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The brackets for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — aka “March Madness” — were revealed today, bringing joy and tears in equal amounts to teams selected and shunned. The defending champions from 2023, the UConn Huskies, were announced as the No. 1 overall seed playing out of the East…

Dominic Ngeno, a 26-year-old Kenyan, won the 39th L.A. Marathon today by five seconds, edging past countryman Cosmas Kiplimo with a little over three miles to go on the 26.2-mile route. Ngeno had a time of 2:10:20, almost three minutes faster than last year's winner, Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia…

Starting today, U.S. Max subscribers can save more than 40% across all yearly plans when they prepay for one year. The limited-time offer is available through Tuesday, April 9. This is the first time that Max will stream all of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship live games, along…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has greenlighted a documentary on the life of NBA legend Allen Iverson from Shaquille O’Neal’s Jersey Legends, a division of Authentic Studios, and Stephen Curry’s Unanimous Media. Directed by One9, the film looks at the way in which Iverson’s authentic voice and unapologetic…

Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning are joining the NBC Olympics team to host the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris this summer. Clarkson and Manning will join Mike Tirico in the coverage along with Today show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb. “This summer's Opening…

EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has brought in Matt Summers, an Emmy-winning entertainment and sports executive, with decades of experience in film, television, sports and entertainment marketing, to serve as SVP of Sports, Deadline has learned. Summers joins after nearly a decade at NASCAR, where he served…

They put erasers on pencils for a reason. With statues, it’s a little more complicated. The Los Angeles Lakers said Monday that spelling errors on the Kobe Bryant statue unveiled last month outside the team’s arena will be corrected. No time frame was revealed for the changes. German journalist…

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is the subject of a new documentary feature announced today at SXSW. Matthew Stafford: Locked In will debut Thursday, April 18 on the Rams' digital platforms, local broadcast stations, and on NFL Network.  The Rams also unveiled the trailer today (you…

Netflix's move into live sports continues. The streamer is weighing in to the boxing arena with a fight between heavyweight legend Mike Tyson and upstart Jake Paul. The streamer will air the fight, which takes place at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday July 20. It…

EXCLUSIVE: "Plan to leave something behind so your name’ll live on / no matter what the game lives on," says Nas on his 1999 album Nastradamus, and now the revered rapper is making some moves in a new game. Chess to be precise. Chess at the highest level. Nas has teamed up with Power Universe EP…

Vince McMahon, the ex-WWE impresario who abruptly left parent TKO Group Holdings’ board in the wake of a graphic sexual abuse lawsuit “is not coming back to the company,” TKO President Mark Shapiro affirmed Wednesday. Speaking at a conference in San Francisco hosted by Wall Street firm Morgan…

Jason Kelce is retiring from the NFL after 13 years playing center for the Philadelphia Eagles. In a press conference where his brother Travis, mother Donna and father Ed were present, Jason delivered the news that made the whole Kelce family emotional. Jason took the stage to share the news and…