The HUGE Red Sox fans in the office (Melissa, Donna and Joe) wanted to make sure you all knew that the defending World Series Champion Boston Red Sox started the new season the way last season ended - with a win. The Red Sox defeated the Oakland A's today in Tokyo. Score: 6-5. Great way to start the season. Go Sox! [...more]
Michigan State defeats Temple, 72-61, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday in Denver, Colorado. Raymar Morgan led the fifth-seeded Spartans with 15 points, making seven of nine shots. Freshman guard Chris Allen came off of the bench to add 12 points... [...more]
NCAA March Madness on Demand begins its annual NCAA Tournament coverage today, Thursday. The first game of the tournament will be at 12:20pm as No. 3 Xavier takes on No. 14 Georgia in Washington, DC. NCAA March Madness on Demand (MMOD) is the online video player that allows users to view all 63 games of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. [...more]
The 48-team field of the Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament was announced tonight. The WNIT kicks off postseason action Wednesday, with first-round games. [...more]
March Madness is coming. In North Carolina, basketball is politics too, so we've invited some statewide candidates to submit their brackets for the upcoming NCAA tournament. The NCAA released the men's Division I basketball brackets for the upcoming NCAA Tournament this evening at 6pm. As expected, UNC has won a #1 seed in the NCAA East Region and will play in Raleigh on Friday. [...more]
Manny Pacquiao's rematch victory over Juan Manuel Marquez was worth every minute of the four-year wait. Juan Manuel Marquez, left, of Mexico, takes a right from Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, in the second round of their WBC super featherweight title match at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Saturday, March 15, 2008. Pacquiao won a narrow split decision to claim Marquez's WBC 130-pound title Saturday night in a sensational fight that left two of the world's best boxers bloody and triumphant. [...more]
