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Geno Auriemma apologizes for tense exchange with Dawn Staley after UConn loss

PHOENIX — UConn coach Geno Auriemma has apologized for his actions during a heated exchange with Dawn Staley at the end of the Huskies' loss to South Carolina in the women's Final Four. A visibly upset Auriemma went over to Staley in the final seconds of South Carolina's 62-48 victory on Friday night and appeared to chastise her. Coaches from both teams had to separate them. When the game finally ended, Auriemma walked off the court to the locker room without going back to shake hands with anyone from South Carolina. "There's no excuse for how I handled the end of the game vs. ...

Augusta’s ‘beautiful little hole’ at No. 7 has turned much nastier

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Go back through 89 previous editions of the Masters, every shot on every hole, and no one will ever match what Byron Nelson did on the par-4 seventh hole at Augusta National. Nelson drove the green and two-putted for birdie in 1937 on his way to his first Masters ...

Women’s Final Four teams reflect on the transfer portal’s impact

PHOENIX — The impact of the transfer portal can be felt all around the basketball landscape, and that includes this weekend's women's Final Four. The transfer portal in part contributed to the four teams that reached the Final Four in 2025 returning again this year. That has only happened once before when Georgia, Stanford, Tennessee and UConn did it in 1995-96. Things have changed in the last 30 years, especially recently. There was a time schools would mainly get talented players from mid-major programs. Now more than ever Power Four schools are taking from each other. Nearly ...