DALLAS—Kim Mulkey is back in another national championship game, this time taking the flagship university from her home state there for the first time. It took LSU only two seasons to get there with the feisty and flamboyantly dressed coach, and a big comeback in the national semifinal game that was quite an undercard Friday…

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher has insisted throughout the NCAA Tournament that if his team plays to its strengths, it doesn’t matter what the opposition does. The Aztecs certainly played the way they wanted to against the top overall seed in March Madness. Darrion Trammell and San Diego State used a dominant defensive…

For just the second time in 152 tries, a No. 16 wore the slipper perfectly against a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Sean Moore scored 19 and Grant Singleton added eight points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals as No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson shocked No. 1 Purdue 63–58 on Friday night in…

LOS ANGELES—Two highly ranked teams and a raucous crowd packed into historic Pauley Pavilion sure made it seem like it was already March Madness. It’s not just yet, although No. 2 UCLA backed up its Final Four run last spring with an 86–77 overtime victory against fourth-ranked Villanova on Friday night. “We love these games,”…

Romania on Sunday recorded its highest number of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus patients in intensive care units since the pandemic began. The increasing pressure on ICU wards—where 1,334 people are currently receiving care—comes amid a surge of virus cases in the country. Over the past week, Romania has been recording its highest number of infections…

Texas Roadhouse CEO and co-founder Kent Taylor allegedly died from suicide due to CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related symptoms, his family said over the weekend. He was 65. Taylor’s family and the restaurant chain told The Hill and other news outlets that he “took his own life this week” after “a battle with post-COVID related symptoms, including severe tinnitus,” referring to…

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the six-foot social distancing mandate that was employed across much of the United States and the world to deal with the CCP virus pandemic “wasn’t based on clear science.” “This six-foot distancing requirement has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic that we’ve employed in response to COVID ……