The 2025 NBA playoffs have moved on to the first round, with high drama already unfolding in Saturday's games. Game 1: Orlando Magic def. Atlanta Hawks, 120-95, Orlando advances to the playoffs ...

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Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Hall, Sania Feagin and Raven Johnson have won two national championships. They have never not advanced to the Final Four, and they won the ...

Illinois is in a perfect spot — at least geographically — as a No. 7 seed playing in the Midwest with a first-round game in ...

After their sweep of the Texas Longhorns, where do the Oklahoma Sooners land in Softball America's latest Bracketology?

Coming off the program's second consecutive Elite Eight appearance, Alabama is projected to make the NCAA Tournament once ...

Who doesn't love trying to predict the postseason bracket? On Tuesday afternoon, Softball America hosted its weekly bracket ...

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Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. military’s representative to NATO, the latest to be fired in an ongoing purge of senior officers. Sen. Jack Reed, the senior Democrat on the Armed Services ...

Texas women's basketball's NCAA Tournament run ended Friday in the Final Four, as South Carolina advanced to the championship with a 74-57 win. The Longhorns started the game hot. Texas forward ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 894th career goal Friday evening in the Washington Capitals' 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks to tie Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history. His next goal will ...