How The Heck Did We Get This Final Four?
FiveThirtyEight · 3 minWe can’t say we saw UConn, Miami, Florida Atlantic and San Diego State coming on the men’s side (nobody did). But there is some method to the madness this March.
We can’t say we saw UConn, Miami, Florida Atlantic and San Diego State coming on the men’s side (nobody did). But there is some method to the madness this March.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) is now the triumphant pugilist at the World Championship as well with a 5-0 win over Mongolia’s Lutsaikhan Altansetseg to win the marquee tournament. With this victory, Nitu has become the sixth Indian boxer to be crowned world champion.
THE TICKET was in one of his pockets and stayed there during the game. He discovered it later that evening when he rode the train back from the city and returned to his freshman dorm room, as he set his personal items on the desk before bed.
In the modern NBA, there is no resource more valuable than time on the shot clock. In fact, it’s the only thing that teams can’t score without.
On the first day of shooting for Robert Altman’s 1973 film The Long Goodbye, Elliott Gould sauntered onto set and improvised four simple words: “It’s okay with me.
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What is Metroid, if not asking the player to take a leap of faith on themselves? A game about tension and isolation has maintained that feeling. Daddy’s Day Off is an ongoing streaming series where Patrick Klepek plays through the entirety of a game that he doesn’t have time for off the clock.
Diamond Sports Group, which owns 19 regional sports networks (RSNs), has ventured into bankruptcy, a predictable development that will nonetheless have a major impact on the way fans watch games and the way teams profit off them.
While Japanese games of varying genres are enjoying success these days, the 2000s and 2010s weren’t as kind, especially in Western markets.
After nearly seven years between proper albums, Anthony Gonzalez returns this week with ‘Fantasy,’ his immersive ninth album that hits his nostalgic sweet spot but doesn’t wallow in his history Anthony Gonzalez admits he hasn’t seen a lot of new movies in the past year, but the M83 mastermin
In spite of a rocky first third, is a delightful, if , swords and sorcery film that balances the goofball antics of playing tabletop role-playing games and focused storytelling without sacrificing approachability.
As he looks out from his balcony, over slumped, drying wetsuits, Andrew Cotton can see it all. The stretch of sand, the salt haze, a spike of cliff and a scarlet lighthouse.
The Yuchi Tribe of Oklahoma received five bison from Denver earlier this month, marking the first time in nearly two centuries that Yuchi people will once again interact with the animal.
Twenty-five years ago, Jack Armstrong was an out-of-work college coach. Now, he’s the life of the party on the Raptors’ sidelines. Meet Canada’s least likely basketball icon.
BOULDER, Colo. -- On a sunny February morning, Deion Sanders walked into Colorado's recruiting lounge, overlooking snow-covered Folsom Field, and sat in a tan leather recliner. He wore a shirt that read: "Ain't Hard 2 Find."
How can a film based on a game about perfectly interlocking pieces be so messy? Tetris is a simple, satisfying game. Blocks arranged in different geometric shapes fall from the top of the screen, get rotated to and fro, and fall into rows that clear when the pieces fit together just so.
More than 1,200 people have died from suspected or confirmed drug overdoses in Saskatchewan since the beginning of 2020. A CBC Saskatchewan project shares the faces and names of many of those we lost during those three years, taking the conversation beyond statistics and stereotypes.
“You ready for an adventure?” Mando asks Grogu this week. The rubber-burning second episode asks its viewers the same question, and makes it easy to answer “Yes.
Editor's note: This article contains heavy spoilers for season one of The Last of Us and minor spoilers for the game The Last of Us Part II.
Watching Formula 1 is my absolute favorite pastime. As a wheel addict for about two years and a Formula 1 fan since childhood, I'm always looking for ways to brighten and enhance my viewing experience of motorsport races.
ALYSSA THOMPSON SITS on a white leather couch at the Nike headquarters in Los Angeles, crammed between her two sisters and parents. Thompson's legs are crossed, her hands pinned between them, a white, crisp Nike sneaker bouncing metronomically in midair.
Dallas has completely fallen apart after going all in for Irving at the deadline. Just how bad have things gotten? It might be time for the Mavs to cut their losses and try to salvage the future.
He eventually found his way onto the ice in 2017 at 29, playing with an LGBTQ hockey team in Calgary. He's now on the board of the Calgary Inclusive Hockey Association, which includes two teams — the Pioneers and the Villagers.