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Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

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NCAA cancels men’s and women’s basketball tournament due to coronavirus concerns

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on NCAA cancels men’s and women’s basketball tournament due to coronavirus concerns

Conceding defeat to the COVID-19 virus and a cascade of uncertainty about how bad its spread might get, the NCAA Tournament was canceled Thursday.

Sports

Opinion: Shut down college basketball and shut down NCAA tournament

March 12, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Opinion: Shut down college basketball and shut down NCAA tournament

It’s time to shut down conference basketball tournaments and next week’s NCAA tournament. March Madness isn’t worth the risk of spreading coronavirus.

Sports

Opinion: It’s time for NCAA to make right call – tough call – and cancel March Madness

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Opinion: It’s time for NCAA to make right call – tough call – and cancel March Madness

Given what we know, and especially what we don’t, the far-flung NCAA tournaments are setup that is increasingly risky, selfish and counterproductive.

Sports

Opinion: Horse racing doping scheme leaves sport no option but to clean up its act – now

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Opinion: Horse racing doping scheme leaves sport no option but to clean up its act – now

Everything we suspected about the corrupt side of horse racing has now been exposed by the FBI in a way that should rock the sport to its core.

Sports

Opinion: Indian Wells cancellation could be turning point for sports and coronavirus

March 8, 2020March 9, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Opinion: Indian Wells cancellation could be turning point for sports and coronavirus

As the BNP Paribas Open becomes the biggest sporting event canceled due to the COVID-19 virus, we can only wonder whether it’s the first of many.

Sports

Olympic marathon trials: Galen Rupp dominates men’s race; 43-year-old makes team

February 29, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Olympic marathon trials: Galen Rupp dominates men’s race; 43-year-old makes team

Galen Rupp, America’s bronze medalist at the Rio Games in 2016, qualified for his fourth Olympic Games by winning the U.S. marathon trials.

Sports

NCAA faces potentially embarrassing scenario of under-investigation Kansas winning title

February 26, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on NCAA faces potentially embarrassing scenario of under-investigation Kansas winning title

Pastr college basketball teams that won titles while under an NCAA cloud. But Kansas winning this year would be real embarrassment for organization.

Sports

Colorado working toward deal with Karl Dorrell to become head football coach

February 22, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Colorado working toward deal with Karl Dorrell to become head football coach

The Colorado football program is working toward a deal with Karl Dorrell to become the next head coach. Dorrell was previously head coach at UCLA.

Sports

Opinion: NBA should be even more experimental after All-Star Game success

February 17, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Opinion: NBA should be even more experimental after All-Star Game success

Hopefully what happened in the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday will open some minds to more experimentation and innovation. Basketball needs it.

Sports

Opinion: An inevitable force in Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, Patrick Mahomes enters elite tier of athletes

February 3, 2020Dan Wolken, USA TODAYComments Off on Opinion: An inevitable force in Chiefs’ Super Bowl win, Patrick Mahomes enters elite tier of athletes

Patrick Mahomes struggled in most of game, but in the fourth quarter he led the Kansas City Chiefs past the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV.

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Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023Jennifer Jolly

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium amid concerns academics are being left behind

August 31, 2023AP

At 61, Meg Ryan is the lead in a new rom-com. That shouldn’t be such a rare thing.

August 31, 2023Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY

Iran bans weightlifter for shaking hands, taking photo with Israeli competitor

August 31, 2023Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

College professor harassed students to quench ‘clown fetish,’ offering extra credit, cash

August 31, 2023Chris Quintana and Colin Campo, USA TODAY
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