• Ethiopia’s Lemma, Kenya’s Obiri are men’s and women’s Boston Marathon winners

    Hopkinton, Massachusetts, celebrated its 100th anniversary as the starting line for the marathon, sending off a field of nearly 30,000 runners.

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    Hawaii men’s volleyball hosts Big West Tournament with NCAA bid up for grabs

    Hawaii is the No. 3 seed in the Big West Tournament and will likely need at least two wins to head into the NCAA Tournament.

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    The NCAA women’s basketball final outrated the men’s for the first time ever

    By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — For the first time in its 42-year history, more people watched the women’s NCAA basketball final than the men’s. The total number of viewers for Sunday’s women’s national championship game between South Carolina and Iowa was 18.9 million, peaking at 24.1 million in the game’s final 15

  • Suri Cruise’s True Feelings On Scientology: Will She Join Now She’s 18?

    Is Suri Cruise joining Scientology? Is she poised to expose that notorious organization instead? On Thursday, April 18, Suri Cruise … Suri Cruise’s True Feelings On Scientology: Will She Join Now She’s 18? was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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    NCAA Women’s Ratings Beat Men’s for First Time, Advertisers Score Big

    When it comes to NCAA ratings for 2024, it's a whole new game. Sunday's 2024 NCAA women's championship between Iowa and South Carolina, a 3 p.m. ET tipoff airing on ABC and ESPN, scored an average of 18.9 million viewers, blowing by the men's championship game on Monday, which had 14.8 million (live+same-day) across TBS, TNT and TruTV, according to Nielsen. This is the first time the women's championship beat the men's in ratings, and advertisers who got in early are scoring big. "This...

  • Women’s NCAA title game outdraws men’s with average of 18.9m viewers

    NCAA men’s basketball final ratings up, but fall short of women’sSouth Carolina-Iowa averaged 18.7m viewers on ABC and ESPNSouth Carolina’s 87-75 victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the women’s NCAA championship game has achieved a pair of milestones.It is the first time the women’s title game outdrew the men. It also was the second most-watched non-Olympic women’s sporting event on US television. Continue reading

  • TV Ratings: Men’s NCAA Final Falls Short of Women’s Title Game for First Time

    NCAA Women Beat Men in Finals' Ratings for First Time! (Second column, 1st story, link) Related stories:But Women Got 99% Less TV Money

  • Noel’s Weekend Winners: Saturday Stakes Plays at Keeneland

    Welcome to Noel Michaels’ Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money. Read More

  • Will Smith Joins J. Balvin at Coachella for ‘Men in Black’ Performance

    Will Smith made a surprise appearance onstage with J Balvin on Sunday night, dressed in his full “Men in Black” suit and sunglasses and performing the title track of the 1997 film. The appearance was brief but memorable, capping a UFO-themed set and concluding with Balvin being dragged off by black-suit-clad dancers as Smith pulled

  • Will Smith Joins J. Balvin at Coachella for 'Men in Black' Performance

    Will Smith made a surprise appearance onstage with J Balvin on Sunday night, dressed in his full “Men in Black” suit and sunglasses and performing the title track of the 1997 film. Balvin’s The show had a heavy UFO theme, opening with a mock-1950s newsreel about an alien invasion (in English, with Spanish subtitles), eventually […]

  • What the Elite Will Eat at Tonight’s White House State Dinner

    The President and First Lady are eating well this week. Tonight’s state dinner to honor Japan’s visiting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife will feature house-cured salmon, dry-aged Maryland beef, and a salted-caramel pistachio cake prepared by the White House’s chefs. After the lavish three-course meal, plated on George W. Bush and Lyndon B. Johnson china, 230 well-dressed guests at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue can stick around for an intimate concert from famed American singer-songwriter...

  • Paul Bettany Joins Will Sharpe in Sky’s Mozart Series ‘Amadeus’

    Paul Bettany has joined the upcoming limited series "Amadeus," which tells the story of famed composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Will Sharpe).Bettany will play Italian composer Antonio Salieri, Mozart's longtime rival. https://t.co/VsZaTdtqWx— Variety (@Variety) April 9, 2024 Paul Bettany has been cast as Antonio Salieri, opposite Will Sharpe’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.An adaptation of Peter Shaffer‘s stage play, the miniseries “will expand and interrogate the mythic rivalry of the two composers....