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The queens of March Madness: USC's freshman guard Juju Watkins and her USC Trojans

5:28pm March 20, 2024

As America waits for the kickoff of the Men's and Women's NCAA Tournaments, NPR's providing listeners with mini profiles of talented players leading their teams into the tournament.

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The queens of March Madness: Notre Dame's Freshman floor general Hannah Hidalgo

5:28pm March 20, 2024

As America waits for the kickoff of the Men's and Women's NCAA Tournaments, NPR's providing listeners with mini profiles of talented players leading their teams into the tournamen.

The UConn Huskies are the No. 1 seed and are favored to win this year's NCAA March Madness tournament. But is Jonathan the Husky the cutest mascot in the competition?

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5 nonsensical ways to fill out your March Madness bracket

2:55pm March 20, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

The deadline to fill out your March Madness bracket is coming up. If you want to participate but don't care or know anything about basketball, try these hairbrained rules for picking the winner.

Florence Griffith-Joyner celebrates with her gold medal after winning the Women's 100 meters final event during the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.

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Remembering Olympic gold medalist Florence 'Flo-Jo' Griffith Joyner

1:16pm March 20, 2024

by Ashley Montgomery

Olympic gold medalist Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith Joyner died in her sleep on Sept. 21, 1998. The sprinter's world records for the 100 meter and 200 meter events remain unbroken.

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Caitlin Clark helps to draw attention to the women's NCAA basketball tournament

6:11pm March 19, 2024

by Devan Schwartz

Besides the hype for Caitlin Clark, the women's all-time college scoring leader, NPR's Michel Martin gets the highlights of the women's bracket with Ben Pickman of The Athletic.

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Meet the queens of March Madness: University of Utah senior forward Alissa Pili

5:19pm March 19, 2024

As America waits for the kickoff of the Men's and Women's NCAA Tournaments, NPR's providing listeners with mini profiles of talented players leading their teams into the tournament.

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Meet the queens of March Madness: South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao

5:19pm March 19, 2024

NPR is providing listeners with mini profiles of talented players leading their teams into the tournament, their off court talents and passions and overall chances of making the Final Four.

The Sports Museum curator Richard Johnson, right, stands near an exhibit that displays cover photos from the sports magazine Sports Illustrated in the museum at the TD Garden, in Boston.

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Sports Illustrated will continue its print edition under a new publisher

5:19am March 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

Minute Media took over on Monday after reaching a licensing agreement with Authentic Brands Group. What this means for the writers and others who produce Sports Illustrated remains to be seen.

JuJu Watkins, the star freshman who has helped lead the resurgence of USC's women's team.

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A 2024 March Madness vocabulary: How to sound like you know what you're talking about

5:01am March 19, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

The NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We're here to help. (Except for NET. We can't explain NET.)

What to expect this March Madness

5:42pm March 18, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Justin Williams, a staff writer at The Athletic, about what to look out for when the NCAA basketball tournament starts Tuesday.