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☆ Caitlin Clark: Iowa Hawkeyes to retire No. 22 jersey
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The University of Iowa will retire Caitlin Clark’s No. “We always knew your jersey would be hanging in the rafters,” Goetz said. Clark will become the third Hawkeyes women's basketball player to have her jersey retired. “I look up in the rafters and I see that Final Four banner from last year,” Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder said. The 22-year-old will become the third Hawkeyes women’s basketball player to have her jersey retired, after Michelle Edwards (No.

Persons: Caitlin Clark’s, Beth Goetz, ” Goetz, ” Clark, Clark, Steph Chambers, it’ll, Lisa Bluder, Cleveland, Michelle Edwards, Megan Gustafson Organizations: CNN, The University of Iowa, Carver, NCAA, women’s, WNBA, Hawkeyes, South, ” Hawkeyes, Cleveland ’ Locations: Iowa, South Carolina

☆ Won (or lost) your March Madness bets? Don’t forget to report them on your taxes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —If you won big on bets you made for the March Madness men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, enjoy the money. So if you made bets last year, here’s what you need to do on your 2023 tax return, which is due for most people on April 15. Your winnings also may be subject to state tax, unless you live in the dozen or so states that exempt gambling winnings. It will then be up to you on your tax return to square whether you owe more or less on your winnings. So say you won $1,000 in 2023 at the tables in Vegas, but you lost $1,500 betting on last year’s March Madness tournament.

Persons: ”, Mark Luscombe, Luscombe, ” Luscombe, Daniel Rahill Organizations: New, New York CNN, NCAA, American Gaming Association, IRS, Wolters Kluwer, Accounting, Wintrust Wealth Management, Illinois CPA Society Locations: New York, Vegas

☆ March Madness: No. 1 Houston upset by No. 4 Duke in Sweet 16 after Jamal Shead injury
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

4 Duke with a 54-51 win in the Sweet 16 of the men’s NCAA tournament on Friday, making them the second top seed to go home early. The Cougars faced a tough break in the first half after star guard Jamal Shead left the game with an ankle injury and did not return. After the game, the CBS broadcast showed Duke players consoling Shead, who was sitting on the bench. 1 North Carolina lost to No. 11 North Carolina State on Sunday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Persons: Jamal Shead, consoling Shead, Kyle Filipowski, Duke, Jon Scheyer, Mike Krzyzewski, ’, Scheyer, K, we’ve, ” Scheyer, I’ve, ” Organizations: CNN, Houston Cougars, NCAA, The Cougars, CBS, Duke, Devils, Cougars, Carolina, UConn, Purdue, men’s Division, Atlantic, North Carolina State, American Airlines Center Locations: Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Dallas

☆ March Madness: Top seeds for men and women’s 2024 NCAA basketball tournament announced for Selection Sunday
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Jacob Lev | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The other top seeds for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament are the Purdue Boilermakers, North Carolina Tar Heels and Houston Cougars. 2 seeds are Iowa State Cyclones, Marquette Golden Eagles, Tennessee Volunteers and Arizona Wildcats. Thirty-two teams automatically qualified in both the men’s and women’s tournament by virtue of winning their respective conference tournaments. Now that Selection Sunday is all but over, there are only two days for fans to fill out their brackets before the men’s tournament begins on March 19 and the women’s tournament begins the day after. Angel ReeseAngel Reese is another of the tournament’s biggest stars, following her crucial role in propelling LSU to its first ever women’s college basketball title last year.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Martin, Zach Edey, Kirk Irwin, Barack Obama, George H.W, Bush, Jimmy Fallon, Yale Brigham, James Madison, Howard, Wagner, Saint, Tennessee Martin, Rice, Marshall Syracuse, Caitlin Clark Caitlin Clark, “ Clark, onomics ”, Steph Curry’s, Angel Reese Angel Reese, Matthew Holst, Reed Sheppard, Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard Organizations: CNN, Connecticut, South Carolina, NCAA, Purdue Boilermakers, North, Heels, Houston Cougars, Iowa Hawkeyes, Southern California Trojans, Texas Longhorns, Iowa State Cyclones, Marquette Golden Eagles, Tennessee Volunteers, Arizona Wildcats, Wildcats, Long, Long Beach State, Big West, bluebloods, Duke, SEC, Gamecocks, women’s, Heart, Presbyterian, Iowa, Hawkeyes, Louisiana State, Ohio State, Stetson, Northwestern, San Diego State, Alabama, Auburn, Yale, Yale Brigham Young, Duquesne, Washington State, South Dakota State, South Dakota State South Houston, Texas, . Vermont Texas Tech, NC, Boise State, Kentucky Midwest Purdue, Montana State, Utah State, Texas Christian, Gonzaga, Samford South Carolina, . Oregon, Creighton, Mississippi State, . Michigan, Charleston Clemson, Baylor, Colgate, Dayton, Albany South, Oregon State, Marquette, Notre Dame, Kent State, Albany Iowa, Princeton, Drake ; Kansas State, Portland Louisville, . Middle, ., UCLA, California Baptist, Portland Southern, Michigan, Vanderbilt -, Virginia Tech, Jackson State, Richmond ; Ohio, Maine, Portland Texas, Drexel, Florida, South, Cal Irvine Tennessee, ; North Carolina State, Chattanooga ; Iowa, Maryland, Stanford, NBA, WNBA, LSU, Big, Purdue Locations: South, North Carolina, Long Beach, bluebloods Kentucky, Kansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Connecticut, Stetson ; Florida, San, Birmingham, Duquesne ; Illinois, Morehead State, Drake, South Dakota State South, Longwood ; Nebraska, Wisconsin, NC State ; Kentucky, Oakland, Florida, Colorado, Marquette, Grambling State, McNeese ; Kansas, ., Akron ; Texas, Virginia, Colorado State ; Tennessee, Peter’s West North Carolina, Mississippi, Saint Mary’s ( California, Canyon, Alabama, New Mexico, . Nevada ; Arizona, Albany South Carolina, . Michigan State ; Indiana, Fairfield ; Oklahoma, Florida Gulf Coast . Nebraska, Eastern Washington ; Mississippi, West Virginia, Drake ;, . Middle Tennessee State, . Nevada, Las Vegas, California, California Baptist Region, Portland Southern California, Christi ; Kansas, Vanderbilt - Columbia, Arizona ; Connecticut, Richmond ;, Drexel ; Alabama, Florida State ; Utah, South Dakota, ; North, Chattanooga ;, Norfolk, South Carolina

☆ World Athletics’ policy limiting trans women participation is ‘here to stay,’ says president Sebastian Coe
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Amanda Davies | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The governing body for track and field said that the exclusion would apply to transgender women, banning some from competing in female track and field events. “It was the right decision then, it’s the right decision now,” Coe told CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies at the world indoor championships in Glasgow, Scotland. In recent years, there has been a growing list of governing bodies which have restricted transgender women from competing in women’s divisions. World Athletics hasn’t clearly defined its definition of what constitutes having “been through male puberty,” which is a multi-year process beginning as early as age nine. Coe attends the ongoing World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Persons: Sebastian Coe, ”, ” Coe, Amanda Davies, Coe, ” Hudson Taylor, Ally, Stonewall, Tanner, “ There’s, Martin Rickett, I’m, “ Organizations: CNN, Athletics, World Athletics, Global Athletics Coaches Academy, International Olympic Committee, ” CNN, British, of Sports Medicine Locations: Glasgow, Scotland, Stonewall, United Kingdom

☆ Bobby Knight: Hall of Fame college basketball coach dies at 83
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Bobby Knight, who was one of college basketball’s winningest coaches and who guided Indiana University to three national championships, has died at the age of 83, his family announced on Wednesday. “It is with heavy hearts that we share that Coach Bob Knight passed away at his home in Bloomington (Indiana) surrounded by his family,” his family posted to his website. Known as “The General,” Knight won 11 Big Ten Conference titles and 662 games in 29 seasons at Indiana. Knight also coached the gold medal-winning US men’s basketball team during the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991, the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.

Persons: Bobby Knight, Bob Knight, ”, Knight, –, Knight bookended, ” Knight Organizations: CNN, Indiana University, Indiana Hoosiers, NCAA, US Military Academy, Texas Tech University, Big, Indiana, Texas Tech, Red Raiders, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, College Basketball Hall of Fame, IU Athletics Hall of Fame Locations: Bloomington ( Indiana, Bloomington, Los Angeles . Indiana

☆ What Courtney Dauwalter Learned in the Pain Cave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Rebecca Byerly | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

After running for 60 miles through snow, up steep, root-filled switchbacks with thousands of feet of elevation gain, Courtney Dauwalter entered what she calls her pain cave. Scott Jurek won Western States seven times (most recently in 2005) but never once ran as fast as Dauwalter did this year. She beat a 1994 Western States record set by Ann Trason, who won the race 14 times, by more than two hours. Now she is trying to do something even the most accomplished ultrarunners would consider extraordinary: win three highly competitive 100-mile races in a single summer. She has won the race twice and currently holds the women’s record.

Persons: Courtney Dauwalter, —, Scott Jurek, Ann Trason, Mickey Mouse, billy Organizations: Western Locations: Sierra Nevada, ultrarunning, Moab , Utah, Western, Silverton, Colo, Blanc, Chamonix, France

☆ Nathan's hot dog eating contest crowns Joey Chestnut men's champion and Miki Sudo women's champion
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It’s the 4th of July, I got to eat some hot dogs and get a win.”“I feel great,” he added. People take shelter from the rain Tuesday at the Nathan's hot dog eating contest. A spectacle of gluttonyMayoi Ebihara and Miki Sudo compete in the Nathan's hot dog eating contest on Tuesday. Amr Alfiky/ReutersChestnut was the heavy favorite on the men’s side and has now won 16 of the last 17 Independence Day contests, including 63 hot dogs last year. Sudo won last year’s title with 40 hot dogs and holds the women’s world record for eating 48.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Persons: Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Chestnut, ” Chestnut, I’m, ”, “ I’ve, I’ll, ” Geoffrey Esper, Australia’s James Webb, Amr Alfiky, Ebihara, “, “ It’s, Mayoi Ebihara, Michelle Lesco, Sudo, Nathan’s Organizations: CNN, National Weather Service, FDNY, Lutheran Medical Center, Nathan’s, Professional League, WABC Locations: Coney Island , New York, Coney, Brooklyn, Coney Island, Sudo, Surf, New York City

☆ Bob Huggins Resigns From West Virginia After Drunken Driving Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Claire Fahy | Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Last month, Huggins was disciplined after he used a homophobic slur twice and mocked Catholics on a local Cincinnati radio program. Huggins, who coached at the University of Cincinnati from 1989 to 2005, was charged with drunken driving in Ohio in 2004 and pleaded no contest. In 38 seasons as the head coach at Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State and West Virginia, he led his teams to 26 N.C.A.A. But a national title has eluded Huggins, who has the most wins of any coach to never cut down the championship nets. “Coach Huggins devoted himself to his players, to our student body, to our fans and alumni and to all West Virginians,” the statement read.

Persons: Huggins, “ Columbus, “, ” Huggins, Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp, Jim Calhoun, ” Organizations: West Virginia University, University of Cincinnati, Division, Akron, Akron , Cincinnati , Kansas State, West Virginians Locations: Pittsburgh, ”, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Akron , Cincinnati , Kansas, West Virginia

☆ Abercrombie & Fitch is cool again
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN Business —Abercrombie & Fitch has shed its perfume-filled mall stores, shirtless models and logo sweatshirts to win over Millennials and Gen Z.It’s working. Abercrombie (ANF) said Monday that its women’s segment was on track to deliver its highest holiday sales period ever, and its men’s division was growing, too. “Abercrombie was a key destination for holiday shopping,” Neil Saunders, an analyst at GlobalData Retail, said in a note to clients Monday. “This a further sign that the brand has successfully ditched the baggage of its past.”The brand, which has about 225 stores, plans to open around 10 Abercrombie stores a year over the next three years. Today, Abercrombie’s stores are lighter than they once were and its clothes are looser.

☆ Nikki Hiltz: How this professional runner is making their sport more inclusive
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I was open about my sexuality at that point, but not my gender identity,” Hiltz tells CNN Sport. After coming out as trans and non-binary, Hiltz continues to compete in the women’s division. “You know, I have no business putting on an in-person race,” Hiltz jokes. Spencer Cox’s veto of a bill that bans transgender women from competing on women’s and girls’ sports teams. Since coming out as trans and non-binary last year, Hiltz has had conversations with race directors and announcers about making running more inclusive.

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