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Major League Baseball, which has become a central figure in the U.S.-Cuba thaw, is moving toward building a direct pipeline to the big leagues for Cuban players.

Along with juggling his collegiate studies and preparing for the NCAA Tournament, USC basketball player Sam Dhillon also hopes to score big on Wall Street for the clients of his Quest Investment Firm which he started after high school.

Participants will fill out more than 70 million March Madness brackets this year, according to estimates released Monday by the American Gaming Association.

The venerable beverage brand revealed several new upcoming products Thursday in a commercial that featured Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and several other top athletes.

A standoff between Comcast and the network that broadcasts New York Yankees games is getting heated with Opening Day less than a month away.

The Ohio primary is considered a must-win vote for Kasich in his quest to catch up to GOP frontunner Donald Trump. A March 9 Fox News poll gave Kasich a projected edge of 34%, compared to 29% for Trump, 19% for Ted Cruz and 7% for Marco Rubio.

The two-year, $41 million contract extension contains drastic reductions to Brady’s base salary for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, meaning the amount of money he'll forfeit during a suspension is significantly smaller.

Major League Baseball is working in Cuba to ensure the field’s condition is up to par for an exhibition game later this month.

Horse track operators and breeders are concerned the good times might be trotting to a close as some states move to rein in a lucrative subsidy that's helped prop up their long suffering-industry.

U.S. governors have taken or scheduled about 80 trips abroad since the start of 2014, generally focused on boosting exports or recruiting businesses to their states.

Moscow Nyets? The owner of the Brooklyn Nets plans to move the NBA team's parent company to Russia in response to U.S. sanctions against the country.

Arizona must refund millions of dollars it collected from a rental car tax that funds stadium projects and tourism efforts in Maricopa County after the tax was earlier declared unconstitutional, a judge ruled.

The effort to build a new riverfront football stadium in St. Louis got a big boost Monday when a judge ruled that approval from city voters is not necessary to use city tax money for the project.

President Barack Obama has overcome an embarrassing defeat on trade and maneuvered his way back to a rare victory under a Republican-controlled Congress.