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The LSU Tigers enter the NCAA baseball tournament with the top two prospects in this summer's major league baseball draft spearheading their postseason push. Centerfielder Dylan Crews is hitting .420 and was named the SEC player of the year. He's the consensus top prospect in this July's amateur draft. Next is pitcher Paul Skenes. The righty throws 100 miles per hour, leads the nation with 167 strikeouts and was named SEC pitcher of the year.

Southeastern Conference leaders will continue debating what to do with their football schedule when they meet in the Florida Panhandle next week. The options: Play eight conference games with one annual rival or go to nine with three. Whether ESPN is willing to pay for extra conference games will factor into the decision, but how much? There is still no hard deadline to make a call on a format that goes into effect next year. Commissioner Greg Sankey told AP there is no guarantee a vote will even be taken next week.

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As Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered firm, upbeat reassurances to rattled bank depositors and investors Thursday, 11 of the biggest banks in the country announced a $30 billion rescue package for First Republic Bank in an effort to stop the California-based bank from becoming the third bank to fail in less than a week.

Tyler Kolek and David Joplin each scored 17 points, and No. 6 Marquette moved into the Big East championship game for the first time by holding off No. 11 UConn 70-68. UConn had a chance to tie or win in the final seconds, but coach Dan Hurley elected not to call a timeout. Jordan Hawkins missed badly on a contested, desperation 3 at the buzzer. Plus more action from around college basketball on Friday.

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Tyler Kolek and David Joplin each scored 17 points, and No. 6 Marquette moved into the Big East championship game for the first time by holding off No. 11 UConn 70-68. UConn had a chance to tie or win in the final seconds, but coach Dan Hurley elected not to call a timeout. Jordan Hawkins missed badly on a contested, desperation 3 at the buzzer. Plus more action from around college basketball on Friday.

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Gabe Kalscheur hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help Iowa State beat No. 10 Baylor  in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The Cyclones will play Friday in the semifinals. Jalen Bridges was nearly perfect for Baylor, going 10 of 11 from the field, 6 of 6 from the 3-point arc and finishing with a career-best 28 points. Plus other conference tournament action from around college basketball on Thursday.

Gabe Kalscheur hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help Iowa State beat No. 10 Baylor  in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The Cyclones will play Friday in the semifinals. Jalen Bridges was nearly perfect for Baylor, going 10 of 11 from the field, 6 of 6 from the 3-point arc and finishing with a career-best 28 points. Plus other conference tournament action from around college basketball on Thursday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other U.S. market regulators are getting serious about reigning in the crypto market. But there is one big unsettled question central to their goals: Is cryptocurrency a security? The latter half of the crypto portmanteau belies the dilemma: currency, a deliberate choice by the movement’s founders, underscoring their […]

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Robinhood, the uber-popular brokerage, helped usher in a new era of commission-free trading. It pushed established financial institutions, such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity, to follow suit. Sadly, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. In a world of commission-free trading, brokers still had to make money on their clients’ trades somehow. One of […]

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