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27 Walmart Beauty Products Work Almost Suspiciously Well For Their Low Price

Prices that feel so wrong for products that feel so right.

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Mike Rutherford

Everything to know about college basketball’s 2025 Championship Week(s)

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Read Mike Rutherford’s complete conference tournament preview.

Championship Week is the best, but only if you’re properly educated. This guide is here to help ensure that anyone who wants to experience the fullest scope of the madness is capable of doing so.

Here’s our complete guide to the madness before the madness.

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Conference tournament schedules for every 2025 men’s college basketball bracket

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Keep it right here for all the scheduling information for every single postseason conference tournament in the country.

Postseason college basketball has arrived and there’s a wealth of basketball to be watched over the next week and a half for even the biggest of fans.

The appetizers this year include the Ohio Valley, Summit League, and the Missouri Valley’s Arch Madness in St. Louis, all of which have already began or will commence this...

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Source: Ducks' Lanning deal nears $11M salary

Coach Dan Lanning has agreed to a new contract with Oregon that will raise his average salary close to $11 million annually, a source confirmed to ESPN.

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Sources: Mavs' Jensen to coach alma mater Utah

Mavericks assistant coach Alex Jensen has agreed a deal to become the next men's basketball coach at the University of Utah, sources told ESPN.

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During the War in Ukraine, a Military Orchestra Has a Key Task

As Ukrainian casualties spiral after years of war, a military band has the melancholy but key task of bidding farewell to troops and raising morale.

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Trump Administration Says Maine Broke Law by Allowing Transgender Athletes on Teams

After issuing an executive order barring transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports last month, President Trump targeted the state for scrutiny.

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Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes: ‘It’s Deeply Unfair’

The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful, were an extraordinary break from fellow Democrats and signaled a newly defensive position on the issue.

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House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress

Ten members of his party joined Republicans in voting to officially condemn the Texas Democrat after he was ejected from the president’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. Mr. Green voted “present.”

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Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’

The judge had ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous order requiring the government to keep disbursing money to states.

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People Are Pointing Out How Ageist The Oscars Are And The Numbers Are Truly Wild

It's all about the ingenues and the older men for the Academy Awards.

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Jaxson Dart is at the center of NFL Draft’s stupidest discourse

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Don’t give Jaxson Dart two books, because he can only make one read.

There’s one unexpected name you’re hearing a lot leading up to the NFL Draft: Jaxson Dart. The Ole Miss quarterback is quickly becoming the biggest benefactor of silly season, with Dart being a mediocre player, entering a shallow pool of prospects, and now fully in “fake it ‘til you make it” mode.

It’s gotten so ridiculous that NFL Network’s Charles Davis now has...

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Conference title games we need to see in men’s college basketball before 2025 March Madness

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These are the teams you want to see battle for a spot in the NCAA tournament.

1. Akron vs. Kent State (Mid-American)

This has always been one of the most contentious rivalries in all of mid-major basketball, but things have been taken to another level in recent years.

In 2022, four key members of the Kent State team were suspended for the championship game against after video surfaced of them performing a profane “F—k Akron” song in the...

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These men’s basketball conference tournaments make absolutely no sense

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Really, Ivy League?

1. Ivy League

You know what? I’m starting to think that we’ve been overestimating the value of an Ivy League education for decades now. I’m basing this entirely off the fact that the conference holds a four-team tournament at a pre-determined on-campus location.

None of this works.

If you’re capping the field at four, you may as well go back to the old 14-game tournament days. And if you’re going to...

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Mercedes F1 announces a first for the sport ahead of 2025 season

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Toto Wolff and Mercedes F1 announce a new innovation for the 2025 season

If you have been following Formula 1 over the past few seasons you have likely seen a common thread from each team’s challengers.

Black.

The reason? Teams are turning to bare carbon fiber, rather than painted surfaces, as a means of saving weight on their cars. The new regulations, implemented for the 2022 season, saw the cars heavier than ever and left teams...

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One-of-a-kind Skenes rookie card set for auction

A one-of-a-kind autographed baseball card featuring a patch of the No. 30 jersey worn by Pirates ace Paul Skenes during his big league debut is heading to auction on Thursday.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Explained How She Used Alcohol To Cope With The Devastation Of The LA Wildfires, And The “Out Of Control” Effect It Had On Her Health

Gwyneth also got candid about how she's making a "real effort" to "eat to be strong instead of eat to be thin," following previous backlash over her extremely restrictive diet.

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The DEI tightrope: How U.S. retailers are weighing legal and political risk in diversity initiatives

Companies are ‘picking their battles.’

Several U.S. retailers that publicly scrapped diversity, equity and inclusion programs—including Target, Amazon, and Tractor Supply—are maintaining certain efforts behind the scenes.

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DK Metcalf’s best trade destinations, ranked by likelihood

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Every NFL team should be interested in DK Metcalf but here are the top 6 options ranked

Players requesting a trade is something of a theme this NFL offseason.

The latest? Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf. On the same day the organization released veteran wide receiver Tyler Lockett, news broke that the Seahawks have begun to explore options after Metcalf requested a trade.

Frankly, all 31 teams should be interested. But with reports indicating...

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Review: Just OK

This compact 1080p graphics card may leave you wanting more.

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