This deal is a slam dunk. Wendy’s is handing out free fries and Frosty treats thanks to the first dunk during the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship Game on Monday night. The first dunk made by Roddy Gayle Jr. for the Michigan Wolverines unlocked a nationwide offer at the fast-food chain, dubbed “Free … Read more
No talking to the benchwarmer. An “enforcer” prevented media at the Final Four from speaking to LeBron James’ son, redshirting Arizona freshman Bryce James, during the open locker room sessions Thursday, according to Yahoo. The decision to nix any potential interviews with LeBron’s middle child came from the basketball legend and his agency, Klutch Sports … Read more
March Madness is as popular as it has been in decades. Heading into this weekend’s Final Four, the NCAA Tournament is averaging 10.3 million television viewers across the four networks, TNT, TBS, CBS and TruTV, which is a number that’s up 9 percent from last year, according to Nielsen. It’s the most-watched tournament since 1993 … Read more
The 2026 Men’s Final Four is set for Saturday in Indianapolis — but for Gunter Guzman, none of his seeds will advance. Guzman, 45, timed his vasectomy last year to coincide with the NCAA basketball tournament. You’ve heard of March Madness — but have you heard of “Vas Madness”? It’s the annual spike in vasectomies this … Read more
This could add an interesting twist to the Cowboys-Eagles rivalry. While watching his beloved Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday in the Elite Eight, star Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean was spotted in the stands in Houston with a brunette companion, identified as Cowboys cheerleader Abby Summers in various reports. The sighting … Read more
Charles Barkley used his college basketball platform to make a political statement. The loquacious hoops analyst and Hall of Famer criticized the treatment of immigrants in America during CBS’s Elite Eight pregame show Sunday. The network aired a segment on senior UConn forward Alex Karaban, whose mother, Olga, is from Ukraine, and whose father, Alexei, … Read more
UConn freshman guard Braylon Mullins had his high school sweetheart, Kylee Beranek, cheering him on as he became the hero of the Huskies’ March Madness run Sunday. The couple celebrated together in a hotel room after Mullins sank a long 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn a 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke — … Read more
Braylon Mullins’ game-winning 3-pointer sent shockwaves across Capitol One Arena. Bill Raftery and Grant Hill might’ve been the most stunned of them all. After Duke’s Cayden Boozer turned the ball over with five seconds left, Mullins’ long-range attempt hit nylon to give the Huskies a 73-72 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. While play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle … Read more
For some men, March Madness isn’t just about brackets — it’s also prime time for a vasectomy. Previous research has shown that demand for the procedure tends to spike during the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments, which are held every spring. Some surgeons have agreed that this is a real phenomenon, largely because … Read more
Adam Schein may have dropped his first Adam Bomb. The Post’s Adam Schein was not pleased with Hubert Davis — whose No. 6-seeded North Carolina men’s basketball team suffered a brutal 82-78 loss at the hands of No. 11 VCU on Thursday. On Friday’s episode of “Schein Time,” Schein questioned the coach’s job security at … Read more
Mark down the date history: Mike Francesa admitted he was wrong. The New York radio legend made a bizarre mistake when discussing St. John’s star Zuby Ejiofor’s time with Kansas, claiming he transferred because of Joel Embiid’s presence on the roster. Embiid, though, last played for the Jayhawks in 2014, and social media users had … Read more
Nate Burleson will add NCAA Tournament host to his ever-growing résumé at CBS. The network announced Thursday morning that Burleson will host men’s March Madness coverage for CBS Sports and TNT Sports, replacing beloved basketball broadcaster Ernie Johnson for the first two weeks of the tournament. Burleson will also serve as studio host for Sunday’s … Read more
Charles Barkley made it clear that his stance about women in San Antonio is the same after more than a decade. The NBA legend doubled down on his 2014 comments — that San Antonio is the home of “some big ol’ women” — while on the mic at Capital One JamFest, the 2025 March Madness … Read more
It wasn’t the Caitlin Clark Effect, but it was still pretty impressive. The 2025 women’s NCAA championship game between UConn and South Carolina drew 8.5 million viewers on Sunday, which was the third-most in the tournament’s history, per ESPN, but it was a steep decline from last year’s game and a slight drop from 2023’s … Read more
Bennett Anderson and Talia Baia reunited at the Final Four for another interview after their first exchange went viral. Baia, a journalism student at Florida working for a local ESPN television affiliate in Gainesville, and the Florida reserve made headlines last week for an interview she did after Bennett scored off the bench during the … Read more
A University of Florida student reporter for ESPN Gainesville is seizing the moment after her locker room interview with Gators guard Bennett Andersen went viral following Florida’s 87-71 Sweet 16 win over Maryland last Thursday in the NCAA Tournament. Senior Talia Baia recently announced that she and Andersen are selling an “NIL shirt together” after their … Read more
WNBA star Angel Reese was in the building for Thursday night’s March Madness Sweet 16 matchup between No. 4 Maryland and No. 1 Florida to support her brother Julian, a 6-foot-9 forward for the Terrapins. Angel was also alongside her mother, Angel Webb Reese, on the sidelines, with the Maryland native sporting a shirt that … Read more
Duke University said “The White Lotus,” the hit series on HBO, went “too far” with how its iconic royal-blue logo was featured in a recent episode, according to Bloomberg. The school issued a statement and said that the show uses their logo without permission in “troubling” imagery, which has since spread across social media and … Read more
A member of the University of New Mexico’s marching band made waves on social media before the team’s second-round loss to Michigan State in the NCAA men’s tournament on Sunday. Some March Madness fans were buzzing about a woman playing the flute when TNT cameras captured the band performing in the stands at Rocket Arena … Read more
The CBS broadcast of UConn’s thrilling second-round clash against Florida on Sunday in the NCAA tournament featured an unexpected star. As the No. 8 seed Huskies contended for a March Madness three-peat, cameras zoned in on the mother of star UConn forward Liam McNeeley, who watched the team’s Sweet 16 bid fall short in the … Read more