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Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 22-28 includes Keri Russell and Elton John 03/16/2026 10:54am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 22-28: March 22: Actor William Shatner is 95. Singer Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy is 85. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 83. News anchor Wolf Blitzer is 78. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 78. Actor Fanny Ardant is 77. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 74. Cou Picking the NCAA men's bracket: Michigan beats Duke for the national championship 03/16/2026 10:50am • There was a time when the NCAA men's college basketball tournament was wildly unpredictable. Hard as it may seem to believe, there was one season where a No. 4 seed, two No. 5 seeds and a No. 9 seed all reached the Final Four. And a year later, a No. 11 seed got to the national semifinals as well. A Hundreds gather on National Mall for DC Tulip Day 03/16/2026 10:44am • Hundreds of people gathered on the National Mall Sunday to usher in the start of spring with D.C.’s Tulip Day. A whopping 150,000 tulips, bulbs and all, were displayed on the mall Sunday afternoon. Eventgoers were able to make a bundle of 10 tulips each to bring home. Tulip Day is parti How do you prepare to overturn a massive deficit against Real Madrid? Take the day off 03/16/2026 10:43am • How do you prepare to overturn a 3-0 deficit to the mighty Real Madrid in the Champions League? If you are Pep Guardiola, you give your players the day off. “The players are at home with their families today. And then they’ll send each other WhatsApp messages, I imagine, and tomorrow we’ll see Aaron Judge hails World Baseball Classic crowds as 'bigger and better than the World Series' 03/16/2026 10:26am • MIAMI (AP) — On a night when All-Stars and future Hall of Famers thrilled fans and each other until the final out, Aaron Judge proclaimed the World Baseball Classic had grown into the sport's biggest event. “The World Series I was in, the crowd here, the crowd we had when we played against Mexic Morocco or France? Lille’s 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi keeps his World Cup choice open 03/16/2026 10:20am • LILLE, France (AP) — Morocco or France? Highly-rated midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi has yet to chose. A key player for Lille in the French league, the 18-year-old has established himself as one of the most promising midfield talents in Europe. He has represented France's Under 21 and other youth squads Sports on TV for Tuesday, March 17 03/16/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, March 17 BASEBALL 8 p.m. FOX — 2026 World Baseball Classic: TBD vs. U.S., Final, Miami BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 4:45 p.m. TNT — FIBA World Cup Qualifying: Spain vs. U.S., San Juan, Puerto Rico COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6 p Today in Sports - Lindsey Vonn sets a women’s record for the most World Cup points in a season 03/16/2026 10:10am • March 17 1897 — Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out Jim Corbett in the 14th round to win the world heavyweight title in Carson City, Nev. It’s the first boxing match photographed by a motion picture camera. 1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jene Roche in 80 seconds at the Royal Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, SPHL Glance 03/16/2026 10:09am • All Times EDT GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA CCHA Glance 03/16/2026 10:01am • All Times EST OVERALL NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Glance 03/16/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) First Round Friday, March 6 Trinity (Conn.) 74, Keuka 63 Babson 71, St. Joseph's (Maine) 67 Redlands 97, Susquehanna 75 Hood 84, Vassar 71 Catholic 71, WestConn 69 Tufts 65, Penn St. Harrisburg 60 NYU 65, Gettysburg 53 Wesleyan (Conn.) 76, Lehman 66 NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Glance 03/16/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) First Round Friday, March 6 NYU 108, Me.-Farmington 44 Messiah 64, Cortland 58 Hardin-Simmons 73, Austin 51 Whitman 70, Claremont-M-S 54 Bowdoin 51, Emmanuel (Mass.) 42 Southern Me. 62, JWU (Providence) 46 Wis.-La Crosse 78, LaGrange 52 Carroll (Wis. NCAA Conference Tournament Glances 03/16/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 7) Times EDT (March 8) America East Conference At Higher-Seeded Schools First Round Saturday, March 7 UMBC 84, New Hampshire 69 Mass.-Lowell 81, Albany (NY) 76 Vermont 77, Bryant 57 NJIT 60, Maine 58 Semifinals Tuesday, March 10 UMBC 91, Mass.-Lowell 69 Vermont 63, NJIT 54 C Women's Conference Tournament Glances 03/16/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 7) Times EDT (March 8) America East Conference At Higher-Seeded Schools First Round Thursday, March 5 Vermont 55, Albany (NY) 40 Maine 77, New Hampshire 58 Binghamton 45, Bryant 44 UMBC 66, NJIT 65 Semifinals Monday, March 9 Maine 60, Binghamton 56 Vermont 68, UMBC 65 Champi Monday's rain could help Potomac River cleanup, DC Water says 03/16/2026 09:59am • Monday's heavy rain should be beneficial to the environmental cleanup at the site of repairs to the sewage line that collapsed on Jan. 19, along the Clara Barton Parkway, according to D.C. Water. Over the weekend, D.C. Water completed emergency repairs to the collapsed Potomac Interceptor, so