Update from the Sixers, that Embiid's surgery has been completed and deemed successful.

Lindsey Vonn needs one more surgery following the horrific crash that ended her Olympics return in 2026. She details her post-Games whirlwind. ⤵️ 🔗: tinyurl.com/bdkjka9t 📷: Odd Andersen / AFP via Getty Images

📍Phoenix National Championship game. UCLA. South Carolina. For all the glory.

“I think the city has been hungry for this, you know?” “We have a home for our trophies, we have a home for our legends.” Caught up with the Houston Comets Big Three – Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson – about the team’s impending return:

UConn is headed back to the Final Four. Leading the way is Sarah Strong, the Huskies' latest superstar who very seldom lets her mask slip. Read her story in print today or online here: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Imagine telling an 11-year-old girl she can’t compete b/c she has a condition called DSD. Or making accepting discrimination the price all women must pay to compete. When people say transphobia hurts all women, this is what is meant. And the IOC did it willingly.

The Chicago Bulls waived Jaden Ivey for “conduct detrimental to the team” after the guard made anti-LGBT comments in one of several religious rants on Instagram live this week. Developing story here:

Vic Schaefer and Texas are going back to the Final Four after blowing out Michigan 77-41 in the Elite Eight. “I think he’s evolved a lot as an offensive coach,” Texas associate head coach Elena Lovato told me last week about Schaefer.

Two bylines by yours truly on today's @usatodaysports.usatoday.com print front. - On Vic Schaefer, whose Longhorns play in the Elite Eight tonight: www.usatoday.com/story/sports... - On Illinois star freshman Keaton Wagler: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Keaton Wagler was an unheralded recruit. Now, he has Illinois in the Final Four. “He always adapts, adjusts to anything that’s in front of him. He’s such a big guy, really, most important player to us. When he adjusts like that we all follow him.” www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

From the buzzer malfunction during the Iowa-Illinois Elite Eight game in Houston, an unlikely hero emerges. Meet Kevin Johnson, aka Air Horn Guy: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Illinois is one of the top rebounding teams in the country for the third straight season. During the Illini’s Elite Eight run, two freshmen are leading the way on the boards. “I think the secret sauce is just, it’s something you emphasize every single day.” www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

“Two people familiar with the sale of the Sun told USA TODAY Sports that an official announcement is expected to come Monday, March 30.”

Two seasons ago, Ben McCollum was coaching D2 hoops (and winning titles). The first-year Iowa coach hasn’t changed how he operates since then. With a broken marker and unbreakable resolve, McCollum and the Hawkeyes keep on dancing into the Elite Eight: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

“Since the IOC began allowing the participation of transgender athletes in 2004, only one openly transgender woman has competed at the Olympics, a weightlifter from New Zealand who did not make it past her opening round of competition at the Tokyo Games.” One.

Few accolades have eluded Texas Longhorns head coach Vic Schaefer during his career. Is a national title finally within reach? “I think doing it for him is another reason we go so hard,” Texas guard Rori Harmon said. “With this team, how special they are, they're good enough,” Schaefer said.

Basement battles, twin fistfights seeded the Nebraska Huskers’ Hoiberg-led rennaissance www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

After last year's Final Four defeat, the Texas Longhorns are marching into the Sweet 16 with an edge. “The edge comes from Rori Harmon,” Vic Schaefer said. “She isn’t ready for it to be over.” How Harmon became the glue of the Longhorns' program: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

In the last 5 seasons, Rori Harmon has become the heart and soul of Texas women’s basketball – not just because of what she does on the court, but because of who she is off it. “I’m not afraid to fail because I know there’s plenty of opportunities to try again and do better.” On Rori’s last rodeo:

In the last 5 seasons, Rori Harmon has become the heart and soul of Texas women’s basketball – not just because of what she does on the court, but because of who she is off it. “I’m not afraid to fail because I know there’s plenty of opportunities to try again and do better.” On Rori’s last rodeo:

A pit that was too shallow. An old, damaged floor. No A/C. Iowa State coaches and gymnasts from the last 20 years describe outdated, unsafe facilities – conditions they believe show ISU’s lack of commitment to gymnastics way before the program was cut. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

How am I supposed to sleep after watching the finishes of Iowa-Florida and TCU-Washington???? Two electrifying games in the second rounds of the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments.

Vic Schaefer on Madison Booker's 40-point performance: “That’s what an All-American does, but man she was in the zone today.” Schaefer showed us he keeps two play cards in his pocket; the smaller of the two has 50 different plays on it. The majority are for Booker.

AUSTIN, TX — As Madison Booker stood at the free-throw line early in the fourth quarter, the Oregon pep band chanted, “Overrated!” When she left the game after scoring 40 points in Texas' second-round NCAA Tournament win, Texas fans chanted, "MVP!" www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Another Sarah Graves appearance! www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

My goodness, these one-on-one battles of Rori Harmon vs. Katie Fiso are so much fun to watch.

Teya Sidberry started the second half for Texas instead of Justice Carlton. Sidberry was fantastic in the first half with nine points on 4-of-4 shooting.

Texas leads Oregon at halftime, 45-34. Some first-half observations here, including the surprise player giving the Longhorns key production off the bench and how the Ducks defense is neutralizing Texas' bigs so far: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Both Oregon and Texas shot lights out in the opening quarter. Oregon made 82% of its field goals (9-of-11) while Texas shot 63% (12-of-19). But the Longhorns lead because they scored 10 points off turnovers.

Oregon coach Kelly Graves recalled a game years ago vs Vic Schaefer’s Mississippi State team where both got T’d up. Oregon plays Texas on Sunday in the 2nd round. “The two of us combined, we've gotten a few technicals against each other a few times too. So it should be fun.”

UConn plays its first-round NCAA Tournament game today. Allow me to offer some pregame reading on Sarah Strong, the Huskies' latest superstar who is still deciding whether she wants to let you in on the secret: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

The highlight of today’s blowout Texas NCAA Tournament win? Fan favorite Sarah Graves, a former walk-on, scoring her first March Madness points. “It’s just cool to see the progression of being a nobody and nobody knowing who you are vs finding a way to make an impact no matter what your role is.”

Texas star Madison Booker, the first NIL athlete under Kevin Durant’s Team Durant brand, is wearing the Nike KD19 “Orange Crush” colorway in the Longhorns’ first-round NCAA Tournament game vs Missouri State

Oregon beats Virginia Tech, 70-60, and advances to play in a second-round game on Sunday against the winner of No. 1 seed Texas vs. No. 16 seed Missouri State.

Katie Fiso is up to 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting midway through the third quarter as Oregon leads Virginia Tech, 45-31. Her last shot was calmly sinking a wide-open 3.

The first-round NCAA Tournament game between Oregon (8) and Virginia Tech (9) is tipping off now at Moody Center. Oregon's top scorer, Katie Fiso, has emerged as her team's leader through grief and grit. Read her resilient story here: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

In today’s 1 vs. 16 seed game in Austin, Texas' Vic Schaefer goes against a coach who beat him in the 2018 NCAA title game www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

After losing her dad and grandpa last season, Oregon's Katie Fiso tunneled through grief and rediscovered her confidence. Now she's leading the Ducks in the NCAA Tournament, playing to honor her family. "It’s very intentional when I’m on the court. I don't take any moment for granted."⬇️

“Like, don’t talk trash to me, because I’m just gonna take it too far.” ✍🏾 @danielle-lerner.bsky.social with a stellar feature UConn’s reluctant superstar Sarah Strong:

Sarah Strong is a NPOY frontrunner, UConn’s best player and an enigma. Her greatest strengths are what she doesn’t always show, and she doesn’t show a lot. During March Madness, she might let her “Diana side” out. Behind the scenes of Sarah Strong: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

The WNBA and its players' union agreed in principle to a new collective bargaining agreement after 17 months of talks. What happens now?

Why are the WNBA's CBA negotiations taking so long? And if a deal is reached, how long until it's actually ratified? Good explainer from @itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social, who talked to legal experts about "the most substantial labor dispute going on in sports right now." www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

“Oreo crumbs still cling to their cheeks.” “Brooklyn Bailey, 6, pledged to stay on her sheep for 1,000 minutes, while 5-year-old Zachariah Ryan countered with infinity.” Incredible stuff by @partainclaire.bsky.social on a rodeo tradition: www.houstonchronicle.com/rodeo/articl...

Roger Clemens threw out the ceremonial first pitch for USA vs. Canada in Houston

Canada has extra motivation vs. USA in WBC — avenging Olympic hockey losses www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Team Canada is wearing hockey jersey style warmups during batting practice ahead of tonight’s World Baseball Classic quarterfinal vs the USA

Zion Williamson’s NBA career has its ups and downs, and now it’s the subject of a high school class. Teens at a New York charter school are studying the Pelicans star to learn nutrition, psychology and kinesiology. Inside the science of Zion Williamson: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

The College Sports Commission released a new NIL activity report that says so far in 2026, there's been a substantial increase in submitted deals between athletes & associated entities (apparel sponsors, collectives or multimedia partners) compared to the last two months of 2025. It's causing lags.

Incisive commentary from the Des Moines Register’s Travis Hines on the Iowa State gymnastics debacle. “It certainly seems that the gymnastics program had become a consistent source of headaches for Iowa State athletics, but the prescription for headaches isn’t euthanasia.”