St. Thomas baseball begins play in the Summit League, St. Thomas softball finishes the City of Trees classic with a loss, and March Madness arrives. Reporter Madeline Mussay has today’s Sports in :60.
Sports in :60 – March 18, 2024
PODCASTS: Keep the Ball Rolling – April 8
Scout Mason and Sam Larson sit down to talk about Tommie Baseball and Softball and how the teams are holding up this season. They also discuss the end of March Madness.
Sports in :60 – March 28, 2022
The University of St. Thomas baseball team defeated Omaha, St. Thomas softball went 2-1 on the weekend, March Madness continues and Stanford and South Carolina will head to the women’s Final Four in Minneapolis. Luana Karl has today’s Sports in :60.
OPINION: Blatant sexism during March Madness tournament shows NCAA’s ‘care’ for equality
During the NCAA’s March Madness tournament, the amenities offered to the women were incomparable to what the men were given. Columnist Logan Sriharatsa argues the NCAA needs to provide better and equal care to all of their student athletes.
PODCAST: Keep the Ball Rolling with Piper Shaw
In season six episode two of Keep the Ball Rolling, hosts Cam Kauffman and Andrés Tejeda interview sports broadcaster Piper Shaw, review recent St. Thomas games and discuss NCAA basketball brackets.
PODCAST: Keep the Ball Rolling with St. Thomas men’s rugby
In the season five premiere, hosts Joey Swanson and Mia Laube discuss St. Thomas and national sports cancelations due to COVID-19 and welcome on St. Thomas men’s rugby president and junior Tony Kraus.
UPDATE: All NCAA Tournaments, including DIII, canceled due to coronavirus
The NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring championship games, including this Saturday’s matchups between the St. Thomas and St. John’s men’s basketball teams and the St. Thomas and Lake Forest men’s hockey teams, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement from NCAA president Mike Emmert Thursday. TommieMedia and the Associated Press have the story.
PODCAST: Keep the Ball Rolling with Kaia Porter and Ryan Lindberg
In episode three of Keep the Ball Rolling, Carly, Alex and Althea talk March Madness and sit down with St. Thomas basketball players Kaia Porter and Ryan Lindberg.
March Madness by the numbers
The NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament kicked off on March 13. Design Manager Christine Hastings looks at the statistics behind March Madness.
PODCAST: Keep the Ball Rolling with Steve Fritz
In the third Keep the Ball Rolling episode, hosts Gamiel Hall and Brady Halbmaier, joined by producer Lauren Andrego, recap the St. Thomas women’s basketball trip to Waverly, Iowa, and talk March Madness and Kirk Cousins. St. Thomas Athletic Director Steve Fritz visits the studio.
The history of March Madness
Design manager Kari Johnson looks at the history behind March Madness.
Sports in :60 – March 18, 2015
This is Sports in :60 for Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
Napier brings it home for UConn
Led by 22 points from Shabazz Napier, the Huskies (32-8) won the NCAA national championship a short year after they were barred from March Madness.
Lots of favorites in Sweet 16
While bracket sheets are loaded with red X’s, there is plenty of March Madness ahead of us in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16.