March Madness 2018
New York City star Jose Perez vows 'dogfight' vs. Virginia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The wound doesn’t 🐓heal in a year. Virg🍨inia will wear the Scarlet Letter for eternity: first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16-seed. If ever there...
After heart attack, c𒊎ollege hoops fan was a dead man winning
After winning his March Madness pool, sports-obsessed🤡 Willy Ojedaജ is in hoops heaven. Literally. Two days after submitting his picks for the NCAA basketball tourney, the 54-year-old Queens man suffered...
ౠJoel Embiid lꦅooks to Rihanna to ease pain
Joel Embiid doesn't know when to quit. Watching alma ꦆmater Kansas get trounced by Villanova on Saturday night, the injured 76ers center, set to undergo surgery soon to 🧸repair an...
Jay Wright recalls being closer to a sales car🍒eer than an NCAA title⛎
SAN ANTONIO — Before the final game of the greatest three years of Jay Wright’s career, the Villanova coach traveled back to Long Island, to his fir𒐪st three years in...
🔥Larry Bird, Hakeem Ola🌠juwon would know how good Moe Wagner was
SAN ANTONIO — Moe Wagner started running and couldn’t stop. The sideline was quickly 🀅approaching, and the elevated court was about to disappear. Michigan’s star chased the pass he deflected...
Sister Jean insp♋ired a country
SAN ANTONIO — They b𒅌egan wheeling Sister Jean out of the arena with 1:39 left, to a spot near the tunnel so she could wait for her vanquished, broken-hearted Loyola...
Villanova rips Kansas, will face Michiga�🍷�n in NCAA title game
SAN ANTONIO —🥂 The roof could have been removed from the Alamodome. Rain could have flooded the court. The basketball could hav🏅e been replaced with a golf ball. Villanova would...
Loyola's dream ends as Michigan advances to NCAA tourney final
SAN ANTONIO — There were tears and there was anger. Raw emotion was everywhe💃re in the losing locker room. Hugs being handed out to everyone and anyone, all the pain...
Loyola Chicago more than Cind🐲erella, its a live underdog ꦛ
SAN ANTONIO — I’m sorry this i🐻s coming to an end. This has been a lot of fun. Loyola Chicago (+5) over Michigan: The mid-majors who have captured the nation’s...
Loyola Chicago: We're not stopping now
SAN ANTONIO — When Loyola Chicagoꦰ arrived in San Antonio, the team was greeted with a parade. The Ramblers have been foll🌺owed by a band. Everywhere they go, they are...
Villanova, Kansas are mirror images, except in Vegas' eyes
SAN ANTONIO — Villanova and Kansas could be cousins, the unquestioned kings of their respective, 🐼and powerful, conferences. Each coach has climbed a ladder and cut down a net after...
Kansas ❀freshman needed just thrꦇee months to be college star
SAN ANTONIO — Silvio De Sousa didn’t know what to expect when he came to Kansas.🍨 It was the day after Christmas, and he exited his flight from Florida, stepping...
💟 NBA player giving Loyola Chicago a helping hand
SAN ANTONIO — Sister Jean isn’t the only force guidi♊ng Loyola Chicago. The 11th-seeded Ramblers, the talk of the Final Four so far, also have received assistance from an NBA...
It's Loyola's turn to carry the mid-major Final Four torch
SAN ANTONIO — The greatest night of their lives morphed into the most disappointing. Bu🌠t the su🏅n still emerged after Gordon Hayward’s half-court shot left Butler inches from a national...
Meet Michigan's Final Four inspiration, who survived two plane crashes
Austin Hatch probably should be dead. Who survives two plane crashes? But he’s going to the Final Four. Hatch won’t take a shot, grab a rebound or play any defense... ☂
Kansas' history of losing big games will continue
BOSTON — Showing up is 80 percent of life. So, I’m almost there. Duke (-3) over Kansas: The past can be overblown. It didn’t matter that Texa💜s Tech had 🥂never...
ℱ Michigan alr💫eady getting the Sister Jean questions
LOS ANGELES — In the immediate aftermath of its West Region final victory over Florida State on 📖Saturday night at Staples Center, the Michigan players and coaches were asked about...
Marques Townes takes hi🍸s game to new heights
🅺 ATLANTA — You could say that Marques Townes showed his teammates the way because he was the one who had been he🐎re before. Townes scored 13 points and added five...
Michigan nips Florida Stat꧒e, will face Loyola Chicago in Final Four
LOS ANGELES — The junkyard dogs finally met their match. They were beaten by 🙈a pack of Wolverines. Florida State, which had — for good reason — been♕ boasting about...
Loyola Chicago's amazing run just what college basketball needed
ATLANTA — This time, ♑there was no need for last-second heroics, no need for the𝓀 faithful to thumb rosary beads as the final, agonizing seconds of a game bled away....