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6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Jamie Knodel |Astha Rajvanshi |George Solis |Alexander Murray Smith

Updated The conclave chose American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the next pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Leo is the first pope to have been born in the United States. He is also a citizen of Peru, where he has spent much of his life. He was elected leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on the second day of the conclave, by 133 red-robed cardinals who were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel.

Apr 8, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Asher Feldman |Phil Helsel |Greg Rosenstein |Rebecca Cohen |Jamie Knodel |Rudy Chinchilla

Updated April 8, 2024, 9:59 PM UTCBy The top-seeded Purdue will face defending champions UConn for tonight's championship title. The game starts at 9:20 p.m. ET. Purdue knocked out N.C. State to earn its seat in the final, and UConn bested Alabama after the two teams went run-for-run on Saturday night. UConn is hoping for back-to-back championship wins — and history shows it can do it. In the five other times the Huskies have made it to the title game, it has won.

Mar 23, 2024 | news247planet.com | Rebecca Cohen |Jamie Knodel

Duquesne 71, BYU 67: Earlier within the day, Duquesne busted some brackets when it outscored Brigham Younger. The Eleventh-seeded Dukes from Pittsburgh and their retiring coach, Keith Dambrot, despatched BYU again to Utah with a 71-67 win within the East Area. Oregon 87, South Carolina 73: In one other 6-11 matchup, the underdog once more got here out victorious, with Oregon’s Jermaine Couisnard placing up a profession excessive of 40 factors towards his former crew, South Carolina.

Mar 21, 2024 | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Cohen |Jamie Knodel

Create your free profile or log in to save this articleMarch 22, 2024, 2:16 AM UTCIt wouldn’t be March without a little madness. The NCAA basketball tournament got underway Thursday and like every year, the upsets followed. Perennial powerhouse Kentucky went down to Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pa., 80-76. The Wildcats went in with a 3 seed but couldn’t get past No. 14 Oakland University, which hails from Oakland County, Michigan. Oakland's Jack Gohlke was on fire from the arc.

Jan 28, 2024 | news247planet.com | Diana Dasrath |Jamie Knodel

World Wrestling Leisure founder Vince McMahon stepped down from his position with the corporate and its father or mother firm Friday, the day after a former worker filed a lawsuit accusinghim of sex trafficking, abuse and sexual assault. McMahon resigned as TKO govt chairman and from the TKO board of administrators, and can now not have a job with WWE, WWE President Nick Khan wrote in an e mail to workers Friday evening.