NEW ORLEANS — Kansas, ranked No. 1 within the nation and rolling into the center of March, had its nationwide championship hopes dashed two years in the past by an unbeatable foe — the pandemic, which worn out the N.C.A.A. event. The perpetually snakebit Jayhawks, who’ve a prolonged historical past
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How ‘Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ Beat Broadway on the Grammys
When the lyricist-composer duo behind “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” stepped onstage Sunday to simply accept their Grammy for finest musical theater album, the listing of individuals they needed to thank didn’t begin with a document label or producer, however with their social media followers. “We need to thank everybody on
How South Carolina Beat UConn to Win the Nationwide Championship
MINNEAPOLIS — It was a 40-minute championship sport, sure. But when South Carolina set out on Sunday to point out that an N.C.A.A. title might be all however gained in a contest’s first 4 minutes, even in opposition to a mighty, feisty, unbowed Connecticut, contemplate the speculation pressure-tested and confirmed
Beat Feuz wins the lads’s downhill by a tenth of a second.
Beat Feuz of Switzerland, a 34-year-old brawny downhill specialist whose profession was threatened by a critical knee harm a decade in the past, gained the Olympic males’s downhill on Monday on the Nationwide Alpine Middle in Yanqing. Feuz, who gained two Alpine medals on the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, has had
Bennie Pete, Bandleader Who Kept the Beat After Katrina, Dies at 45
Bennie Pete, a New Orleans tuba player who co-founded and led the Hot 8, one of the city’s high-profile brass bands, and dedicated himself to preserving the musical traditions of the Big Easy after Hurricane Katrina, died on Sept. 6 at a hospital there. He was 45. His wife, Lameka
Novak Djokovic Beat Alexander Zverev, Will Play for Grand Slam at U.S. Open
Twenty-seven down, one to go. With a five-set win over Alexander Zverev of Germany on Friday night, Novak Djokovic moved to within a single match victory of pulling off the most hallowed achievement in tennis. After winning the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon this year and knocking out
Beat the Streak: At 20 Years and Counting, the Quirky Game Endures
Roberto Aguirre-Hunn Jr., a chef in East Lansing, Mich. was just six picks away from assembling a virtual hitting streak that would have netted him $5.6 million in 2019. But he chose D.J. LeMahieu to extend his streak to 52, and LeMahieu went 0 for 4, leaving Aguirre-Hunn in tears.
Can Tokyo Olympic Champions Beat Previous Olympic Champions?
Caeleb Dressel gained 5 gold medals on the Tokyo Olympics, a feat achieved by solely three different U.S. swimmers. However how do his occasions evaluate in opposition to previous Olympic champions? Katie Ledecky added two extra gold medals to her trophy case this summer season, giving her 10 Olympic medals
How Sydney McLaughlin Beat Her Personal World File to Win Gold
Doug Mills/The New York Occasions TOKYO — In some of the anticipated head-to-head showdowns of the Video games, Sydney McLaughlin set one other world document, beating her closest rival and the defending gold medalist, Dalilah Muhammad, within the girls’s 400-meter hurdles by a razor-thin 0.12 of a second. On a