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Reign open the season with weather-delayed 2-1 road win over the Orlando Pride 03/15/2026 10:18pm • Brittany Ratcliffe’s scored a late goal to give the Seattle Reign a 2-1, rain-delayed victory on the road against the Orlando Pride on Sunday. Angel City also opened the National Women's Soccer League season with a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Stars in Los Angeles. The Reign opened the scoring i Cutter Gauthier breaks late tie in the Ducks' 4-3 victory over the Canadiens 03/15/2026 10:17pm • MONTREAL (AP) — Cutter Gauthier scored with 2:30 left, Leo Carlsson had two goals and an assist and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Sunday night to regain the Pacific Division lead. Alone in front of the net, Gauthier took Jeffrey Viel's behind-the-back pass and snapped a shot Paul Thomas Anderson wins best director Oscar for ‘One Battle After Another’ 03/15/2026 10:16pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson wins best director Oscar for ‘One Battle After Another’. Top overall seed Duke gets a tough NCAA East Region draw with UConn, Hall of Fame coaches 03/15/2026 10:12pm • Duke's Jon Scheyer rode a perimeter-driven lineup to last year's Final Four. He was willing to adjust when this year's team was hunting for its best form at midseason. Yet the Blue Devils are back in March Madness with a No. 1 seed in the East Region for a second straight year, this time as the top Unbeaten UConn joined by UCLA, Texas and South Carolina as No. 1 seeds for women's NCAA Tournament 03/15/2026 10:07pm • UConn edged UCLA as the No. 1 overall seed in women’s NCAA Tournament when the bracket was announced Sunday night, Having the top spot in March Madness didn't really matter to Huskies coach Geno Auriemma as he looks to lead the team to another undefeated season with the school's 13th national cham Family drama ‘Sentimental Value’ wins best international film Oscar, the first win for Norway 03/15/2026 10:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family drama ‘Sentimental Value’ wins best international film Oscar, the first win for Norway. March Madness: How to watch and what to watch in the 2026 NCAA men's basketball tournament 03/15/2026 10:02pm • Let the madness begin! March Madness arrived Sunday evening when the NCAA released its 68-team tournament bracket, sending hundreds of thousands of fans scrambling to study college basketball before filling out their brackets before first-round games begin Thursday. Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Flori Autumn Durald Arkapaw makes Oscar history as first female and Black winner in cinematography category 03/15/2026 09:49pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Autumn Durald Arkapaw makes Oscar history as first female and Black winner in cinematography category. NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube Results 03/15/2026 09:46pm • Sunday At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267 laps, 70 points. 2. (15) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 267, 40. 3. (9) William Byron, Chevrolet, 267, 49. 4. (1) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 267, 51. 5. (3) Ty Gibbs, Toyot NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/15/2026 09:40pm • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 13 Atlantic Region At campus sites Indiana (Pa.) 79, Charleston (W.Va.) 53 Seton Hill 88, Fayetteville St. 85, 2OT Gannon 76, Edinboro 61 Winston-Salem 88, Glenville St. 71 Central Region Minn. Duluth 72, Minnesota St. 63 Central Mo. 64, Washburn 55 Concordia- NCAA Men's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 03/15/2026 09:39pm • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 13 West Region At campus sites Cal St. East Bay 83, Cal Poly Humboldt 64 Cal St. Dom. Hills 69, Alas. Anchorage 58 Saint Martin's 75, Hawaii Pacific 68 Point Loma 76, Northwest Nazarene 61 Saturday, March 14 Atlantic Region Gannon 83, Charleston (W.Va.) 58 Cal Trump thanks TSA agents working with no pay amid government shutdown 03/15/2026 09:32pm • ▶ Watch Video: Airline CEOs tell Congress to end partial government shutdown President Trump thanked TSA agents for going to work but "not being paid" amid an ongoing partial government shutdown, which has seen agents quitting and absences doubling. M Cavaliers’ Max Strus scores 24 points in season debut after missing 67 games with a broken left foot 03/15/2026 09:32pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Most people would be happy to have 24 points in their first game back after missing most of the season because of a broken left foot. Not Max Strus. Don't get the Cleveland forward wrong. He was happy to be back on the court Sunday, but the effort by him came in a loss as Dallas p Duke, Arizona, Michigan, Florida get top seeding for March Madness. Miami (Ohio) gets a shot 03/15/2026 09:28pm • The team that went undefeated in the regular season, racked up more victories than anyone but Duke and Arizona — and fewer losses than any team at all — is anything but your run-of-the-mill basketball behemoth. In fact, Miami (Ohio), despite that 31-1 record and maybe because of a little chip th NCAA Tournament Glance 03/15/2026 09:26pm • All Times EDT FIRST FOUR Tuesday, March 17 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Howard (23-10) vs. UMBC (24-8), 6:40 p.m. NC State (20-13) vs. Texas (18-14), 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Lehigh (18-16) vs. Prairie View (18-17), 6:40 p.m. SMU (20-13) vs. Miami (Ohio) (31-1), 9:15 p.m. E