Villanova head coach doubles down on ‘joke’ he needs to fire staff after NCAA Tournament loss

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Villanova men’s basketball head coach Kevin Willard’s in-game joke did not land the way he may have hoped, but he didn’t apologize for it after the Wildcats’ loss to Utah State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Willard was interviewed by CBS Sports’ Lauren Shehadi during a timeout, and he ripped into his coaching staff as the Wildcats were struggling against the Aggies. “I’m going to fire my staff,” Willard said in a now-viral moment. “Because we’ve given up eight points on underneath, out-of-bounds defense. The only thing I’m going do is…

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Small business uncertaintly hits all-time high ahead of Election Day

Wall Street might be booming, but Main Street is feeling more uncertainty than ever ahead of Election Day, as polling shows the race between former President Trump and Vice President Harris is a dead heat. The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ (NFIB) Uncertainty Index surged 11 points in September to…

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IOC addresses execution of 19-year-old Iranian wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has addressed the recent execution of 19-year-old wrestling star Saleh Mohammadi by the Iranian regime. After multiple Olympians, including three gold medalists, condemned the execution to Fox News Digital, the IOC has now made a statement on the…

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Iran funding emerges as key test for Johnson’s razor-thin House majority

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration’s anticipated multibillion-dollar funding request to bolster its Iran campaign could face resistance from GOP fiscal hawks.Though congressional Republicans have been broadly supportive of the Trump administration’s conflict in Iran, some conservatives are drawing a red line that an emergency…

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7-Foot-9 Athlete Olivier Rioux Becomes the Tallest Player in NCAA March Madness Tournament

University of Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux is quite literally reaching new heights in the 2026 NCAA March Madness tournament. Rioux, 20, stands tall at 7-foot-9, making him the tallest athlete to ever compete in the tournament, according to The Athletic. Rioux helped the Florida Gators beat the Prairie View A&M Panthers 114-55 during the Friday, March 20, match-up of the competition. Rioux, who plays center for the Gators, is in his second year at the University of Florida and entered Friday’s game in the final minutes of competition, adding an exclamation mark to the team’s blowout win by scoring…

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