General Sports 3d Briefing
×Last updated: March 13, 2026, 1:42 PM ET
College Basketball
Casey Alexander, a perennial 20-game winner espn.com at Belmont, is expected to be named the new coach at Kansas State, sources told ESPN's Jeff Borzello. Meanwhile, Syracuse fired Adrian Autry espn.com after the Orange missed the NCAA tournament in his three seasons, while Arizona State moved on from Bobby Hurley espn.com following an 11-season tenure that ended with a historic 91-42 Big 12 tournament blowout loss to Iowa State. Hofstra returned to the NCAA tournament espn.com for the first time in 25 years after defeating Monmouth 75-69 in the Coastal Athletic Association championship. In a stunning upset, No. 20 Miami (Ohio) suffered its first defeat espn.com with an 87-83 loss to UMass in the Mid-American Conference tournament opener.
College Sports Administration
The Big Ten sent a letter to the NCAA espn.com asking the organization to suspend investigations and enforcement related to tampering, and modernize its rules. Utah Valley and the Western Athletic Conference cleared up their $1 million dispute espn.com that threatened to leave the Wolverines out of the league's men's and women's basketball tournaments. Tennessee star freshman Nate Ament, out the past two games with a leg injury, is expected to play espn.com in the SEC quarterfinals against Auburn, a source told ESPN.
International Rugby
Ireland lock James Ryan is ruled out bbc.com as head coach Andy Farrell makes four changes for Saturday's Six Nations Triple Crown decider against Scotland in Dublin. Flanker Temo Matiu will make his debut bbc.com in France's final Six Nations game against England in Paris on Saturday. Wales head coach Steve Tandy names an unchanged starting side bbc.com for the Six Nations finale against Italy at the Principality Stadium. Scotland's Sione Tuipulotu says his team has been "to hell and back" to turn themselves into Six Nations title contenders bbc.com, while head coach Gregor Townsend faces the most significant team selection bbc.com of his long reign before Saturday's Six Nations trip to Dublin.
NFL
Falcons general manager Ian Cunningham said definitively espn.com Friday that the team is bringing in Tua Tagovailoa to compete with Michael Penix Jr. for the starting quarterback job. NFL Players Association representatives are set to vote espn.com on a successor to disgraced former leader Lloyd Howell. The Ravens pivoted from Maxx Crosby espn.com to Trey Hendrickson, landing a four-time Pro Bowl pass rusher after moving on from Crosby.
Motorsports
Lewis Hamilton has said Ferrari's gap to Mercedes is mainly due to a deficit in power unit performance espn.com after he qualified fourth for Saturday's Chinese Grand Prix sprint race. Hamilton has explored "every way" espn.com to attend Sunday's Oscars ceremony following the Chinese Grand Prix, but ultimately decided it was impossible to arrive on time.
Winter Paralympics
Great Britain's Hester Poole is setting her sights on Saturday's slalom bbc.com after crashing out of the giant slalom on her Winter Paralympic debut. Britain's Neil Simpson is left bitterly disappointed bbc.com after he and guide Rob Poth fail to finish their opening giant slalom run in the men's visually impaired event. Cross-country skier Jake Adicoff becomes the first out gay man to win an individual Paralympic gold medal bbc.com. Sixteen years ago, Ralf Etienne lost his leg in an earthquake that devastated Haiti. Now he is his nation's first Winter Paralympian bbc.com.
Golf
Graeme McDowell creates LIV Golf history bbc.com, becoming the first player to hit a second hole-in-one on the tour. Books Koepka, who will be making just his fourth start in his return to the PGA Tour, is hoping his game shows more consistency espn.com this week at the Players Championship. Scottie Scheffler is once again the favorite to capture his third career title at The Players Championship, but this time, it's by enormous proportions espn.com. Brian Rolapp outlined a bold future for the PGA Tour on Wednesday, listing the possibility of relegation, a revamped schedule espn.com and match play in the playoffs among the changes being considered.
Boxing
Super featherweight boxer Ryan Garner says he has his eye on the winner of Saturday night's world title clash between James Dickens and Anthony Cacace. James 'Jazza' Dickens has taken the elongated road bbc.com to his first world title defence on Saturday - and that is not confined to his professional boxing career. Ronda Rousey says she wants to rewrite her ending bbc.com in her first MMA bout in ten years against Gina Carano on 16 May.
UFC
Sean Strickland will challenge Khamzat Chimaev bbc.com for the UFC middleweight title in May.
Horse Racing
Gaelic Warrior wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup bbc.com in supreme fashion as Harry Redknapp-owned Jukebox Man finishes eighth. Harry Redknapp's Jukebox Man joins 10 other horses bbc.com in the field for Friday's Cheltenham Gold Cup. Ben Jones was a promising fly-half when he was growing up, coming through the Scarlets academy. Henry de Bromhead celebrates his first winner of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival as Heart Wood triumphs in the Ryanair Chase on day three. One of racing's most successful trainers has threatened not to bring horses bbc.com to Cheltenham Festival in future over concerns about the quality of the ground.
Tennis
World number one Aryna Sabalenka beats "future Grand Slam champion" Victoria Mboko bbc.com at Indian Wells - but Iga Swiatek is out. Britain's Sonay Kartal says it was one match too many bbc.com as a back injury forced her retirement from a fourth-round Indian Wells match against world number three Elena Rybakina.
Darts
Jonny Clayton struggles with gout but still wins night six of the Premier League bbc.com in Nottingham by crushing Luke Humphries 6-1 in the final.
Swimming
Triple gold medallist Tom Dean bbc.com who uprooted his life to move to Stirling last year, has the 2028 Olympics in his sights.
Figure Skating
The Olympic figure skating champion received a key to espn.com her hometown during a rally that included performances from Bay Area artists.
Soccer
France will wear a special edition pale blue shirt bbc.com in Saturday's Six Nations game to mark 120 years of rivalry against England. Germany's cross-country skiers turn their backs on the Russian gold medallists bbc.com on the Winter Paralympics podium in protest against the nation's inclusion at the Games.
Miscellaneous Sports
Kim English's three-year tenure at Providence is over espn.com. He was fired after the loss to St. John's. After leading the Billikens to an Atlantic 10 regular-season title, coach Josh Schertz has agreed to a contract extension espn.com at Saint Louis, according to the school's athletic director. The Big 12 will transition back to a traditional hardwood court espn.com for the remainder of its conference tournament at T-Mobile Center after the innovative LED glass court it was using led to some slipping issues. Texas Tech guard Christian Anderson strained a muscle espn.com while slipping on the new glass floor at the Big 12 tournament during Iowa State's 75-53 win over the Red Raiders on Thursday.
Team USA Basketball
Playing in her first game since July, Caitlin Clark had 17 points and 12 assists in 19 minutes to lead Team USA to a 110-64 win espn.com in its first game of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Six players, including Clark, made their debuts for the U.S. national team. How did they look in USA's win?