General Sports 24-Hour Briefing
×College Basketball
Kaiya Wynn is leaving the Tennessee women's basketball program after calling senior day a "breaking point." Miami (Ohio) extended its season-opening winning streak to 30 games with a 74-72 victory over Toledo, closing within one win of a perfect regular season. Iowa State is ending its women's gymnastics program, with the athletic director citing "a pattern of issues" within the program.
Golf
The PGA Tour heads to Bay Hill Club and Lodge for the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where length off the tee and controlled iron play will be crucial. Jupiter Links beat The Bay 9-6 to make the TGL postseason. The USGA announced that the U.S. Amateur winner will now receive the Tiger Woods Medal, while the U.S. Junior Amateur champion will get the Tiger Woods Trophy.
Tennis & Olympic Sports
WNBPA executive committee members Kelsey Plum and Breanna Stewart wrote a three-page letter to players' union executive director Terri Jackson expressing "serious concerns" about how the union is handling collective bargaining agreement talks. Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt hopes England can create their own "Euros moment" at the home T20 World Cup this summer.
Football (Soccer & American)
Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley tried to keep the focus on his players after an upset win over No. 14 Kansas in what could be his final home game with the Sun Devils. Top-10 senior Bruce Branch III committed to BYU, giving coach Kevin Young his third consecutive recruiting class with a five-star recruit. Mississippi lawmakers are considering a tax loophole for NIL-earning college athletes in the state.
Rugby
Nick Timoney is handed his first Six Nations start as Ireland head coach Andy Farrell makes five changes to his XV for Friday's match against Wales in Dublin. Ellis Mee is given a Wales recall in the same Six Nations game, while there could be a new cap off the bench. Exeter boss Rob Baxter says he is saddened to see the end of merit-based promotion and relegation to and from the Premiership.
Motorsport
New Zealand's Cole McConchie takes two wickets in two balls to remove South Africa's Quinton de Kock and Ryan Rickelton in their T20 World Cup semi-final. The new Formula 1 season is entering a new era with more drivers and all new rule changes. F1 has the biggest rule change in its history with engines, chassis, tires and fuel all subject to new regulations. George Russell may now have a car with which he can challenge for the title after being satisfied with proving himself against his teammate.
Combat Sports
Max Holloway and Charles Oliveira can thank Nate Diaz for the chance to add BMF to their UFC legacies. Jade Jones says her journey from reaching the pinnacle of taekwondo to being at the bottom of boxing has been a "humbling" one as she prepares for her boxing debut against Egypt Criss on March 7.
Winter Sports
Welsh Para-alpine skier Menna Fitzpatrick says it feels "really special" to be at her third Winter Paralympic games after a "rollercoaster" of a year. Para-powerlifter Hope Gordon on her Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games aims: "I want to turn bad Glasgow memories into good ones."
Miscellaneous Sports
Williams wind tunnel systems engineer Christina Sullivan tells BBC Sport about her unlikely route into F1, saying "Drive to Survive got me into F1 - now I work at Williams." Three athletes who were led off course when leading the US half marathon championship will receive compensation after ultimately finishing well outside the top three. The England Lions squad and staff arrive back in the UK following the cancellation of the rest of their limited-overs series against Pakistan Shaheens in the United Arab Emirates.