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And now, they’ve broken it again. Members of the NCAA rules committee met this week and announced Friday they were asking that the rule regarding drawing charges be changed. It’s a disappointing decision given the effectiveness of last season’s change. This is not supposed to be a season in which rule changes are implemented, so the committee is taking extraordinary action to ask for a change that will erase a considerable amount of progress that was made toward increasing the attractiveness of college basketball....

The conference tournaments make up the two weeks leading into Selection Sunday and is where the first forms of March Madness takes place. MORE: The best Cinderellas | Championship Week results | Printable March Madness bracket Before you fill out your NCAA Tournament brackets, be sure to get caught up on the teams that have punched their ticket to the Big Dance. NCAA Tournament 2016 automatic bids Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans (Sun Belt Conference)How they got here: No....

Boo. Hoo. The 2017 tournament gave us the drama of Northwestern-Vanderbilt. It gave us Southern California manufacturing a victory over SMU by running the same play on three consecutive late-game trips, until it finally worked. If nothing else, it gave us Michigan 92, Oklahoma State 91, and that should serve as a constant adrenaline jolt until we make it to the Final Four. MORE: Interactive tournament bracket | Second-round Vegas odds...

MORE: Updated bracket | Elite 8 photos ELITE EIGHT RESULTS No. 8 Kentucky 75, No. 2 Michigan 72 ( recap ): After failing to score for most of the game, Kentucky’s Aaron Harrison hit four 3-pointers in the final minutes, including one with just 2.6 seconds remaining, delivering a dramatic win for the Wildcats and sending them to the Final Four. It was an incredible game, back-and-forth all evening all the way until the very end, with Harrison's late scoring proving the difference....

Kentucky Wildcats (36-0) No. 1 seed, Midwest Region Coach: John Calipari (sixth season) Bid: SEC tournament champions Starting lineup G Aaron Harrison, 6-6, So., 11.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5 apg G Andrew Harrison, 6-6, So., 9.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.6 apg F Trey Lyles, 6-10, Fr., 8.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg F Karl-Anthony Towns, 6-11, Fr., 10.0 ppg, 6.8 rpg C Willie Cauley-Stein, 7-0, Jr., 9.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg MORE: Ranking the Sweet 16 teams | 21 interesting tourney facts | LINEMAKERS: Sweet 16 odds updated...

Baylor shattered the record for victory margin set by Tennessee in 1994. The Lady Vols defeated North Carolina A&T by 74 points, 111-37. The top-seeded Bears’ 89-point blowout was ugly from the beginning; they jumped out to a 22-0 lead in the opening six minutes. Baylor’s 34 first-quarter points eclipsed the Tigers’ full-game point total. MORE: Baylor among teams that could challenge UConn Six Bears finished in double figures, and two finished with more made field goals than the entire Texas Southern team....

The NCAA could’ve exerted its executive authority to impose sweeping punishments but instead will follow its “normal investigative process,” according to The Journal, which cited unidentified people familiar with the matter. MORE: Seven questions for the CFP committee Baylor still faces a more narrowly focused NCAA investigation, even as coaches, players, victims and alleged victims remain in the public eye in the aftermath of a wide-ranging scandal that led to the firing of football coach Art Briles and the resignation of high-ranking Baylor officials....

Results of a recent Marist Poll, which collected responses from roughly 1,150 adults nationwide between January 24 and 27, indicated that 49 percent of participants who identified as political independents support Trump’s conviction. Another 39 percent of unaffiliated individuals believed that senators should acquit him of the impeachment charged already passed by U.S. House representatives. Figures additionally showed that 90 percent of Democratic participants backed the former president’s conviction, while just 5 percent of Republicans said the same....

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According to reports, he was released a few hours later from Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis. Nebraska reported he was “diagnosed with Influenza A (common cold).” Hoiberg was seen looking visibly ill on the bench during the game. CORONAVIRUS UPDATES:Every sporting event canceled so far as COVID-19 spreads in United States, Canada He released a statement Thursday morning explaining that his illness is not related to the COVID-19 outbreak that is causing the NCAA and individual conference to impose spectator bans on games or cancel events all together....

Nostalgia. Confidence. Swagger. Bringing the former Nebraska quarterback to his alma mater will evoke all of those emotions at once out of a devout fan base starving for a meal at the big-boy table. How will Frost get the Huskers get back there? MORE: Keeping track of football’s fired, retired, resigned coaches Points. Nebraska is going to score a lot of points again. UCF led the FBS with 49.4 points per game this season (scoring 62 in an AAC championship win)....

Diagnosis Related to Neck Surgery There are two general types of neck surgery—cosmetic surgeries and those intended to address an underlying medical condition of the neck or upper spine. Plastic surgery on the neck is an elective procedure that’s much less invasive than spinal surgery or cancer removal. Individuals who opt for cosmetic neck surgery are typically looking to tighten loose skin to achieve a more youthful appearance. This is known as a lower rhytidectomy....

An unnamed person familiar with the Biden transition process told the Associated Press Sunday about the former vice president’s plan to pick Tanden, the Center for American Progress’ president and CEO, for the influential OMB role. Tanden is a divisive figure among some Democrats and an outspoken critic of both Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump. If either of the two Republican incumbents—Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue—defeat their Democratic challengers in the upcoming Senate runoff elections, then the GOP will keep their majority and could determine Tanden’s confirmation fate....

Although their FA Cup semi-final opponents Negeri Sembilan play in the second tier, Pahang goalkeeper Wan Azraie Wan Teh said that the Elephants will not underestimate their threat. The custodian told Harian Metro that at this stage in the competition, there is little gap in the qualities of the teams. “At this stage (semi-finals), all teams will give their best and try to do everything to qualify for the final....

Gaiman bitingly said he wouldn’t seek Musk’s opinion on artistic work since the billionaire entrepreneur doesn’t ask him “for advice on how to fail to buy Twitter.” (Musk is being sued by Twitter for trying to back out of his deal to buy the social media platform.) Musk tweeted that J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, “is turning in his grave.” He added, “Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both....

While the Chicago Fire took plenty of headlines in the offseason and early in the 2017 season after acquiring a trio of well-known midfielders in Bastian Schweinsteiger, former MLS Cup winner Juninho and MLS All-Star Dax McCarty, the signing of Nemanja Nikolic in December of 2016 flew somewhat under the radar. The Hungarian international came in on a designated player contract with a big reputation as a goalscorer in some of Europe’s smaller leagues, but was far from a household name among MLS fans....

Before the streaming service came back up, an error code of NSES-500 showed on Netflix’s home page with a message that read: “Something went wrong.” “The issue was resolved a few hours ago and lasted less than 30 minutes,” a Netflix spokesperson told Newsweek on Friday, explaining that some members experienced “an issue with our sign-up page that led to streaming delays.” Many social media users wrote about the issue on Twitter, with some asking whether the streaming service was down using the hashtag #netflixdown....

Representative Matt Schaefer shared the indictment Tuesday on Twitter. “Netflix, Inc. indicted by grand jury in Tyler Co., Tx for promoting material in Cuties film which depicts lewd exhibition of pubic area of a clothed or partially clothed child who was younger than 18 yrs of age which appeals to the prurient interest in sex #Cuties #txlege,” he wrote. A Netflix spokesperson responded to the indictment in a statement to Newsweek: “Cuties is a social commentary against the sexualization of young children....

“That new Resident Evil series is hot f**king garbage,” YouTuber AlphaOmegaSin posted to Twitter. “It’s like a bad fanfic with a budget.” Other verified Twitter accounts also blasted the series. “Resident Evil on Netflix may be the most boring, pointless garbage I’ve seen all year, with absolutely nothing in common with its source material,” The Critical Drinker shared via the platform. “Its so bad, it makes the Milla Jovovich movies look like absolute works of art in comparison....

While Selling Sunset features the likes of Mary Fitzgerald and Chrishell Stause (and Christine Quinn before she left) on the cast, the new show features a brand new group of ambitious realtors. The new stars have joined bosses Jason and Brett Oppenheim’s agency, The Oppenheim Group, as they expand to Orange County, California with the hopes of selling even more multimillion-dollar luxury properties. The spin-off has been produced by Adam DiVello, the man behind The Hills and Laguna Beach, and, of course, Selling Sunset....