No. 1 overall seed Duke survives 16-seed Siena, rallies for 71-65 win in 1st round of March Madness

Duke barely avoided a shocking upset to open the NCAA Tournament before beating Siena 71-65

High Point's upset of Wisconsin ends the hope of a perfect March Madness bracket for millions

The NCAA Tournament brackets have already been busted for millions of college basketball fans

Lakers' LeBron James upgraded to available against Heat, set to tie NBA record for games played

LeBron James was upgraded to available for the Los Angeles Lakers’ game in Miami on Thursday, meaning he is now set to tie Robert Parish for the NBA’s all-time games played record

Pistons guard Cade Cunningham has collapsed lung, will be evaluated in 2 weeks

All-Star guard Cade Cunningham of the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons has a collapsed lung and is expected to miss at least two weeks and possibly more

Chase Johnston hadn't made a 2-pointer all season. His layup gave High Point a March Madness win

Chase Johnston had tried four 2-point shots all season and missed them all before he made a go-ahead layup in the closing seconds of High Point's March Madness stunner over Wisconsin

High Point stuns Wisconsin 83-82 in March Madness on Chase Johnston's first 2-point basket of season

Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

FIFA fines Israel, denies key Palestinian complaint and urges Iran to fulfill World Cup schedule

FIFA has fined the Israeli soccer federation for breaching anti-discrimination regulations but it took no action on a Palestinian request to suspend Israel from global soccer for allowing clubs based in West Bank settlements

Xavier Edmonds' layup with 4.3 seconds left lifts TCU to 66-64 March Madness win over Ohio State

Xavier Edmonds converted a layup to beat the shot clock with 4.3 seconds left, and No. 9 seed TCU held off a furious second-half rally by eighth-seeded Ohio State for a 66-64 victory to open the first round of the NCAA Tournament

Nebraska gets its first NCAA Tournament win, beating Troy 76-47 behind Pryce Sandfort's 23 points

Pryce Sandfort scored 23 points and Nebraska rolled to its long-awaited first NCAA Tournament victory, beating Troy 76-47

MLB partners with Polymarket, makes integrity pact with federal commission on prediction markets

Major League Baseball is entering an official partnership with Polymarket and has an agreement with the federal commission overseeing prediction markets to collaborate on integrity concerns

The Warriors know they're headed back to the play-in tournament; other teams might think the same

Golden State coach Steve Kerr can do the math

North Korea qualifies for the Women’s World Cup for the first time since 2011

North Korea has qualified for the Women’s World Cup again after a long absence following a doping scandal in 2011

Scoreboard roundup -- 3/18/26

Is soccer no longer Italy's best sport? The Azzurri face World Cup playoff amid others' success

Italy is coming off a record performance at the Winter Olympics

Top seeds are big favorites to start March Madness. It could be tricky for fans to spot an upstart

The top seeds in the NCAA Tournament are generally heavy favorites in their first-round games