Sports A Chaplain Talks March Madness Listen · 3:25 3:25 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/595481728/595481729" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email NPR's Noel King talks to Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, the 98-year-old chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. If you want to succeed against the odds, you got to have faith. And this year, the University of Loyola-Chicago's men's basketball is succeeding against the odds. Here's a clip from the TNT network's coverage of their upset win Saturday against the number-three seed Tennessee. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Here comes the Player of the Year of the MVC. Rises - oh... (APPLAUSE) MARTIN: Some say the team's success has something to do with their … [Read more...] about A Chaplain Talks March Madness
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March Madness Unleashes a Nike vs. Adidas Fashion Competition: May the Best Sneaker Win
Last Updated Mar 18, 2010 2:47 PM EDT Ready for March Madness? How about sneaker madness? That's the tournament without network television coverage or office betting pools that plays out every year as avid collectors debate the merits of swooshes and stripes and just have to get their hands -- err, feet -- in the latest shoes sported by the NCAA basketball teams. The brackets are up at SneakerNews.com. The pick this year? The more old school the better. Sole Collector, a print magazine devoted to sneaker style, has a weekly poll that indicates Jordan VI Retros are the shoe of choice among die-hard aficionados (emphasis on the retro here). Think University of Michigan Fab Five's minimalist Air Flight Huaraches (pictured above) that set the court on fire in 1992 crossed with original hip-hop styles and you've got a winner. But will the champ shoemaker be Nike or Adidas? That's anyone's game. Nike's cornered the NCAA market of course, outfitting the top teams such as University of Texas … [Read more...] about March Madness Unleashes a Nike vs. Adidas Fashion Competition: May the Best Sneaker Win
Businesses are bracing for March Madness
It's called "March Madness" for a reason. About 70 million people will likely try their hands at picking the winner of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, wagering more than $2 billion. That's roughly twice what was bet on the Super Bowl, according to data from the American Gaming Association, a trade group that's pushing to legalize sports betting. Unfortunately, many wannabe soothsayers will try their hands at prognostication at work, which creates problems for businesses. Challenger, Grey & Christmas, a provider of executive outplacement search services, pegs the productivity loss at $1.9 billion. "That figure may be on the conservative side, considering this year could garner a lot more interest from even casual basketball fans eager to see if Kentucky can continue its undefeated season through the tournament," said John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The Kentucky Wildcats are trying to become the first national champion … [Read more...] about Businesses are bracing for March Madness
Saturday Sports: Paralympics, Tiger Woods, March Madness
Sports Saturday Sports: Paralympics, Tiger Woods, March Madness Listen · 4:05 4:05 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/592566068/592566069" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email We have an update on the Paralympics now underway in South Korea, plus Tiger Woods and college basketball. DON GONYEA, HOST: And it's time now for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GONYEA: Tiger Woods is building another comeback, and the Paralympics are intersecting with global politics. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman joins me now. Good morning, Tom. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Great to be with you, Don. GONYEA: OK. You spent nearly a month in Pyeongchang covering the 2018 Winter Olympics. Now the Paralympics are on the move, and we just heard about the U.S. Paralympic curling team. So given all the … [Read more...] about Saturday Sports: Paralympics, Tiger Woods, March Madness
CBS News Logo Buzz Aldrin talks March Madness and Mars exploration
He was the second person to set foot on the moon, and now Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is setting his sights on new horizons -- sending humans to Mars, and, in the near term, picking a winning March Madness bracket. At an event at the Space Center Houston on Tuesday, Aldrin, who admits he is far from the biggest college basketball expert in the solar system, announced his bracket picks, pitting them against ESPN's Dick Vitale as part of the Allstate March Mayhem Challenge. Aldrin applied statistical analysis to choose his teams, and it's all for a good cause. Corporate sponsor Allstate will make a donation to the Space Center Houston on Aldrin's behalf and to the V Foundation for cancer research on behalf of Vitale. Aldrin spoke with CBS News about basketball, the prospects of Mars exploration, and the career of Scott Kelly, a fellow space trailblazer. (This conversation has been condensed and edited). Q: How did you first get involved with the Allstate March Mayhem Challenge? … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Buzz Aldrin talks March Madness and Mars exploration