Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his "Fosbury Flop," has died at age 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a recurrence with lymphoma, according to publicist Ray Schulte.
March Madness isn’t just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets. There are more ways to bet the field in the NCAA Tournament, an event that will consume basketball fans over the next three weeks.
South Carolina has joined an exclusive group, going wire-to-wire as No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll. They became the third school to be the top team in the poll for the entire season in back-to-back years. UConn and Louisiana Tech are the others.
Alabama is No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll of the season. Houston is No. 2 and Big Ten champion Purdue was third.
Today is Monday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2023. There are 293 days left in the year.
Jazz drummer Roy Haynes is 98. Songwriter Mike Stoller is 90. Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 84. Singer Candi Staton is 83. Actor William H. Macy is 73. Comedian Robin Duke is 69. Actor Dana Delany ("Body of Proof" "China Beach") is 67. Bassist Adam Clayton of U2 is 63. Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard is 61. Drummer Matt McDonough of Mudvayne is 54. Actor Annabeth Gish ("The West Wing," "The X-Files") is 52. Actor Tracy Wells ("Mr. Belvedere") is 52. Rapper Common is 51. Rapper Khujo of Goodie Mob is 51. Singer Glenn Lewis is 48. Actor Danny Masterson ("That '70s Show") is 47. Musicians Natalie and Nicole Albino of Nina Sky are 39. Actor Noel Fisher ("Shameless") is 39. Actor Emile Hirsch ("Into the Wild") is 38.
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South Carolina is six wins away from becoming the 10th women's basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season, and the Gamecocks will enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. Dawn Staley's squad has been challenged a few times this year but has always pulled through. The defending national champions will play Norfolk State in the first round of the tournament. The other No. 1 seeds are Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford. The tournament begins Wednesday with four First Four games and the full madness starts Friday.
The San Diego Padres are flirting with the idea of beginning the season with a six-man pitching rotation. Settling on an opening day starter may not be as easy a decision for manager Bob Melvin. With Joe Musgrove sidelined by a toe injury and Yu Darvish pitching for Japan in the World Baseball Classic, Melvin is exploring options that could include Blake Snell or Michael Wacha. Melvin is considering a six-man rotation because the Padres will begin the season with a stretch of 24 games in 25 days.
Alabama is the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament after cruising through the end of a season clouded by a murder case. Kansas, Houston and Purdue grabbed the other top seeds. Action in the 68-team tournament begins Tuesday with two games in the First Four. March Madness gets into full swing Thursday and Friday with 32 games spread over eight cities. The Final Four is set for April 1 and 3 at NRG Stadium in Houston.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brandon Miller scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as fourth-ranked Alabama smothered No. 18 Texas A&AM 82-63 on Sunday for the Crimson Tide's second Southeastern Conference Tournament championship in three seasons.
Olympic champion Marco Odermatt won a men's World Cup giant slalom to secure his second straight season title in the discipline. The Swiss skier built on his first-run lead as he beat Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway by 0.32 seconds. Odermatt extended his lead over Kristoffersen to 160 points in the GS standings, locking up the title with only 100 points still at stake at the season-ending race next Saturday. Odermatt says "it's crazy. I can't really believe that." Alexis Pinturault of France was 0.70 behind in third.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has surpassed Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark with a record 87th World Cup win. But she does not think it makes her the greatest ski racer of all time. Shiffrin says "people root for who they want to win – for whatever reason." Shiffrin turns 28 Monday and is bound to add to her tally of wins as other milestones will come her way. Stenmark says Shiffrin "can win more than 100." Records are also on the cards for Shiffrin when it comes to the number of crystal globes – the award for winning the season discipline or overall title.
