The two figure skaters, who were the breakout stars of NBC's Sochi Olympics broadcast team, will comment on the fashionable outfits worn by members of the rich and celebrity-filled audience who try to avoid spilling mint juleps on their designer duds, the network said Tuesday. The image of cigar-chomping race fans no longer applies to horse racing's signature event. Slightly more than half of NBC's Derby viewers last year were women attracted to the party, the Nielsen company said....

Saturday, March 1 1:00: Washington at Boston, NHL Network 8:00: Pittsburgh at Chicago, NBCSunday, March 2 12:30: Philadelphia at Washington, NBC/NBCSN 4:00: Ottawa at Vancouver, NBCSN 7:00: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, NBCSNMonday, March 3 8:00: Buffalo at Dallas, NBCSNTuesday, March 4 8:00: Tampa Bay at St. Louis, NBCSNWednesday, March 5 8:00: Washington at Philadelphia, NBCSNThursday, March 6 7:30: Colorado at Detroit, NHL NetworkSaturday, March 8 8:30: Minnesota at Dallas, NHL NetworkSunday, March 9 7:30: Chicago at Buffalo, NBC/NBCSN 7:30: Detroit at N....

And no, that doesn’t just apply to her ascension to the head of the NBA’s players union, making her the first female executive director of a major American sports union. She’s done something less noteworthy but almost more remarkable for those who have spent time watching the dynamics of the union’s power structure over the years — she has gotten the top agents in the league behind her. During the offseason, Roberts spent time breaking bread with several prominent agents, a distinct departure from the approach of her predecessor, Billy Hunter....

For the last five years, the NCAA has insisted on calling the first weekend of the men’s basketball tournament the second and third rounds, even though all but four of the teams involved were playing their opening games Thursday and Friday. MORE: Bank on these 16 teams in March | Best states for college hoops That bit of branding — apparently an effort to make the eight teams playing in the “First Four” on Tuesday and Wednesday for a spot in the full field of 64 feel more included — finally has fallen by the wayside....

MORE: The most believable conspiracy theories in sports history The hunger is real. Let’s take a look at the details of Monday’s game. What time is the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship? The contest starts at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. What TV channel is the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship on? It’s on ESPN2. Can I stream the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship? You know it....

In a statement, Cunningham said this: “The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a verbal notice of inquiry from the NCAA that it will reopen its 2011 examination of academic irregularities. The NCAA has determined that additional people with information and others who were previously uncooperative might now be willing to speak with the enforcement staff. MORE: McCants: I took bogus classes | Roy Williams denies McCants’ charges...

12:15 p.m. ET, CBS: New Mexico St vs Kansas (-10.5, 131.5) - Jayhawks on downward ATS trend 12:40 p.m. ET, truTV: Georgia vs Michigan St (-5.5, 127) - Solid cover teams clash in Charlotte 1:40 p.m. ET, TBS: Wyoming vs Northern Iowa (-6, 110.5) – Lowest total on second-round board 2:10 p.m. ET, TNT: Buffalo vs West Virginia (-4.5, 150) - A play on the total 2:45 p.m. ET, CBS: Indiana vs Wichita St (-5....

Michigan’s labor department announced Monday it has paid out more than $1.66 billion in unemployment benefits to more than 1 million newly jobless workers across the state. The percentage of Detroit residents who have lost their job amid the coronavirus pandemic is at 35 percent, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan’s Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS), compared to 25 percent statewide. The Detroit Metro Times reports that one-third of Detroit’s population is impoverished and many of the workers who were pushed out of their jobs did so because working from home was not possible....

The poll, which was conducted by Rasmussen Reports, surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults from June 23 to June 24 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. According to the poll, support for removing “white Jesus” from churches is strongest among Black Americans, as 31 percent said so. In comparison, 9 percent of white adults also said they support the removal and 13 percent of other minority Americans agreed....

After German Ambassador Christoph Heusgen addressed the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee on behalf of countries including the United States and United Kingdom, China’s permanent representative Zhang Jun—backed by the likes of Pakistan, Cuba and Russia—fired back a lengthy response, accusing major Western nations of “selective blindness and double standards.” In his letter, Heusgen’s called on Beijing to allow independent observers into Xinjiang, where human rights watchdogs say the autonomous region’s ethnic Uigurs are being detained in large numbers inside so-called “re-education” camps....

The Cornhuskers coach came under fire this week when audio from 2011 revealed him ranting about Nebraska fans after his team rallied from down 21 to beat Ohio State, 34-27. In a statement Wednesday, Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman and AD Shawn Eichorst said: MORE: First-and-10 | Week 3 photos | Exit Poll "The comments made by Head Football Coach Bo Pelini in 2011, published Monday, are unfortunate and deeply concerning to us, as they would be to anyone who loves this university....

Nebraska started last season 0-6 before a final month that saw the Huskers hang with Ohio State in a 31-26 loss before victories against Michigan State and Illinois. A 31-28 loss to Iowa capped a 4-8 season, but Nebraska showed progress that goes well with Frost’s “brick-by-brick” philosophy. MORE: Sporting news’ pre-preseason top 25 for 2019 The Huskers have a dark horse Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Adrian Martinez heading into 2019, and Frost should add to that win total....

But he learned how to win from another sports legend — one whose memory follows him everywhere he goes. Yost learned the art of winning and losing from NASCAR Hall of Famer and seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt, a long-time friend, hunting buddy and fellow racer. As he prepares for his first World Series as a major league manager, Yost has thought often about the late Earnhardt, whom he considers one of his greatest mentors....

A post on Hank was shared to Reddit just one day ago and has since gained over 30,000 votes. The post compared an image from February when Hank first arrived at the Code Red K9 Crew rescue nonprofit, which specializes in bully breeds and “underdogs” in California, to what he looks like presently. Shared by an alleged fosterer for the shelter, the post has melted hearts online with dog-lovers left in awe at the 10-month-old pup’s speedy transformation....

This, of course, makes no sense whatsoever. Rewarding bad behavior by the Iranian regime is exactly what got us in this mess in the first place. It was in the aftermath of revelations of secret Iranian nuclear facilities, and under the threat of increased uranium enrichment and a potential “sprint to a bomb,” that the Obama administration entered into the ill-conceived nuclear deal back in 2015. That deal, which the Biden administration has now made clear it wants to restore immediately, had many deep-seated flaws, including its removal of carefully crafted American and allied sanctions on Iran while limiting Iran’s obligations to a handful of nuclear issues....

Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor and Joel Embiid are all good, talented young centers, but it’s not logical to play all of them at once. These guys could all be starting centers for a team, and instead they are competing against one another. MORE: 11 players ready to take over the NBA This situation isn’t new, but now that the season is drawing closer, the players are starting to complain....

Directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, Solo: A Star Wars Story), whose Imagine Entertainment sold the adaptation to Netflix for $45 million, Hillbilly Elegy is based on a memoir of the same name by J.D. Vance, formerly a venture capitalist at Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital. While most of Hillbilly Elegy was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, a popular destination for film production due to tens of millions of dollars in state subsidies, preparations for filming a fraction of the movie in Middletown have been ongoing since Howard visited the city of 50,000 in October to scout locations....

Nash has taken his first steps into coaching, hired by the Nets to replace Kenny Atkinson despite the two-time NBA MVP’s lack of experience. Durant previously worked with the former Mavericks, Suns and Lakers guard for three seasons with the Warriors, where the latter was a player consultant. MORE: Barkley rejects Smith’s claim of white privilege behind Nash hire The two-time NBA champion and two-time Finals MVP also went head-to-head with Nash when he entered the league as a rookie in 2007....

YES Network captured the moment: Irving was walking off the court with teammates when the bottle landed in front of him. MORE: Why did Kyrie Irving leave the Celtics? “We keep saying things like ‘We’re human, we’re human,’ but we don’t get treated like we have rights when we’re out there at times and people feel entitled to go and do things like that,” Irving told reporters in his postgame Zoom call....

Neurofibromatosis may either be inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern or it may be due to a new gene mutation in an individual. The gene for neurofibromatosis type 2 is located on chromosome 22. Symptoms Neurofibromatosis type 2 is less common than NF1. It affects about 1 in 40,000 people. Symptoms include: tumors in the tissue around the eighth cranial nerve (called vestibular schwannomas)hearing loss or deafness, or ringing in the ear (tinnitus)tumors in the spinal cordmeningioma (tumor on the membrane that covers the spinal cord and brain) or other brain tumorscataracts in the eyes in childhoodbalance problemsweakness or numbness in an arm or leg...