But we can also use tournament results to help measure the relative strength of the conferences. With 8 teams remaining, three leagues stand out above the rest—the Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC. Jim Delany's conference gets the biggest gold star because the Big Ten still has three teams alive in Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin. The SEC nearly had three, but Tennessee fell just short vs. the Wolverines. The Pac-12 deserves credit for its eight victories thus far....

Sporting News will provide live updates of the game. You can follow the game on our live box score and play-by-play. MORE: Best round of 32 photos Postgame: How about Kentucky’s opponent in the Sweet 16: Louisville. Next Friday in Indianapolis, we’ll have a rematch of a game won by the Wildcats 73-66 in December at Rupp Arena. It’s an easy drive for both schools to Indy. That will be one hot ticket between the last two national champions....

First, though, they will return to their adopted home, Kentucky, as even bigger heroes. Because although it is North Texas that will stage the Final Four next weekend, it is the “Commonwealth” that adores basketball — Kentucky basketball, of course — like no other place. PHOTOS: Best shots from the Elite Eight | Updated bracket Aaron Harrison made the game-winning 3-pointer — his fourth of the game, all in the second half, accounting for every last one of his 12 points — with 2....

This wasn’t the product of some bizarre mishap with shoes being transported to the tourney. Instead, they’re raising awareness and money for the fight against pediatric cancer. MORE: Follow the games live | Kentucky releases must-see hype video It’s not even a new look for the NCAA Tournament, just new to many viewers. Here are the details, from the school’s athletic department website . The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama is the direct beneficiary of the fundraising and awareness efforts....

After dropping three of their last four games, the Tar Heels’ odds to win the NCAA Tournament have spiked to a season-high 60-to-1 at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. They began the season as the fifth favorite to cut down in Indianapolis on April 6, at 15-to-1 odds. UNC is dealing with a very difficult stretch of schedule, to be sure. But all three of those recent losses have been by double digits – at Louisville (78-68, even though it went into OT), vs....

With Suh playing with the same aggressiveness he did in Detroit, the Dolphins got a late punt return for a 17-10 win over the Redskins on Sunday at FedExField. MORE: Welcome to Week 1 of the NFL | Is Suh a dirty player? A case study The Dolphins recorded just one sack, with rookie Jordan Phillips getting to Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins, and Suh was credited with only one tackle....

The Convention that would ultimately draft our Constitution took place during a hot Philadelphia summer in 1787—and for months, our founders couldn’t decide how to define an impeachable offense or whether impeachment even belonged in our Constitution. Gouverneur Morris led the opposition to impeachment, arguing that Congress should not have the power to remove a president from office. His case was simple: If a president were so bad, wouldn’t he simply lose his next election?...

Earnhardt has finished second in three of the last four Daytona 500s. So in other words, he’s been the first loser. He has lost the Daytona 500 in a variety of ways and he sees one constant. “When we’ve run second, we’ve come from third or fourth or fifth or sixth in those last few laps,” Earnhardt said. “You are not going to win the race from back there. You might run second, but you aren’t going to win....

Also making the final table are Anton Wigg a pro poker player and startup manager from Sweden, Daniel Lazrus a poker player and NFT creator from New York, Joshua Kay another professional poker player, Nick Verderamo an actuary from Baltimore MD, and Omar Lahkdari who hails from Prais, France originally. Josh Kay scored two eliminations on Day 4 and lies second on the leaderboard, but is nearly 10 million chips behind Yen....

The study, released Thursday from The New American Economy Research Fund, is the latest piece of research tying a significant portion of U.S. economic growth to migrant families. The pro-immigration group’s data revealed there were 101 companies founded directly by foreign-born individuals and another 122 were created by the children of immigrants. U.S. Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants employ 13.5 million people and, on average, employ 11 percent more people than the median Fortune 500 corporation founded by a non-immigrant....

Titled No Way Out, the report describes how the majority of asylum seekers fleeing the Northern Triangle, which is comprised of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, are fleeing due to fears of violence. Of 480 asylum seekers and migrants surveyed by MSF, with nearly all interviewees being from the Northern Triangle, more than 60 percent said they had been exposed to a violent situation within the two years prior to their decision to leave their home country....

Pelini won at least nine games in every season at Nebraska, but his inability to win the big game and his abrasiveness with the administration and media seemed to be his downfall. MORE: 10 candidates for Nebraska | Potential candidates at Michigan | FauxPelini responds That being said, many of his players and potential recruits were not pleased with his dismissal and voiced their displeasure on Twitter. It should be an interesting next few months in Lincoln to say the least....

Why is this so funny? Take a look at @FauxPelini's Twitter avatar. It's a photo illustration of Bo Pelini holding a cat in a Santa hat. Who cares if Auburn and Florida State are playing in the BCS National Championship Game? Bo Pelini already won.

“We have the greatest fans in college athletics. This has been a difficult and disappointing week for the Husker family.” What does this explain? It clarifies why there was such profound frustration around the campus in Lincoln following the vote by principals of the Big Ten Conference to postpone the possibility of fall sports competition until, possibly, hopefully, 2021. Nebraska’s fans want to play football. Nebraska’s players and coaches want it....

Line: USC -7, Total: 62 Line movement: USC opened as low as a 5.5-point favorite at the South Point and money has come in on the Trojans. USC -7 was the consensus midweek. The total opened anywhere from 61 to 63, but 61 to 62.5 could be found around town throughout the week. In general the total moved up, but in some spots, like the Westgate, it moved back down to 61....

In a letter to Biden released shortly before 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Tanden said she was withdrawing as “it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities.” In response, Biden released a statement saying he had accepted her request. “I have the utmost respect for her record of accomplishment, her experience and her counsel, and I look forward to having her serve in a role in my Administration....

The online retailer sold black-and-yellow T-shirts, hooded tops and cups with the phrase “6MWE”—a Neo-Nazi term that stands for “6 million wasn’t enough.” The items also had the Italian fascist symbol of an eagle spreading its wings that was used during World War II. The T-shirts were worn by members of the far-right Proud Boys group during the MAGA rally in Washington on Saturday. The black and yellow colors also coordinate with the uniform worn by Proud Boys members....

Though so far Netflix has not canceled any new series in 2021, it is surely only a matter of time before the streamer which has become infamous for canceling shows before their time puts down the ax on the latest comedy. Alongside our previous article about the status of every drama currently airing on Netflix, here’s which comedies have been renewed and canceled by the streamer, plus those whose future is unknown....

“We’ve made the difficult decision not to do a fourth season of GLOW due to COVID, which makes shooting this physically intimate show with its large ensemble cast especially challenging,” a spokesperson for Netflix said in a statement to Deadline. “We are so grateful to creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, Jenji Kohan and all the writers, cast and crew for sharing this story about the incredible women of GLOW with us and the world....

LIVE: Follow Netherlands vs. Argentina updates from World Cup Both sides finished top of their respective groups, with Argentina bouncing back from a shock opening defeat against Saudi Arabia, to rediscover their best form in the knockout stages. Lionel Messi led Argentina to a 2-1 win over Australia in the Round of 16, with the Netherlands overcoming the United States, to set up a repeat of the 1978 World Cup final....