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Bree Hall #23 of the South Carolina Gamecocks reacts against the Duke Blue Devils during the second half in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Legacy Arena at the BJCC on March 30, 2025 in Birmingham, Alabama.

College Basketball

Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks Are Escape Artists

Jordan Mailata #68 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates with fans during the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Championship Parade on February 14, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The Crossword, March 31: Rules Lawyer (Themeless)

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Studio portrait of members of the Syracuse Star baseball team, Syracuse, New York , 1877 .

An MLB Preview Containing All The Information One Could Possibly Hope To Ascertain About The 2025 Season

JuJu Watkins #12 of the USC Trojans is attended to by team staff after being injured against the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the Second Round of the 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament held at Galen Center on March 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

JuJu Watkins’s Season Ends With A Torn ACL

Kirsten Simms #27 of the Wisconsin Badgers celebrates after scoring a goal off a penalty shot during the third period of the Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes held at Ridder Arena on March 23, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

College Hockey

Kirsten Simms Put Her Hand Up And Led Wisconsin To A Title

Allyson Felix of the United States competes in the Women's 400m final on Day 10 of the 2016 Olympic Games.

The Crossword, March 24: Skipping Town

JuJu Watkins #12 of the USC Trojans is defended by Paige Bueckers #5 of the Connecticut Huskies during the second half of an NCAA women's basketball game at the XL Center on December 21, 2024 in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Case For And Against Every Contender In The Women’s Tournament

Carson Kelly #15 of the Chicago Cubs and umpire Sean Sparling #53 in action during a spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels at Sloan Park on February 27, 2025 in Mesa, Arizona.

The Crossword, March 17: Penalty Boxes

All My Favorite Lines From ‘With Love, Meghan’

Head coach Kara Lawson of the Duke Blue Devils celebrates with her team following their victory against the NC State Wolfpack in the championship game of the ACC women's basketball tournament at First Horizon Coliseum on March 9, 2025 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Kara Lawson And Duke Get Revenge With A Conference Title

Former President Barack Obama greets head coach Tyronn Lue of the Los Angeles Clippers ahead of the game against the Detroit Pistons at Intuit Dome on March 05, 2025 in Inglewood, California.

The Crossword, March 10: Double Speak

The AxEMU suit is pictured during a press conference of Prada and Axiom Space, as part of the presentation of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit designed and developed for the Artemis 3 lunar mission in collaboration with Prada, at the MiCo Convention Centre in Milan, northern Italy, on October 16, 2024. Astronauts walking on the moon as part of NASA's first human mission to the lunar South Pole will be wearing Prada, as part of a new venture unveiled on October 16, 2024. Private space company Axiom Space teamed up with the Italian luxury brand to provide the surface suits and spacewalk systems for NASA's Artemis 3 mission, which is planned for September 2026.

The Crossword, March 3: Think Again (Themeless)

Charli XCX attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

The Crossword, Feb. 24: Counter

Marina Mabrey #4 of the Connecticut Sun reacts against the Minnesota Lynx in the third quarter of Game One of the Semi-Finals during the WNBA Playoffs at Target Center on September 29, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Sun defeated the Lynx 73-70

WNBA

Marina Mabrey Does Not See Her Future In Connecticut

Daryl Watts #9 of the Toronto Sceptres celebrates after scoring the equalizer against the Ottawa Charge during the PWHL Takeover Tour match at Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 16, 2025.

PWHL

The Sceptres Have All The Help They Need

Cale Makar #8 of the Colorado Avalanche skates with the puck against the Minnesota Wild in the third period at Xcel Energy Center on January 09, 2025 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Avalanche defeated the Wild 6-1.

The Crossword, Feb. 17: In The Ballpark

JuJu Watkins #12 of the USC Trojans celebrates a 71-60 win against the UCLA Bruins in the second half at Galen Center on February 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

JuJu Watkins Is The Whole Story

Napheesa Collier competes against Katie Lou Samuelson in the first round of the Unrivaled 1v1 tournament

Women's Basketball

Unrivaled’s 1-On-1 Tournament Is A New Place To Blow Off Steam

Interviews

Gossip Queen Kelsey McKinney SPILLS EVERYTHING In This SHOCKING Interview

A woman walks past Andy Warhol "Campbell's Soup Cans" during a press preview on October 10, 2019, held for the expanded and re-imagined Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) ahead of the October 21 opening of its expanded campus.

The Crossword, Feb. 10: Telework

Tennessee Lady Vols forward Zee Spearman (11) celebrates during the women's college basketball game between the Tennessee Lady Vols and the UConn Huskies on February 6, 2025, at Food City Center in Knoxville, TN.

Tennessee Tried Something New And Beat An Old Rival

Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson (40) and Canucks center J.T. Miller (9) talk during the NHL game between the Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks, held on January 29, 2025, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Beef-Ending Trade Of J.T. Miller Leaves Vancouver Sports Media With Nothing To Talk About

New York Liberty Forward Breanna Stewart celebrates the team winning the WNBA championship during their parade on October 24, 2024 in New York City. Fans lined the streets north along Broadway to City Hall through what's known as the "Canyon of Heroes" to celebrate the Liberty's first WNBA championship after a 67-62 overtime victory on Sunday over the Minnesota Lynx. The Liberty were the top seed with a league-best 32-8 record.

The Crossword, Feb. 3: Space Jam

Laura Stacey #7 of the Montreal Victoire skates during warmups prior to the game against the New York Sirens at Place Bell on December 4, 2024 in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The New York Sirens defeated the Montreal Victoire 4-1.

Laura Stacey Has No Rust To Shake Off

Alyssa Thomas #25 of the Connecticut Sun at Crypto.com Arena on September 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.