Tuesday's Report: Falcons, Braves, Smart/NCAA settlement; Final Four: Gators win, women's follow-ups/news, Masters, NHL/Ovechkin, NBA, MLB, NCAA,NFL

Tuesday's Report: Falcons, Braves, Smart/NCAA settlement; Final Four: Gators win, women's follow-ups/news, Masters, NHL/Ovechkin, NBA, MLB, NCAA,NFL

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Around/About Georgia

Falcons' way of noting Georgia draft prospects is just peachy

Atlanta re-signs CB Alford

Braves notebook

Allen seeing clearly as he earns more looks at shortstop

Unraveling Smart taking on NCAA v. House Settlement: issues to be managed

Final Four/Men

Florida wins its third national title and denies Houston its first, rallying for two-point win

Houston’s Sampson was close to his 1st national title. It slipped away painfully vs. Florida

Resilient Florida relies on defense and playmakers to overcome frustration

NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Players

Most NCAA Championships

NCAA Basketball Champions

One Shining Moment

Final Four/Women

Column-Don't question legend of Geno Auriemma

Bueckers is a superstar, but wasn't the only one shining in UConn's national title win

CBS Sports entrant finishes 1 game from a perfect bracket in women’s NCAA Tournament

South Carolina unable to repeat, but Gamecocks poised to be back for another March Madness run

UConn players say who is on their Mount Rushmore of Huskies legends

Could freshman Strong become the best UConn player ever?

How Bueckers celebrated

He’s tried to retire, but Auriemma keeps coming back … and winning

El Alfy’s parents traveled from Egypt to watch the freshman center and UConn win a title

The oral history of 1994-95 UConn, the team that changed women’s basketball

The Masters

Day wanted his own look and got a Masters memory with Malbon

5 players who will help you win your Masters pool

Given one final trip around Augusta National, who would the pros pick in foursome?

Odds, favorites: Why you should cheer and consider picking these nine golfers at Augusta National

Hockey

‘Great One’ Gretzky and ‘Great 8' Ovechkin: Great goal-scorers and completely different players

Alex Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record brings joy to hockey and beyond sports

College Basketball/Women

UConn finishes season at No. 1 in AP women’s basketball poll for first time since 2021

Women’s basketball gets long-desired tournament units at pivotal time for NCAA

Watkins wins Wooden Award, earning consensus NPOY honors from major outlets

College Basketball/Men

McMillan will ‘have to get to work immediately’ as he takes over Texas A&M basketball

Duke 'looking into' how state dept. passport ruling could impact Khaman Maluach

Maryland losses in the portal continue in the weeks following Sweet 16

DeCock: Selling Cooper Flagg, Duke's very model of a modern college basketball superstar

As sixth grader, Scheyer took on the kind of challenge that now defines him

NBA

Smart gets in shouting match with a fan in his return to Boston with Wizards

Record for 3-pointers in a season falls yet again

Robinson scores 21, Herro adds 20 and Heat rally late to beat 76ers

Baseball/MLB

Guerrero, Blue Jays agree to a $500 million, 14-year deal that starts in 2026

Ohtani breaks out of mini-slump and falls just a double short of hitting for the cycle

Geese make nest next to iconic Wrigley Field bleachers during Chicago Cubs games

Ohtani, Betts and World Series champion Dodgers visit Trump at the White House

Bart homers as the Pirates beat the slumping Cardinals 

Eflin throws 6 quality innings as the Orioles beat the Diamondbacks

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Smith grateful to play for Carroll again, says he has ‘unfinished business’ with Raiders

Zeise: Steelers have a long way to go to regain their mythical status

Commissioner wants revamped playoff seeding, to make late-season games more compelling

How Bears' Ben Johnson will begin to push Caleb Williams out of his comfort zone

College Sports

College baseball notebook: Surprising Longhorns are tied for 1st nearing halfway point of SEC play

College Sports, the changing landscape

$2.8 billion NCAA settlement gets final hearing with seismic changes looming for college sports

Sifting legitimate NIL deals from the darker world of pay-to-play

Soccer

Guardiola says Man United fans should be ashamed for chants about Foden’s mother

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

College baseball scores