Steph Curry's huge game on Wednesday (50 pts on 20-28 field goals, 8-14 3-pointers) upped his shooting averages this season to 50.4% from the field, 44% from three and 91.5% from the free-throw line.
Why it matters: If those percentages hold, he'll join Steve Nash and Larry Bird as the only players in National Basketball Association history with multiple 50-40-90 seasons.
For the first time ever, Cuban Major League Baseball players are representing their country at the World Baseball Classic. But some of the nation's biggest stars are watching from home — and not by choice.
The backdrop: Due to the United States' 60-plus-year trade embargo on Cuba, players in the baseball-crazed nation wishing to pursue an MLB career have — until 2018 — had to defect and establish residency elsewhere.
The total prize money for this summer's Women's World Cup will jump to more than $150 million — a figure that's still far below the $440 million men received for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Why it matters: The increased pool, announced by FIFA on Thursday, is more than three times higher than the 2019 women's tournament and 10 times higher than the 2015 tournament.
When March Madness tips off today, many top teams will have something in common: an elite big man.
State of play: Six of the 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Trophy, awarded to the year's best player, are at least 6-foot-8, and all six will play over the next two days for a top-four-seeded team.
