zach Edey from the start. FDU’s players were quicker and more composed than the Big Ten champion Boilermakers.
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeau scored 22 points and Elena Tsineke's jumper with 31.2 seconds left in overtime put South Florida ahead for good in a 67-65 victory over No. 9 seed Marquette to start the women's NCAA Tournament on Friday.
Many of Major League Baseball’s biggest stars like Mike Trout, Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani aren’t playing in spring training these days. They're in the World Baseball Classic. And people are watching. The fifth WBC tournament drew just over one million fans in the first round, up from about 500,000 in 2017.
Furman's JP Pegues has watched the shot over and over. In Pegues’ wildest dreams, he never imagined himself becoming an instant star. But the 6-foot-1 sophomore rocketed into notoriety when his 3-pointer took down No. 4 seed Virginia in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.Â
Sloane Matthews, Makenna Webster and Hadley Hartmetz each scored and defending champion Ohio State eased by Northeastern 3-0 in the NCAA women’s Frozen Four. Top-seeded Ohio State seeks its second championship in program history on Sunday in an all-WCHA final. Ohio State came out aggressively in the first period, getting the first 11 shots on goal as Northeastern didn’t have a shot through the opening nine minutes.
For top-seeded Houston, any hope of winning a national title may come down to Marcus Sasser’s ailing groin.Â
Ratings for women's college basketball are at their highest levels in years. ESPN is putting the women's NCAA Tournament national title game on network television for the first time since 1995.
Stephen Curry has a simple answer for the drama between his four-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors and the upstart Memphis Grizzlies over the past two seasons. For Golden State, Curry says it's just a matchup with a talented team because the history to make it anything more isn't there.
Today is Friday, March 17, the 76th day of 2023. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick's Day.
Singer-songwriter John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful is 79. Percussionist Harold Brown of War is 77. Actor Patrick Duffy is 74. Actor Kurt Russell is 72. Country singer Susie Allanson is 71. Actor Lesley-Anne Down is 69. Actor Mark Boone Junior ("Sons of Anarchy") is 68. Country singer Paul Overstreet is 68. Actor Gary Sinise is 68. Actor Christian Clemenson ("CSI: Miami") is 65. Actor Arye Gross ("Castle") is 63. Actor Vicki Lewis ("NewsRadio") is 63. Actor Casey Siemaszko ("NYPD Blue") is 62. Actor Rob Lowe is 59. Singer Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins is 56. Actor Mathew St. Patrick ("Six Feet Under") is 55. Actor Yanic Truesdale ("Gilmore Girls") is 54. Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur of Smashing Pumpkins and Hole is 51. Drummer Caroline Corr of The Corrs is 50. Actor Amelia Heinle ("The Young and the Restless," "All My Children") is 50. Singer Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square is 50. Actor Marisa Coughlan ("Boston Legal," "Freddy Got Fingered") is 49. Rapper Swifty of D12 is 48. "The NFL on CBS" reporter Tracy Wolfson is 48. Actor Natalie Zea ("Justified," "Dirty Sexy Money") is 48. Actor Brittany Daniel ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") is 47. Singer-TV personality Tamar Braxton ("Braxton Family Values") is 46. Bassist Geoff Sprung of Old Dominion is 45. Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam is 42. TV personality Rob Kardashian ("Keeping Up With the Kardashians") is 36. Singer Hozier is 33. Actor Eliza Hope Bennett ("Nanny McPhee") is 31. Actor John Boyega ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens") is 31. Actor Flynn Morrison ("Last Man Standing") is 18.
Consider some gifts for kids that will keep on giving long after the blocks, action figures and game systems get relegated to the back of a closet or attic.