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
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
Sports reporter Talia Baia said Iowa’s upset of Florida, the defending national champion and No. 1 seed, “might be my worst heartbreak yet” as she reacted to the March Madness thriller on Sunday. Baia — a diehard Gators alum, who went viral for her locker room interviews during last year’s NCAA men’s tournament — shared … 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
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
The Final Four is the final straw for some couples. A sportsbook is offering a “College Basketball Championship 2025 Prenuptial Agreement” during March Madness to keep relationships from going out of bounds. BetUS’s “Hoops & Harmony” contract has couples decide on exactly how many of the 67 NCAA tournament games they should be able to … 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
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
There are exceptions to most every rule. As long as they’re exceptional. For all my whining about game-casters who talk too much, there are two who would only minimize their value if they chose — or were able — to speak less. One was now-retired hockey play-by-player Doc Emrick whose charm, knowledge, wordsmanship and overall … Read more
A look at the key March Madness 2025 games to watch on Thursday: (9) Creighton vs. (8) Louisville 12:15 p.m., CBS Productivity around the nation will come to a halt when March Madness officially begins — no, the First Four doesn’t count — with this battle of high-major programs, neither of which Auburn will be … Read more
On Saturday night, St. John’s University basketball ended a 25-year drought, clinching the Big East Tournament. As the team cut down the nets in celebration — of their title and a miraculous two-year turnaround under Coach Rick Pitino — Mike Repole watched in awe from the floor at Madison Square Garden. Headed to the airport after … Read more
Grand Canyon University women’s basketball coach Molly Miller is leaving her mark on the 2024-25 season. The internet was buzzing over Miller after the Lopes punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever with a 65-62 win over UT-Arlington on Saturday. Miller, in her fifth year with the Lopes, coached them … Read more
Greg Gumbel was an institution on Selection Sunday, and CBS made sure to pay homage to him during this year’s broadcast just months after his death. The Selection Sunday broadcast opened up with a tribute video for Gumbel featuring a text overlay that read: “For more than 25 years Greg Gumbel was the host of … Read more
There wasn’t anything Marty Blazer wouldn’t do for his clients, as Guy Lawson explains in “Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports” (Little A). As financial manager for a clutch of highly-rated college athletes, he considered himself a big brother to his young charges. “Blazer did whatever they needed and … Read more
The longer Caitlin Clark and Iowa went, the more people were interested. For the third time in seven days, Clark and the Hawkeyes shattered the TV viewership record for women’s college basketball, this time their NCAA championship final loss to undefeated South Carolina Sunday on ABC drawing 18.7 million viewers, according to ESPN. The broadcast … Read more
Paige Spiranac is “disappointed” by the Caitlin Clark hate from peers and veterans, but isn’t “surprised.” Taking to X on Sunday night, the longtime golf influencer spoke out about the recent chatter engulfing the Iowa superstar, whose Hawkeyes fell to the South Carolina Gamecocks in Sunday’s national championship game, 87-75, the final collegiate contest of … Read more
Caitlin Clark’s boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, sent her a sweet message after the Iowa star point guard and the Hawkeyes came up short against the South Carolina Gamecocks in Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Tournament championship game. Taking to his Instagram Story, McCaffrey reposted a photo of Clark exiting the court for final time in her collegiate career … Read more
Tracy Wolfson came prepared. CBS Sports’ lead sideline reporter conducted her postgame interview with UConn coach Dan Hurley and star center Donovan Clingan on a ladder Saturday after her previous exchange with Purdue’s 7-foot-4 superstar, Zach Edey, fueled jokes online. “That is right, Ian [Eagle], you said I needed a ladder, I got myself a … Read more
The University of Connecticut tried to get ahead of the madness. UConn has both its men’s and women’s teams in the Final Four this weekend, and the school took precautions to ensure the safety of those who will be celebrating on its campus — after last year’s mayhem when the men’s basketball team won the … Read more