NCAA bracket cheat sheet: Everything you need to win - Detroit Free Press Want to win your office pool this year? Here's your full bracket breakdown, including sleepers, busts and more Swish! Time for March Madness.(Photo: Charles LeClaire, USA Today Sports) An estimated 70 million brackets will be filled out this week for the 68-team NCAA tournament, according to the American Gaming … [Read more...]
Frank Kaminsky and Wisconsin have fun with first No. 1 seed in school history
Frank Kaminsky and Wisconsin have fun with first No. 1 seed in school history Play Tourney Pick'em | Fill out your bracket | Print it | Celebrity Challenge CHICAGO — Frank Kaminsky and his Wisconsin Badgers are not the sort of team you want to bestow extra time upon. Michigan State learned this on Sunday, allowing Wisconsin to erase a late 11-point deficit to force an overtime in which the … [Read more...]
Hoop of Colour wins Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita (The Associated Press)
Hoop of Colour wins Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita (The Associated Press) ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Hoop of Colour won the $200,000 Santa Ana Stakes by three-quarters of a length Sunday at Santa Anita. … [Read more...]
Williams, Federer, Nadal easily advance at Indian Wells (Yahoo Sports)
Williams, Federer, Nadal easily advance at Indian Wells (Yahoo Sports) Serena Williams is settling right into the BNP Paribas Open, producing a quick, business-like effort in advancing to the fourth round Sunday while enjoying her return after a 14-year absence. She beat up-and-comer Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-0 in 53 minutes, a routine affair compared to the emotional roller coaster … [Read more...]
NHL Three Stars: Holtby slams door on Bruins; Tarasenko scores a beauty
NHL Three Stars: Holtby slams door on Bruins; Tarasenko scores a beauty No. 1. Star: Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals The Caps netminder picked up his eighth shutout of the season in a 2-0 win over the Boston Bruins. The win stopped a two-game losing skid for the Caps. Washington had also lost three of its previous four games. No. 2 Star: Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues He was at his … [Read more...]
Greg Cosell’s NFL draft preview: Examining QB Jameis Winston
Greg Cosell's NFL draft preview: Examining QB Jameis Winston I think, like many others, that Jameis Winston is the best quarterback prospect in this class. But I want to take a moment to emphasize a key word there: prospect. Everybody in the NFL draft is a prospect. No matter how many times people say a player “can’t miss,” they’re all prospects. Every player coming into the NFL has … [Read more...]
Spring Training Daily: ST Daily: An Appel Monday
Spring Training Daily: ST Daily: An Appel Monday Monday, March 16, 2015 Astros pitching prospect Mark Appel is expected to return to Grapefruit League action Monday against the Nationals, per a report from MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart. The right-hander had been dealing with a strained right forearm following his March 5 stint against the Phillies, in which he allowed a run on three hits with no … [Read more...]