The 2024 Paris Games revitalized what those five recognizable Olympic rings mean as a symbol of athletic competition, global community, ambition and achievement on the world’s stage. As soon as the most recent Summer Games concluded, the reviews were near-universal in agreement. The Olympics were officially back, with Paris’ moment widely recognized as one of the best Games in history for a bevy of irresistible reasons: the jaw-dropping backdrops and unique stages for competition; the record-setting performances; the star power drawn in by one of the most famous cities in the world; and, crucially, the return of a normal Olympics after COVID had severe impacts on the previous two.
The just-concluded Milan Cortina Games couldn’t hit the same highs or have quite the same worldwide reach of the Paris Games — the Summer Olympics will always out-rate Winter — but all medals and moments considered, what we just watched over the past 16 days immediately vaults this fortnight competition near the top of the list of the best Winter Games of all time.
What’s more, for the first time since Vancouver in 2010, the world’s best cold-weather athletes competed in a place that was both visually stimulating for TV watchers and viewership-friendly in the United States.
As for the U.S. delegation, this has to be regarded as the country’s greatest go on snow and ice ever. Those in red, white and blue put on an epic showing, with Americans bringing home 12 gold medals, the most in any Winter Olympics. The 33 total medals were four off their best haul during those Vancouver Games 16 years ago.
My primary gig for CBS Sports is to write and talk about men’s college basketball, but longtime readers know all too well how much I love the Olympics. And even in the midst of what I think will wind up being an all-time season in college hoops, I had my attention split for two weeks between American hardwood and Italian ice due to the gorgeous vistas, powerful storylines, emerging star power and ever-reliable drama that came across my TV screen with 16 disciplines in eight sports taking place an ocean and a continent away.
The redemption stories and breakout stars and anguishing images of failure that developed over two-plus weeks in the mountains of Northern Italy produced enough narratives to fill a 500-page novel. I’ll go much shorter than that, but please join me on a look back at the stars and moments that made the Milan Cortina Games one of the best Winter Olympics ever.
We start with ice hockey. The United States men’s and women’s teams won gold in the same Olympics for the first time, which is a monumental achievement in its own right. But then consider the details: The two teams did it three days apart in games, in games that that both ended 2-1, in games that both reached overtime, in games that both downed a perfect rival, Canada.
For the women, Megan Keller became an American hero for her overtime goal that won the gold medal. And Hilary Knight, a legend in her own right, for getting the game to the bonus session and setting an Olympic scoring record in the process.
For the men, Jack Hughes is an immortal — right alongside goalie Connor Hellebuyck (who should have won MVP) — for getting the men’s team its first gold since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980, 46 years to the day, no less.
It’s only the third time men’s hockey has won the Olympic tournament; 1960 being the first. The 1980 team has been subject to documentaries. Both of these champions will be as well.
Mikaela Shiffrin, 30 years old and far from finished in her one-of-a-kind career, has become one of my favorite athletes. Shiffrin got the third Olympic gold medal of her career on Feb. 18, but it was the only one of these Games. It came in her best discipline, the slalom, and in staggering fashion. Shiffrin exorcised her previous eight non-podium skis in the Olympics by winning her two slalom races by 1.50 seconds, marking the largest margin of victory in an Alpine Olympic event since 1998. The gap in her win was so large, it was actually a longer amount of time than the advantage of the six previous Olympic slalom winners — COMBINED!
She entered Milan as the only two-time slalom gold medalist in U.S. history. And now Shiffrin is the first Team USA skier to ever win three gold medals, too. She was already the youngest (18 in 2014) to win the women’s slalom event at the Olympics, and with last week’s gold she’s also now the oldest to ever do it as well. One barrier after another, broken.
She did it after failing to medal in giant slalom and also shockingly blowing a first-place lead in the Olympics debut of the team combined event with teammate Breezy Johnson — whose downhill gold was one of the United States’ 12. Shiffrin responded with one of the best races of her life. She earned it not because of the hard work, but because of how she so willingly put herself out there, time and again, with her struggles.
Every time I heard Shiffrin talk, or saw one of her social posts, it was nothing but positivity, affirmation of teammates and competitors and transparency over accepting the challenges of these moments, of living through them instead of going against them. When she won gold last week, cameras caught her expression, goggles still over the eyes, and the first word out of her mouth?
Dad.
I almost cried when I watched it live.
Shiffrin unexpectedly lost her father to an accident in 2020. She’d won races since then, and had high-profile failures too. But winning a medal on the Olympic stage hadn’t happened since he passed. Her honesty at her medal-winning press conference about processing grief is something everyone should watch.
Johnson, not only won gold here, she did so on the course that was the stage of a pre-Olympics crash in 2022 that caused her to miss the Beijing Games. And so not only did she make a grand comeback at 30, she also got engaged after her final race.
The most uplifting performance of the past 16 days came via the carefree radiance of 20-year-old Alysa Liu, whose infectious personality and impressive singles free skate that delivered her a gold medal. She also reached the top of the podium as part of the team event for the United States. A few years ago, Liu retired from competitive skating. But the bug bit back and it’s become a decision that will change her life forever. Her golds have vaulted Liu to stardom. Should she keep at it, she’ll enter 2030 at just 24, and among the handful of biggest stars for those Games.
It was an amazing Olympics for women in the United States and beyond. Thirty-five-year-old Italian Federica Brignone is an immediate legend for how she recovered in less than a year to win two gold medals for the home country, boosting Italy to a record 10 golds and 30 medals (third overall in both) set a record for most by a host country.
The Netherlands’ speedskating duo of Femke Kok and Jutta Leerdam each won a gold and a silver and they have flipped a niche sport into must-see competition. They are bona fide uber celebrities in their home country, where speedskating is treated there like football is in the States. Italian Arianna Fontana made history by competing in her final Olympics at 35 and winning a gold and two silvers in short track speedskating, and finishing with a medal at six straight Olympics. No one else has ever done that! She’s got 14 medals to her name, second most ever to Norways Marit Bjøgen’s 15.
Speaking of peaking at the end: Elana Meyers Taylor competed in her fifth Olympics and finally, as a 41-year-old mom of two, won her first gold in the monobob. Imagine hitting the peak of your athletic life after the age of 40? Lindsey Vonn tried to do that, only to see it end in disaster. But Vonn’s tragic final Olympic race — which has required three surgeries already and will need at least one more — served as a scary reminder of the very real stakes of competition in the Winter Olympics. Nothing compares.
American speedskater Jordan Stolz hoped for four medals, perhaps even four golds, but came away with two and a silver. His pair of individual first-place finishes represented the only American to pull off the feat in Italy. Stolz was a breakout star, though his failure to medal in Saturday’s mass start means he’ll likely enter 2030 as the male face of Team USA while also having all the motivational storylines to set up what could be his grand Olympic moment.
The same can be said of the Quad God, Ilia Malinin, whose failed routine in the men’s free skate goes as the biggest stunner of them all at these Games. A shocking reminder that, although there is so much storytelling attached to the Olympics, the Games can never be scripted.
But they sure are sculpted. Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo might be one of the 10 most fit humans on the planet. Cross-country skiing isn’t a sport so much as it is an action in pain tolerance. Klæbo has done the impossible and become a global star. His six gold medals over a two-week span are a Winter Olympics record. He skied almost 62 miles in Italy. The 29-year-old joins Michael Phelps as the only Olympians ever to have double-digit gold medals (Klæbo now has 11; Phelps is untouchable with 23). Klæbo’s six helped get Norway to the top of medal table; the country finished with 18 golds and 41 overall, both records.
Klæbo wasn’t the only cross-country skier to earn big headlines. The weirdest story of the Games goes to his countryman, Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid, who decided to cry and admit to being a cheater on television, only to see the story go global. To date, there is no indication he’s won back his ex-girlfriend. (Seriously, man. What was the plan here? Yikes!)
There was the glory of Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who won the first medal (a gold, nonetheless) for a South American country in a Winter Olympics ever, and then celebrated with an instantly iconic gesture atop the podium after winning the freestyle skiing competition.
The bravest moment of the Games didn’t happen on any course, ice, snow or field of competition. Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych was not allowed to compete in skeleton after he refused to compete in anything other than the helmet that bore the images of his fellow Ukranian athletes who were killed in the Russian invasion in recent years. By trying not to make a political statement, the IOC wound up making one anyway and Heraskevych emerged as a disappointed but principled and proud hero who was as clear-eyed in his pursuits as any of the 2,800-plus Olympians who earned invites to Italy.
I loved American snowboarder Nick Baumgartner, a 44-year-old with the spirit of a happy kid. He’s still going for medals in snowboard cross, and he very much intends to be back in four years. If he can do it, so can Austrian Benjamin Karl, who won gold as a 40-year-old and celebrated by going topless.
Here’s one major reason I’ve long loved the Winter Olympics: the skill it takes to be the greatest in the world in the toughest of settings. For the most part, no sports are tougher on mind and body. The big rule of these Games is that all competition must take place on the surface of snow or ice. And so there they went on those slippery surfaces every day. Downhill skiers barreling down an icy mountain piste at 80-plus miles per hour. Snowboarders and freestyle skiers scooping themselves dozens of feet in the air above a halfpipe. Balancing on the thinnest of edges while skating on ice, or uncorking acrobatics wonders before gracefully landing on a slim slab of riveted silver, those who put blades below their feet continued to push the boundaries of what is physically possible.
Luge, skeleton and bobsleigh athletes throw themselves down verglas slides on sleds at speeds going faster than the legal limit on most American highways. Others endure organ-bursting snow pursuits in cross-country skiing, or take on heart-stopping flight risks in a variety of ski and snowboard aerial competitions.
It’s truly some of the most thrilling athletic competition known to man.
And I think we just witnessed an all-timer of an Olympics.
Now scroll back up and look at the names of the athletes that medaled. So many of them will be back, as will the likes of Eileen Gu, Chloe Kim and more. The United States outperformed expectations here in 2026. In four years, Stolz, Malinin, Shiffrin, Liu and more to come onto the scene will have gold medal expectations. In ice hockey, the American rivalries with Canada are sure to hit all-time highs.
The Winter Olympics are in the midst of a revival, and this is merely Phase 1. The next will hit big in France in 2030, and then just wait. In 2034, Salt Lake City will again play host after 32 years, and with it, the culmination of a renaissance on ice and snow both for the United States and the world.
Tyson Fury secured a unanimous decision win over Arslanbek Makhmudov on Saturday night, following a truly dominant display at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
There will be more to follow. We’ll bring you the very latest updates on this breaking news story.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have lost yet another important player to injury. Leadoff hitter George Springer suffered a fractured left big toe during Saturday afternoon’s game against the Minnesota Twins (GameTracker), the team announced. They have yet to reveal a timeline for his absence.
Springer suffered the injury when he fouled a pitch into his toe in the third inning. He stayed in to finish the at-bat, grounded out to third base, and ran gingerly down to first base. In the lineup as the designated hitter, Springer was replaced by a pinch-hitter for his next at-bat.
According to the Baseball Prospectus Recovery Dashboard, hitters with a fractured big toe have missed anywhere from two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the fracture. If it’s a hairline fracture, Springer could return before the end of the month. If it’s a more significant fracture, he will be sidelined well into May.
Springer is a full-time DH these days. Not having to play the field could hasten his return.
The reigning American League champions have been hit extremely hard by injuries. Most notably, All-Star catcher Alejandro Kirk will miss six weeks after breaking his thumb last week. Toronto is also without Addison Barger (ankle) and Anthony Santander (shoulder), and that’s just on the position player side. Here are their starting pitching injuries:
Yesavage is currently on a minor-league rehab assignment and will make at least one more rehab start. The team will then decide the next step. Berríos has begun facing hitters in live batting practice and is nearing a rehab assignment. Bieber is expected to begin throwing off a mound this weekend and is further behind.
Because of those injuries, the Blue Jays signed veteran lefty Patrick Corbin and inserted him directly into the rotation this week without a minor-league tune-up start. Max Scherzer, who exited his last start with forearm tendinitis, is expected to start Sunday. It is mid-April and the Blue Jays are already pushing the limits of their depth.
Springer, 36, was off to a slow start this season, taking a .189/.283/.377 line into Saturday’s game. Last season, he set new career highs in batting average (.309) and on-base percentage (.390), and posted his second-highest slugging percentage (.560). This is the final year of his six-year, $150 million contract.
The Blue Jays entered Saturday with a 6-7 record and the third worst run-differential in baseball (minus-16).
Apr 10, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy (13) hits a walk-off solo home run in the ninth inning to defeat the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The Los Angeles Dodgers are the first 10-win team in the majors, and they largely have gotten there with a potent offense.
The Dodgers, who host the Texas Rangers on Saturday night in the second contest of their three-game series, lead the majors in hits (134), batting average (.297) and homers (25).
Four of those homers came in Friday night’s 8-7 win over the Rangers. Max Muncy went deep three times — including a walk-off blast in the ninth inning — and the torrid Andy Pages also homered.
Pages has been a hot hitter from the first game of the season. He is batting .449 and after going 3-for-3 while driving in four runs on Friday to boost his team-leading totals in hits (22) and RBIs (16).
Muncy moved into sixth place all-time in career home runs as a Dodger with 213, and Shohei Ohtani is now the record holder for most consecutive games reaching base at 44. Ohtani’s single on Friday gave him the record after he broke a tie with Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.
“It’s great,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of Ohtani. “He’s taking walks, getting hits and he hasn’t really got going yet. For us to win the games we’ve won, score the runs we’ve scored … and Sho isn’t going, he’s going to get hot. That’s a good thing for us.”
The Dodgers will turn to right-hander Emmet Sheehan (1-0, 8.00 ERA) to make the start on Saturday.
Sheehan is looking for a better performance after having allowed four earned runs in each of his first two starts of the season. He has an 11-4 career record and has eight strikeouts to five walks this season. Sheehan lost the only game he’s ever started against Texas, with eight runs allowed in 3 2/3 innings in his first major league loss in July 2023.
The Rangers, after a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners, pitched well as a team in that series. But they allowed more runs Friday night at Dodger Stadium than they did over the three games with Seattle combined.
The Texas bullpen allowed five runs on 10 hits over 3 2/3 innings of relief against the Dodgers, though left-hander Jalen Beeks pitched a scoreless inning.
Corey Seager and Wyatt Langford each hit a home run for the Rangers on Friday, Seager belted his team-high fourth of the season. But Langford left the game with right quad tightness after five innings. It’s unclear of the severity of the injury.
The scheduled starting pitcher for the Rangers on Saturday is right-hander Jack Leiter (1-0, 2.45 ERA). Leiter has given up nine hits in 11 total innings of work and has 17 strikeouts to just two walks.
Leiter is facing the Dodgers for the first time in his career. He’s come up with an effective cut fastball to add to his arsenal, with the goal of “going deeper into games and throwing more innings this year,” he told MLB.com.
–Field Level Media
Conor Benn was victorious against Regis Prograis on Saturday night, but he failed to make his desired statement in his first fight since leaving promoter Eddie Hearn.
Benn was a clear decision winner over Prograis on the Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov undercard, securing three scorecards of 98-92. But in his first fight as a Zuffa Boxing athlete, the controversial British star would have wanted to make a point with a knockout win, as Hearn watched on from the front row.
At Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where Benn traded wins with bitter rival Chris Eubank Jr in 2025, the 29-year-old always looked a step ahead of Prograis – a former super-lightweight champion – yet he failed to put a punctuation mark on his win.
Going into the fight, there were rumours of an injury to Prograis, who insisted he was okay to box but didn’t outright deny that he had struggled through his camp. In any case, he entered this fight at 37 years old and at the highest weight of his career: a 150lb catchweight, as Benn moved closer to his natural welterweight frame after his middleweight duels with Eubank Jr, who also sat ringside.
For all of these factors and theories, Prograis withstood Benn’s best offence, but the American was still beaten across 10 rounds.
Actually, Benn had briefly looked on course for a first-round stoppage, tagging Prograis at will, but the veteran stayed composed, shook his head at the home fighter, and began to land clean offence of his own.
Still, Benn landed the most-consequential shot of the round, although it might have strayed from the confines of the round itself; just after the bell, the Briton speared a cross onto the chin of Prograis, buckling both of his legs.
Benn stayed mobile throughout the ensuing rounds, circling away from Prograis’s power hand – the southpaw left – and while Benn’s jab was landing as a consistent nuisance, he missed with numerous cross attempts.
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Prograis was failing to close range effectively, though, and his body shots seemed to lack the power to hurt Benn, who came out of the traps quickly in round five and stared down the American at the end of the frame.
Prograis had some words for the “Destroyer” as the sixth round began, and before long, both boxers wore bloody visages, with Prograis swollen and Benn seemingly cut from a clash of heads.
With Benn’s right cross failing to produce the desired results, the Essex boxer began to use his left hook well, while mixing in more body shots in a bid to weaken Prograis down the stretch.
There was an encouraging flurry from Benn in the final moments of round eight, boding well for the last two frames, though Prograis was still catching him out with surprisingly-naked southpaw entries. And although Prograis’s footwork betrayed him at times in the final throes of the fight, “Rougarou” heard the final bell.
So, here was Benn after his first fight as a Zuffa boxer: having competed on a card staged by a different promoter (The Ring), on a different broadcaster to Zuffa’s own (Netflix, not Paramount+), and at a catchweight.
None of it made much sense, given his one-fight deal with Zuffa, which was reportedly worth $15m. The bigger question is whether it was worth it at all.
UNC Tar Heels Basketball transfer portal tracker live updates, news on commits, departures from the program originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The North Carolina Tar Heels announced former NBA head coach Michael Malone as the new head coach in Chapel Hill. This hiring signaled a distinct change in approach.
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Malone becomes the first UNC head basketball coach who does not have direct ties to Chapel Hill since Frank McGuire in 1952. Dean Smith took over after a stint as a UNC assistant.
According to On3, North Carolina has seven players either in the transfer portal or expected to enter the transfer portal. Guard Kyan Evans is officially in the portal currently. Zayden High, James Brown, Jonathan Powell, Derek Dixon, Jaydon Young and Isaiah Denis are all expected to enter the portal but haven’t yet.
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Derek Dixon |
G |
93.69 |
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Isaiah Denis |
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93.34 |
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James Brown |
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93.09 |
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90.00 |
UNC |
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85.50 |
UNC |
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G |
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April 11
Luka Bogavac entered the transfer portal
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April 10
Michael Malone and his staff have retained a player in the portal. According to On3 Jaydon Young will withdraw his name from the transfer portal and remain with North Carolina.
April 7
Kyan Evans has entered the transfer portal
Zayden High plans to enter the transfer portal
James Brown plans to enter the transfer portal
April 6
Jonathan Powell plans to enter the transfer portal
Derek Dixon plans to enter the transfer portal
Jaydon Young plans to enter the transfer portal
April 5
Isaiah Denis plans to enter the transfer portal
April 11
McDonald’s All American Maximo Adams says he’s sticking with North Carolina. “I had a great conversation with Coach Malone,” according to 247Sports.
April 11
Utah transfer guard Terrence Brown will visit UNC’s campus on Monday, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein via On3. Brown is the 40th-ranked player in the NCAA transfer portal.
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April 11
Notre Dame transfer Jalen Haralson has North Carolina in the top 3 teams, according to On3.
April 10
Monmouth transfer Jason Rivera-Torres is receiving interest from the following programs, he told LeagueRDY. He is considering 21 programs, but North Carolina is towards the top of that list.
April 10
Jon Rothstein reported Virginia Tech transfer Neoklis Avdalas is drawing interest from eight teams. North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, Florida State, Michigan, Arkansas, St. Johns and Oklahoma State. Avdalas also does not plan on any visits to any of these schools.
April 10
Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 named six programs VCU guard Terrance Brown is considering. North Carolina, Kentucky, USC, Kansas, Oregon and Ole Miss.
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April 10
North Carolina is among a handful of teams showing interest in Santa Clara guard Christian Hammond according to Tar Heels Live. He averaged 15.6 points per game last season.
April 10
In the days since Malone’s hiring, there has been a “groundswell” of financial support to the program. According to Inside Carolina’s Sherrell McMillan, “many of the donors are non-traditional ones, we’re told, as in they haven’t or rarely contributed to men’s basketball.”
April 10
UNC recruit Dylan Mingo is taking his second visit to Chapel Hill this afternoon, according to Inside Carolina’s Sherrell McMillan. This comes at an interesting time when decisions for next year will be made via transfer portal. Also, gives face time with Michael Malone and his staff. A lesser known NCAA rule allows for a second visit for newly hired head coaches.
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April 10
UNC is starting to get access to more resources since hiring Michael Malone, according to Inside Carolina’s Sherrell McMillan. This is a huge plus for battles in the transfer portal and hiring a staff.
“In the five days since Malone was announced as Carolina’s head coach, there’s been a groundswell of financial support to the program, sources told Inside Carolina. There’s clearly excitement around Malone’s hire as many of the donors are non-traditional ones, we’re told, as in they haven’t or rarely contributed to men’s basketball.”
April 10
Michael Malone and his UNC staff have reached out to five key players, according to SI. Alabama’s Aiden Sherrell, Utah’s Terrence Brown, Santa Clara’s Christian Hammond, Troy’s Thomas Dowd and Arkansas’ Karter Knox.
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April 10
UNC assistant head coach Chuck Martin reached out to Alabama transfer Aiden Sherrell, according to Inside Carolina’s Sherrell McMillan. “When you have a brand like UNC call you, you can’t not listen,” Austin Sherrell (Aiden’s brother) said. “Aiden was one of the first people they called, and that shows to us that he’s a priority. It shows that Aiden has to look at this situation seriously because of a guy like Malone.”
MORE:UNC and Duke fight for star SEC transfer in Michael Malone’s first week
April 10
Miikka Muurinen and his commitment plans could change transfer portal plans for Michael Malone and UNC. The five-star forward 6-foot-10, 185-pounder with the nickname “Slim Jesus” from Finland playing at AZ Compass Prep. The Tar Heels are in the running with Duke, Michigan, Kentucky, Arkansas and others.
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April 9
Michael Malone will keep three important assistants back, according to TarHeel247. “Sean May, Pat Sullivan, and Eric Hoots, each of whom was on the staff for all five seasons of the Hubert Davis regime, are being retained by Malone, multiple sources have confirmed.” All three should boost recruiting efforts.
April 9
Penn State guard Kayden Mingo has entered the transfer portal. Kayden Mingo is current UNC commit Dylan Mingo’s brother. Both had previously discussed playing together in college. Dylan was a candidate to flip his commitment following the firing of Hubert Davis. If Malone can secure Kayden Mingo, Dylan flipping would seem much less likely.
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April 8
Isaiah Denis entered the transfer portal at UNC but might be pulling his name out. “Denis is scheduled to meet with the new UNC head coach, Michael Malone,” according to On3
Utah guard Terrence Brown Jr (Utah) confirmed he has heard from 17 programs and North Carolina is one of them according to Tar Heels Wire. UNC could potentially be a top 3 option for Brown.
Accoringing to Bleacher Report, the decision to hire Michael Malone over Billy Donovan was in some part influenced by recruiting ability and timetable. The hesitation with Donovan centered around his desire to finish out the year with the Chicago Bulls, which would have dramatically impacted the Tar Heels’ ability to secure transfer players. It also would have impacted non transfer recruiting.
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April 7
Wake Forest guard Juke Harris is currently the No. 1 overall player in On3’s Transfer Portal Rankings.
“The 6-foot-7 sophomore averaged 21.4 PPG this season. NC State will be in the hunt for the North Carolina native, who’s expected to go through the NBA Draft process. New Wolfpack head coach Justin Gainey recruited Harris while he was at Tennessee and built a strong relationship with him. Another school that I believe could be a contender if they make a push is North Carolina. Harris will be one of the most sought-after players in the portal.”
Utah guard Terrence Brown Jr (Utah) confirmed he has heard from 17 programs and North Carolina is one of them according to Tar Heels Wire. UNC could potentially be a top 3 option for Brown.
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The spring basketball transfer portal window opened on April 7 and will remain open until April 21.
Ridly Greig scored a short-handed goal, Linus Ullmark stopped all 23 shots he faced and the Ottawa Senators moved to the verge of clinching a playoff spot by shutting out the New York Islanders 3-0 on Saturday.
Ottawa is in if Detroit loses at home in regulation to New Jersey. The Islanders’ hopes took another hit with a fifth loss in six games.
Senators captain Brady Tkachuk took a puck up high late in the second period, returned for one shift in the third and then did not return.
Greig made it a 1-0 game with 6:54 remaining in the first. Jake Sanderson scored in the third, and Michael Amadio sealed it with an empty-netter. The Islanders went 0 for 5 on the power play.
New York is now 1-1 since firing coach Patrick Roy and hiring Peter DeBoer as his replacement. Ilya Sorokin allowed two goals on 15 shots.
Senators: Visit the Devils on Sunday night.
Islanders: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.
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Eels team: 1. Joash Papali’i 2. Araz Nanva 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Brian Kelly 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Ronald Volkman 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Jack Williams 9. Ryley Smith 10. Junior Paulo 11. Kelma Tuilagi 12. Kitione Kautoga 13. Dylan Walker 14. Tallyn Da Silva 15. Charlie Guymer 16. Sam Tuivaiti 17. Luca Moretti 18. Jack de Belin 19. Teancum Brown 20. Mohamed Alameddine 21. Jezaiah Funa-Luta 22. Lorenzo Talataina
Titans team: 1. Keano Kini 2. Sialetili Faeamani 3. Jojo Fifita 4. AJ Brimson 5. Phillip Sami 6. Lachlan Ilias 7. Jayden Campbell 8. Klese Haas 9. Sam Verrills 10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 11. Arama Hau 12. Beau Fermor 13. Chris Randall 14. Kurtis Morrin 15. Cooper Bai 16. Moeaki Fotuaika 17. Oliver Pascoe 18. Jaylan De Groot 19. Jett Liu 20. Zane Harrison 21. Adam Christensen 22. Jenson Taumoepeau
Chennai Super Kings finally opened their account in the IPL 2026 points table with a win over the Delhi Capitals on April 11. The Men in Yellow scored 212/2 and then bowled their opponents out for 189 to win the contest by 23 runs.
Sanju Samson and Jamie Overton were the architects of CSK’s victory against DC at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Samson’s century powered CSK to a 200+ total in the first innings, and then Overton’s four-wicket haul ensured that DC could not chase the target.
It was a memorable Saturday evening for the CSK fans, and here’s a look at the scorecard, top stats and award winners from the game.
Sanju Samson returned to form and played an extraordinary innings of 115 runs off just 56 balls. The CSK opener became the first batter to score a hundred in this year’s IPL tournament. Ayush Mhatre supported him well with a 36-ball 59 before he was retired out.
Axar Patel was the only Delhi Capitals bowler to take a wicket in the game. The DC captain dismissed opposition skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad caught out in the seventh over of the first innings.
Pathum Nissanka provided a great start to the Delhi Capitals once again. The Sri Lankan opener amassed 41 runs off 24 deliveries, hitting four fours and two sixes. The rest of the DC top-order could not contribute much, but Tristan Stubbs fought like a lone warrior, scoring 60 off 38.
Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj united forces to wreck the DC batting lineup. Overton bagged four wickets, while Kamboj finished with three as CSK bowled DC out for 189 in 20 overs.
Sanju Samson won the award for smacking the most fours in the contest. Opening the batting for the Chennai Super Kings, Samson hit 15 fours. He also won the Super Striker award for scoring runs at an electric strike rate of 205.36.
Here is the complete list of award winners from the game between CSK and DC at Chepauk:
Player of the Match: Sanju Samson (115 off 56)
Super Striker of the Match: Sanju Samson (SR of 205.36)
Super Sixes of the Match: Sanju Samson (4 sixes)
Most Fours in the Match: Sanju Samson (15 fours)
Most Dot Balls in the Match: Jamie Overton (13 dot balls)
Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Jamie Overton registered the best bowling figures (4/17) by any bowler in IPL 2026 so far. Here are some other top stats and records emerging from this game:
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Edited by Vinay Chhabria
Brady Tkachuk was forced to leave Saturday’s game after he appeared to take a stick up high around his eye in the second period.
Tkachuk was posted up in front of the Islanders’ bench when Ryan Pulock hopped over the boards. Pulock’s stick seemed to clip Tkachuk in the face, and the Senators captain then stumbled back to his bench.
Tkachuk attempted one more shift before walking down the tunnel. He then returned to the bench to start the third period, but managed just one quick shift before going back to the room.
The 26-year-old has been banged up this season, failing to reach at least 71 games played for just the second time in his career. In 60 games, Tkachuk posted 22 goals and 37 assists.
The Senators are in the driver’s seat for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, needing a win vs. the Islanders and a little outside help from the Devils on Saturday to clinch a berth.
Ottawa made the post-season for the first time during the Tkachuk era last season, where the captain logged four goals and three helpers as the Sens fell in six games to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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