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Men's Hoops
NCAA Tournament
Best- and worst-case scenarios for all tournament teams
While some teams view anything short of the Final Four as failure, others will be happy just to try on Cinderella's slipper.

Top Headlines
Griffin misses shot, Clippers fall to Bucks.
In the final seconds, Blake Griffin throws up a shot over two Bucks, but the ball doesn’t cooperate at the buzzer in a loss to Milwaukee


Rockets
NBA

Lou Williams breaks out of slump against former team
Lou Williams had been in a shooting slump. But a visit by his old team, the Lakers, set him and his shooting eye straight, as he directed a Rockets win.


Wednesday's Top Plays

NBA
Leonard not immune to being coached by Pop.
Kawhi Leonard shows he can handle the wrath of coach Gregg Popovich by turning the criticism into a get-out-of-your-seat slam during the Spurs' 110-106 loss to the Trail Blazers.


NBA
Rubio's perfect alley-oop to Wiggins from all the angles.
Check out the distance on Ricky Rubio's half-court pass to Andrew Wiggins, who was left wide open to throw down a dunk on the alley-oop. Boston, however, got the better of the Timberwolves 117-104.

WBBC

MLB
U.S. strikes late to stun Venezuela in WBC.
Trailing heading into the bottom of the eighth, Team USA tallies three runs, including the go-ahead two-run homer from Eric Hosmer to knock off Venezuela.

World Baseball Classic
Team USA flashes more than just power in WBC win
Late slugging wasn't the only thing the U.S. ramped up in a 4-2 comeback win over Venezuela. As the stakes get higher in the second round, it proved just as pumped up as other countries' clubs.

NCAA Men's tournament
NCAA MEN's TOURNAMENT
2017 NCAA tournament bracket cheat sheet
ESPN Insider's cheat sheet gives you the consolidated knowledge from all of our experts that you need to ace your bracket.

Men's college hoops
Scouting the entire NCAA tournament field
Want the skinny on the 68 teams in the NCAA tournament? Bracketologist Joe Lunardi's video previews break them all down.

NCAAM
USC storms back from 17 down to stun Providence.
Trailing by 17 early in the second half, USC claws all the way back to knock off Providence in the First Four and move on to face 6-seed SMU.

NCAAM
NC Central's last gasp chances won't fall.
Trailing by three in the final seconds, Patrick Cole's 3-point shot doesn't go. However, North Carolina Central gets the rebound and kicks it out to Dajuan Graf -- but his shot doesn't fall, either, dooming the Eagles.


NFL draft

NFL
McShay stuns with TE in latest top 4.
Todd McShay reveals who he has going with his first four picks in his Mock Draft 3.0.


NFL
McShay's 2017 NFL Mock Draft 3.0: How high will McCaffrey go?
Myles Garrett has all but cemented his status as the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NFL draft. Where will Christian McCaffrey and O.J. Howard go? Todd McShay predicts the picks.


NFL Draft
Kiper's 2017 Big Board: A post-combine shake-up
Speedster John Ross lit up the combine with a 4.22 40-yard dash, but was it enough to return to Mel Kiper's ranking of the top 25 prospects for the 2017 NFL draft? Here's who made it.

Wednesday's NIT games

New England Patriots
NFL


Patriots
NFL

Hightower returns to Patriots on $43.5M deal
Dont'a Hightower has agreed to a four-year, $43.5 million deal to return to the Patriots, according to the star linebacker's agents.


Patriots
NFL

Hightower set up to become one of all-time Patriots greats
In arguably their most important signing of the offseason, the Patriots brought back one of the NFL's most physical linebackers.


Champions League

UEFA Champions League
Guardiola to blame for Man City's exit
Pep Guardiola must face the critics following Man City's defeat at Monaco. While he is backed to begin a bold new era for the club, he's also responsible for the naive manner in which they exited the Champions League.


Champions League
Atletico move on to UCL quarterfinals
This hasn't been a great season domestically for Atletico Madrid, but all eyes are now on Champions League glory following their 4-2 aggregate win over Bayer Leverkusen.


ESPNW
Ice Hockey
U.S. women's hockey threatens worlds boycott
The U.S. women's hockey team announced it will not participate in the IIHF World Championship if USA Hockey can’t provide what team members consider fair wages and support.

Olympic Sports
U.S. women's hockey team willing to risk everything for respect
The U.S. women's hockey team is fed up with years of unfair treatment from USA Hockey and will do whatever necessary until significant change is made.

Olympic Sports
Alex Morgan backs the U.S. women's hockey team
The U.S. women's hockey team announced it would not be playing in the upcoming world championship on Wednesday, and it has received support from fans and peers alike ever since.

Women's College Basketball
NCAA Tournament
NCAAW
Women's NCAA tournament: Breaking down Bridgeport Regional
Maryland and Syracuse hope to get back to the Final Four, but in Bridgeport, everything runs through UConn. Can a region full of premier point guards prevent the Huskies from advancing?

NCAAW
Women's NCAA tournament: Breaking down Oklahoma City Regional
The region is loaded with talent, potential (Louisville vs. Baylor?) and plotlines (Kelsey Plum eyes another record). Oklahoma City is as unpredictable as 5-seed Tennessee has been this season.

NCAAW
Women's NCAA tournament: Breaking down Stockton Regional
Stockton looks primed for big upsets more than any of the other three corners of the bracket as question marks surround the region's top seeds. Can South Carolina overcome Alaina Coates' absence?


NFL
NFL
Ranking NFL teams that regressed in free agency
The Bengals lost two linemen to free agency, and their offense looks considerably worse than last season. Where does Cincinnati rank in our list of teams hit the hardest?


Texans
NFL

If not Tony Romo, then who starts at QB for Texans?
Jay Cutler? Robert Griffin III? A return for Ryan Fitzpatrick? Here's a look at Houston's options if Romo doesn't join the team.


Marlins
MLB

To grieve Jose Fernandez's death, Giancarlo Stanton took life-changing journey
With the eyes of baseball on them, the Marlins barely had a chance to mourn. So when the season ended, their biggest star traveled three continents and came home with a renewed sense of purpose.


Yankees
MLB

Jobs in jeopardy as Baby Bombers challenge Yankees veterans
The young talent at Yankees camp this spring is so good that skipper Joe Girardi has put his veterans on notice. Here are the prospects making waves.


The Undefeated
John Wall on his relationship with Bradley Beal and taking the Washington Wizards all the way
The star guard hopes to stay in "Chocolate City" and bring the franchise a long-awaited victory.

Austin Carr's NCAA tournament scoring records at Notre Dame likely will never be broken
The former Cavalier and Notre Dame All-American averaged 41.3 points a game and had the all-time best game at 61 points.

Tennis
The stroke that turned Federer's fortunes around against Nadal
Remember when Roger Federer's backhand led to frustration and ultimately failure against Rafael Nadal? Things couldn't be more different today.


NBA
LaVar vs Charles: The smack talk supercut.
Charles Barkley and LaVar Ball engaged in some epic smack talk, with neither the bombastic father nor the broadcaster backing down from a one-on-one challenge.


FiveThirtyEight

FiveThirtyEight
The NL East’s Mets-Nats battle might come down to injuries
Can the Mets and their pitchers stay off the DL this season?


FiveThirtyEight
What the NFL can teach Congress about hiring more diverse staffs
How lessons from the Rooney Rule can be applied in Congress and beyond.

Redef + ESPN
What now for Nova, Brent Musburger's move and wrestling identity
The Wildcats as Goliath and a broadcaster pivots: Read that and more in your daily mix of must-reads from the world of sports in the REDEF newsletter.

More on the Big Dance

United States
Soccer

Who will play at outside-back in Arena's squad?
Bruce Arena named his first squad since taking over the U.S. for a second time. As with every new roster, there are questions over selection.


espnW
Trans swimmer G Ryan has goals beyond NCAAs
How do non-binary athletes fit into a sports structure that divides competitors based on gender? G Ryan, a genderqueer swimmer at Michigan, hopes to help make athletics more inclusive.

NCAA Men's Tournament
Students to get $1 million in steak dinners if NKU upsets Kentucky
A Cincinnati restaurateur has promised 15,000 students free steak dinners if No. 15 seed Northern Kentucky upsets No. 2 seed Kentucky on Friday.

VIVID SEATS
The bracket is set; get your tickets
Lock up your tickets today to follow your team's postseason run.


Free Agency

NFL
Best, worst signings and more
Best -- and worst -- big-money signing. Team that moved up a tier. Departure that will be felt the most. Bargain signing that will pay off. Our panel of five NFL Insiders weighs in.


NFL

Ravens
NFL

Ravens failing to help Joe Flacco at receiver a huge head-scratcher
While the Ravens have bolstered their defense this offseason, the team has yet to give quarterback Joe Flacco the outside weapons that he needs.


Steelers
NFL

Steelers still seeking help after Dont'a Hightower drives away
The Steelers, who have yet to replace the three key players they've lost in free agency, came up empty in trying to sign Dont'a Hightower on Tuesday.


Dolphins
NFL

Two years later, Dolphins haven't built defense around Ndamukong Suh
When he was signed, Ndamukong Suh was supposed to be the difference-maker for the Dolphins on defense. But as a unit, they've actually been worse.


NFL draft
Gruden grills Brad Kaaya on music selection.
Jon Gruden asks the former Miami QB about his music preference, and suggests he makes a note about classics like AC/DC, Aerosmith and Stevie Ray Vaughan.


NHL
Hardest, easiest paths to the playoffs
By looking at the remaining schedule, we forecast which teams have the easiest and hardest paths to the Stanley Cup playoffs.


NHL
How to end the Olympic stalemate
The standoff between the NHL and the IOC threatens the league's participation in the 2018 Olympics. Our roundtable has ideas on how to solve this 'childish dispute.'


Major League Soccer

Chicago Fire
Soccer

De Leeuw's rise from Coke bottler to Fire star
Michael de Leeuw refused to give up on his professional dream, as he has evolved from Coca-Cola bottler in the Netherlands to Chicago Fire standout.


Major League Soccer
Portland marches into first in MLS Power Rankings
The Portland Timbers move to the top of ESPN FC's MLS Power Rankings after a nabbing their first road win since 2015 on Sunday.

Fantasy
2017 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit
Get our updated rankings, projections, cheat sheets, closer chart, strategies, and more, all in one place. Dominate your draft!

Fantasy MLB
Is draft prep really that important?
For many fantasy players, the draft is the best -- and most important -- time of the year. But is preparing for the draft the key to fantasy success?

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The biggest weakness for every Way-Too-Early Top 25 team
Yes, they're still the best teams in the country, but from Alabama's passing game to Ohio State's receivers to Washington's secondary, each top-25 team has one big flaw.


Alabama
NCAAF

Alabama wins 64-team college football bracket
The Crimson Tide came up just short in the quest for a national title in 2016. Our basketball-style bracket projects Nick Saban's crew to finish the job in 2017.


Chargers
NFL

Carson, California: Where fútbol and football will coexist
The Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS and the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL will converge in the 27,000-seat soccer stadium in the diverse city of Carson.

Golf
Rory: 'Obscene' Muirfield hadn't let in women
Rory McIlroy can't believe that the club at Muirfield took so long to admit female members.

Boxing
Golovkin is the ultimate must-see fighter
Unified middleweight world titleholder Gennady Golovkin, the KO machine from Kazakhstan, is a fighter you have to watch.

Special Olympics
Special Olympics
What is a skier in Florida supposed to do?
Special Olympics skier Michelle Canazaro doesn't care if anyone thinks she is "nuts." With no snow in sight, it's completely acceptable to practice on the next best thing: sand.

Olympic Sports
Dustin Plunkett, Victoria Arlen and Jen Lada taking it all in at the Special Olympics World Winter Games


'We're USA, and we're proud of it.'
The U.S. athletes headed to the Special Olympics World Winter Games are the best of the best -- and they're more than excited to represent their country.


DEPORTES
'Mano de Piedra' Durán dijo a Chávez: No sabes nada de boxeo
De leyenda a leyenda, el panameño criticó que el mexicano permita que su hijo peleé contra 'Canelo' Álvarez, porque, dijo, no tiene ninguna oportunidad de ganar ese combate.

Top Headlines
- White thinks Mayweather-McGregor to happen
- Jourdan Lewis charged with domestic violence
- Aldridge rusty, but 'happy to be playing again'
- Privateers' Thibodeaux apologizes for scuffle
- Washington fires Romar after 9-22 season
- Gonzalez: Little League is run better than WBC
- Jay Bilas' More-Than-5-Minute Bracket
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