Why the Syracuse 2-3 zone keeps reaching the Final Four; French ice dance team beats Americans in epic battle; Is the Carmelo Anthony Era with the Knicks coming to an end?; World Figure Skating Championships recap: American Gracie Gold takes lead in women’s competition in a short program stunner; Turner’s Final Four is all about options, from ‘One Shining Moment’ to commentators; Final Four gambling: Read this before putting down whatever money you have left; A rat trick nearly cost the Panthers a win; Carmelo Anthony just jinxed Syracuse into a Final Four loss; Food Network, HGTV think NBA players and their wives are a slam dunk; Here are all the sports stories you believed were true on April Fools’ Day; Skydivers collide in midair. One of them was wearing a GoPro. It’s terrifying.; College player shows how not to dunk over a pancake; J.J. Watt played through through five torn core muscles — among other injuries; Holly Holm rejected ‘Cyborg,’ wants rematch with Miesha Tate or Ronda Rousey; Kevin Durant needs the ball in his hands much more if the Thunder hopes to go far; How Max Scherzer could beat Clayton Kershaw in Cy Young race; NL West preview: Dodgers should hold off Giants, but just barely; Here’s what Aston Villa can look forward to after sacking its manager   National sports stories and blog updates   Turner’s Final Four is all about options, from ‘One Shining Moment’ to commentators The alternate version will air on TNT and truTV's "Team Streams." By Nick Martin  •  Early Lead  •  Read more » Final Four gambling: Read this before putting down whatever money you have left Let this Final Four gambling guide help you toward one $hining moment. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Kevin Durant needs the ball in his hands much more if the Thunder hopes to go far This is not a Russell Westbrook teardown. But the 2014 MVP simply isn't getting enough touches to maximize his effectiveness. By Thomas Johnson  •  Fancy Stats  •  Read more »   Why the Syracuse 2-3 zone keeps reaching the Final Four The Syracuse 2-3 zone is far more complex and aggressive than most realize. By Adam Kilgore  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A rat trick nearly cost the Panthers a win This isn't the first run-in the Panthers have had with toy rats. By Nick Martin  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Carmelo Anthony just jinxed Syracuse into a Final Four loss Or so this Syracuse fan thinks. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Food Network, HGTV think NBA players and their wives are a slam dunk Ayesha Curry, plus Dwyane Wade and wife Gabrielle Union, get new shows. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   French ice dance team beats Americans in epic battle A scorching routing by Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France wins gold at the World Figure Skating Championships. American duos take silver and bronze. By Robert Samuels  •  Read more »   Here are all the sports stories you believed were true on April Fools’ Day Ugh, today is the worst. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Skydivers collide in midair. One of them was wearing a GoPro. It’s terrifying. Sebastian Leal is paralyzed from the waist down after fracturing four vertebrae. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Is the Carmelo Anthony Era with the Knicks coming to an end? New York made steps forward this season, but had plenty of distractions along the way. How will that impact them this summer and beyond? By Tim Bontemps  •  Read more »   College player shows how not to dunk over a pancake The poor mascot was battered. By Des Bieler  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   J.J. Watt played through through five torn core muscles — among other injuries A broken hand and herniated disk were also not enough to keep the Texans' superstar from his second straight defensive player of the year award. By Des Bieler  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Holly Holm rejected ‘Cyborg,’ wants rematch with Miesha Tate or Ronda Rousey But the former UFC bantamweight champion knows that she is "the one coming off a loss" and can't "be too picky." By Des Bieler  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   World Figure Skating Championships recap: American Gracie Gold takes lead in women’s competition in a short program stunner Gracie Gold finally starts to live up to her name, and expectations. By Robert Samuels  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Redskins & NFL Roundup Recapping the week's NFL action. Sign Up »         Share Sports Break:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Sports. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071