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A catch-up on women's NCAA basketball ahead of the final

5:28pm April 01, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with sportswriter Lyndsey D'Arcangelo about the women's NCAA basketball tournament. She recaps Friday's semifinal games and previews Sunday's championship matchup.

What do MLB fans think of baseball's new rules?

5:28pm April 01, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow visits Nationals Park on Opening Day to talk to fans about the new rules coming to baseball this season.

Utah Jazz guard Johnny Juzang (33) shoots against the Spurs during a game in San Antonio on Wednesday.

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The NBA and its players have a deal for a new labor agreement

10:34am April 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

The league and its players came to an agreement on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement. It is still pending ratification, though that process is almost certainly no more than a formality.

Iowa's Caitlin Clark reacts after a 3-pointer during the second half of an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game against South Carolina on Friday in Dallas.

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Led by Caitlin Clark, Iowa ends South Carolina's perfect season in women's Final Four

9:02am April 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

In the biggest matchup of her life, Iowa's dazzling point guard poured in 41 points to set a NCAA Tournament semifinal scoring record and put her Hawkeyes into the championship game against LSU.

LSU's Alexis Morris drives past Virginia Tech's Georgia Amoore during the first half of an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game Friday in Dallas.

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LSU women rally against Virginia Tech in the Final Four to reach their 1st title game

8:55am April 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

LSU is going to the women's national championship game for the first time, beating top-seeded Virginia Tech 79-72 in a national semifinal game. The Tigers will face Iowa for the crown on Sunday.

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Saturday Sports: Women's and men's NCAA tournaments; MLB opening weekend

7:56am April 01, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the women's and men's NCAA tournaments and opening weekend in the MLB.

Everything is bigger as Texas hosts men's and women's NCAA Tournament Championships

5:58pm March 31, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, ahead of the Men's and Women's Final Four games happening across Texas this weekend.

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Giancarlo Rosado of the Florida Atlantic Owls shoots over Ismael Massoud of the Kansas State Wildcats during the Elite Eight round of the 2023 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament held at Madison Square Garden on March 25.

'In Dusty we trusty': Can the Owls complete the March Madness Cinderella story?

4:00pm March 31, 2023

by Jason Fuller

The Florida Atlantic Owls are an underdog team with zero NCAA Tournament wins before 2023. Head coach Dusty May has pulled off an unbelievable run to get them within an inch of history.

The Florida Atlantic Owls will face the San Diego State Aztecs in the Final Four on Saturday — the first time either program has gotten this far in the NCAA Tournament. The Owls practiced at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Friday.

Men's Final Four rewrites history as two teams try to move on to NCAA title game

1:53pm March 31, 2023

by Bill Chappell

As the highest-ranked team left standing, it's up to No. 4 seed UConn to restore order in a tournament that's been marked by wild upsets. But it's not the only team with a strong resume.

June Steenkamp, the mother of Reeva Steenkamp sits inside the correctional service car Thursday at the Atteridgeville Prison for the parole hearing of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa.

Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend's murder

1:34pm March 31, 2023

by The Associated Press

Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.