Perfect brackets fall into the single digits after Texas upsets Gonzaga and Nebraska tops Vandy

March 22, 2026

Forty games into the NCAA Tournament, fans hoping to fill out a perfect bracket were a respectable 2 for 26,587,885. No. 11 seed Texas all but wiped out the remaining unblemished entries in the annual March Madness contests with its 74-68 upset of No. 3 seed Gonzaga on Saturday night. After the win by the Longhorns, who started in the First Four, there were 22 perfect entries in ESPN's bracket challenge and 27 in the NCAA's contest. The last three games on Saturday were won by higher-seeded teams, but No. 4 seed Nebraska was hardly a sure thing, having never won an NCAA Tournament ...

Union Pacific Celebrates America’s 250th Anniversary with New Locomotives No. 4547 and No. 1776

March 22, 2026

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad, founded by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, unveiled its plans in March to celebrate the United States, its amazing history and the people behind its unparalleled success story with two new locomotives and the first Big Boy steam tour to the East ...

Chuck Norris, Martial Arts Master And Actor Whose Toughness Became Internet Lore, Dies at 86

March 21, 2026

Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86. Norris died Thursday, in what his family ...

ABC Cancels ‘Bachelorette’ Season With Taylor Frankie Paul, Citing 2023 Video

March 21, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC has scrubbed the upcoming season of "The Bachelorette," starring Taylor Frankie Paul, three days before its planned premiere, citing a newly released video from 2023 in which she appears to punch, kick and throw chairs at her former partner as her young daughter ...

OVAC All-Conference Wrestlers

March 20, 2026

Barnesville: Colt Carpenter, Hines Ford, Bentley Stephen Beaver Local: Jordan Bates, Bobby Buchheit, Jake Hughes Bellaire: Alex Ney Bridgeport: Cole Weekley Brooke: Landon Burdine, Anthony Maple Buckeye Local: Jorge Alvarez Caldwell: Jesse Pemberton, Owen Hunt Cambridge: Marshall Laishley, Noah Keen Cameron: Eli Tedrow, Maverick Lilley *Connotton Valley: East Liverpool: Kyle Ingram East Palestine: Blaine Thompson Edison: Nolan Haught Fort Frye: Steven Lenhart Harrison Central: Andrew Cox Indian Creek: Luke McMillion, Ian Starkey John Marshall: Milo Ward Linsly: Brock ...

Body Of American Student Who Went Missing In Barcelona Has Been Found

March 20, 2026

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The body of James "Jimmy" Gracey, a college student from Illinois who went missing while in Spain on spring break, was found Thursday in the water off a Barcelona beach, police said. Gracey's body was found by police divers and positively identified, the press office for Catalonia's regional police in Barcelona told The Associated Press. The University of Alabama student's body was found near where he was last seen outside a nightclub with his friends early Tuesday. He was visiting friends in Barcelona for spring break. Catalan police say that their ...