North Carolina officials are in discussions with coach Hubert Davis about his future at the school, sources told ESPN, with a decision on his status and potential exit plan expected to unfold in the coming days.
Davis met with his UNC team Saturday afternoon in the wake of No. 6-seeded UNC’s upset loss to No. 11 VCU in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament Thursday. The team meeting did not offer any clarity on Davis’ future, according to sources.
Davis’ strong reputation at the school as a player, coach and assistant means any potential departure is unlikely to be termed an outright firing, sources told ESPN. Davis has nearly $5.3 million of guaranteed money left on his deal.
Saturday’s loss triggered an emotional response from the UNC fan base and donors, as Davis’ Tar Heels exited in the first round of the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. The Tar Heels led the Rams by 19 in the second half but collapsed down the stretch en route to an 82-78 overtime defeat. It was the largest comeback in the NCAA tournament since 2018.
Davis appeared sour and agitated in the postgame news conference, declining to get into specifics of the collapse and answered a benign question about his in-game rotations by saying, “Because that was my decision.”
North Carolina went 24-9 this season, despite projected top-five pick Caleb Wilson missing the final nine games with two different hand and thumb injuries. The Tar Heels beat Duke on Feb. 7 to improve to 19-4 but went just 5-5 the rest of the way.
This is the second straight season UNC failed to get out of the first round of the NCAA tournament, losing to Ole Miss last season in the round of 64 after beating San Diego State in the First Four. The Tar Heels were one of the final at-large teams selected to last year’s tournament, getting a bid despite a 1-12 record against Quadrant 1 opponents.
Davis was promoted to the head coach position when Roy Williams retired in 2021, after spending nine seasons as an assistant coach on Williams’ staff.
His first three seasons brought a mix of highs and lows. Davis led Carolina to the national championship game as an 8-seed in 2022, beating Duke in the Final Four in Mike Krzyzewski’s final game as the Blue Devils’ head coach. The Tar Heels led Kansas by 15 points at halftime of the title game before allowing the Jayhawks to come back and win 72-69.
North Carolina entered the following season as the preseason No. 1 team in the country — before becoming the first preseason No. 1 team to miss the NCAA tournament.
They bounced back in 2023-24, beating Duke twice en route to the ACC regular-season title and a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament, wins that have proved to be the highest moments of Davis’ tenure. UNC beat Wagner and Michigan State in the first two rounds before suffering an upset at the hands of Alabama in the Sweet 16, finishing 29-8 overall. Davis won ACC Coach of the Year honors this season.
In five seasons at the helm, Davis is 125-54. That’s a winning percentage of just under 70%.
Davis is a longtime Tar Heel, playing his college ball under Dean Smith in Chapel Hill from 1988 to ’92, earning All-ACC honors as a senior. He was a first-round pick of the New York Knicks and played 12 seasons for six NBA franchises before moving to television as a college basketball analyst for ESPN.
The Guthrie family on Saturday evening expressed their gratitude to the Tucson community where their missing mother Nancy lived before her disappearance and suspected abduction seven weeks ago.
They asked residents not to forget her case.
“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now,” the Guthrie family told NBC affiliate KVOA of Tucson for a special report that aired Saturday.
The family asked the community to look at camera footage and to search their memories for anything that may assist in the search for Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of “TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie.
“It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant,” the family said, adding: “No detail is too small. It may be the key.”
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1 from her home near Tucson and she was last seen the previous night at around 9:45 p.m., officials have said.
Police have been searching for a person of interest in the case and released photos of a masked man seen on doorbell surveillance video.
Some of Nancy Guthrie’s blood was also found on the porch and investigators believe she was the victim of a targeted crime, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said.
The Guthrie family said in the message to KVOA: “Thank you for continuing to pray without ceasing.”
“We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home,” the family said. “ We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home. We want to celebrate her beautiful and courageous life. But we cannot do that until she is brought to a final place of rest.”
President Trump on Saturday threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz within the next two days. Trump’s warning comes one day after he hinted that the U.S. was “winding down” its military operation in Iran, claiming the U.S. was “getting very close” to achieving its objective. “If Iran […]
If we’ve got one big criticism about Luke Combs‘ new album, The Way I Am, it’s that he doesn’t need to sell us so hard that he’s still his old self.
The singer took some time off in 2025 to be with his family, after his two young sons were born in 2022 and 2023. (A third boy, Chet, joined the family in February 2026.)
Combs toured less and released a 2024 album called Fathers & Sons that focused primarily on parenthood and didn’t produce any country radio singles.
Likely it felt strange and scary for Combs to step away from the grind to the extent that he did, especially after years of hitting the studio hard, and the stage even harder. That’s probably why he frontloaded songs such as “Alcohol of Fame” and “My Kind of Saturday Night” — and, most literally, “Back in the Saddle” — all the kinds of barnburners that originally raised him to superstardom.
But there’s no need for anyone to apologize for putting family first, and Combs doesn’t have to expressly say it: We know, from every track on the album, that’s he still the same talent he’s always been.
The Way I Am is a solid album from start to finish, and many of its songs are truly excellent. The most interesting aspects of this album are those that show what’s new, what’s evolved and what’s unchanged about Combs as a performer over these past few years.
Listeners will find a remarkable loyalty to traditional country. Out of 22 tracks, maybe only two or three could reasonably be described as taking influence from other genres (pop and R&B, mostly). It might sound obvious that a country star sounds country, but Combs is among the few mainstream superstars who haven’t gotten a little genre-omnivorous as they’ve continued to release albums — especially ones this long!
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Another interesting point about the album’s lyrics is how Combs consistently threads themes of mental health and seeking therapy into the songs. It’s never center stage, but he normalizes mental struggles in songs such as the album’s autobiographical-presenting title track and a spooky breakup song, “Seeing Someone.” Mental health is a topic he’s also addressed in interviews, as he speaks about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) diagnoses.
Growth and consistency are evident, about in equal measure, in The Way I Am. Keep reading as Taste of Country breaks down every track on the album and ranks them from worst to best.
Luke Combs’ The Way I Am Album: All the Songs, Ranked
No. 22: “Days Like These” — We know, we know. How could a sweet ballad about everyday gratitude possibly come in last place?! Well, something had to. This song is lovely, but it has really similar vibes to Chris Stapleton‘s “Millionaire,” which already exists. Combs fans should take heart: If this is the worst song on the track list, it’s probably a pretty great album.
No. 21: “Rethink Some Things” — Combs made it a point to write outside his current life stage on this album, which is smart. After all, not every listener is married with three kids! This song is a jam about a new relationship, but it’s not the best non-autobiographical song on the album.
No. 20: “I Ain’t No Cowboy” — PSA: Cowgirls break hearts, too! In this song, Combs doesn’t wish his lover had been content to stay in smaller pastures. He only wishes that he’d been able to match her free spirit.
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No. 19: “Daytona 499” — This is a creative way to look at a breakup, and the NASCAR crowd will appreciate the metaphor. We love how wistful this song is.
No. 18: “Wish Upon a Whiskey” — Here’s about where the songs on The Way I Am start to go from good to great. “Wish Upon a Whiskey” is actually one of the less-traditional tracks, which is funny, since the idea of drowning your sorrows in something brown and strong is such a deeply country trope.
No. 17: “Can’t Tell Me I’m Wrong” — Another song about a new relationship, this time more bubbly, catchy and fun.
No. 16: “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” — We’re betting on this song becoming a stand-out of Combs’ live shows. It’s sultry and puts Combs’ barrel-chested vocal prowess front and center.
No. 15: “Back in the Saddle” — The track that kicks off the album, and rightfully so. “Back in the Saddle” comes out swinging and makes it clear that Combs came to drop bangers and chew gum — and he’s all out of gum.
No. 14: “Soon As I Get Home” — Sexy songs still come as a little bit of a surprise from Combs, who’s better known for story songs and barnburners. But he does them, and he does them very well. “Soon As I Get Home” is sultry, smooth and offers a dose of R&B.
No. 13: “Miss You Here” — This song highlights Combs’ vocal capabilities, especially his ability to belt in his higher register. The voice you’re hearing on “Miss You Here” is the voice that sells out stadiums.
No. 12: “The Me Part of You” — The Way I Am isn’t a fatherhood album (Flip to Fathers & Sons for a full collection on that topic) but it does include one fatherhood song, and this is it. Here, Combs imagines what it’ll be like when his kids grow up and leave the nest, and he has to watch them go through the same missteps and heartbreaks that he once faced.
No. 11: “Seeing Someone” — The ghost themes and minor-chord modulations make this track a little spooky! “Seeing Someone” is about a man who’s haunted — potentially literally — by an ex.
No. 10: “Rich Man” — Country music already has several great songs with a story line like this one: Old-timer on a barstool drops some hard truth about how important family is and changes the perspective of everyone who’s around to listen. It doesn’t matter that it’s been done before — we always need more songs like this.
No. 9: “Alcohol of Fame” — Here’s another kind of song that’s been done before…and we’re not complaining that Combs is doing it again! It’s a quintessential country music party song with some top-tier wordplay in the title.
No. 8: “15 Minutes” — Combs speaks from the perspective of a prison inmate calling his mother in this powerful story song. A lot of backstory comes through in just a few lines — we learn that his dad hasn’t forgiven for him for his crime, and he’s wrestling with some big questions about faith.
No. 7: “Be By You” — Well, it only took Combs 19 tracks, but he finally got to a love song toward the back end of his album. “Be By You” is worth the wait! It’s every bit as sweet and charming as you could hope for.
No. 6: “A Man Was Born” — Coming-of-age doesn’t happen in the celebratory moments: Nope, it happens when we face near-fatal mistakes, scary situations and crises of faith. Combs delivers that lesson poignantly on “A Man Was Born,” the final track on his The Way I Am album.
No. 5: “My Kinda Saturday Night” — One of the things Luke Combs does better than nearly anybody else is embody ’90s country without ever plagiarizing. “My Kind of Saturday Night” is fresh, twangy and catchy as all get-out.
No. 4: “Giving Her Away” — We don’t think we’ve ever heard a wedding song quite like this before. It’s a message from a groom to his future fahter-in-law about everything they’ve got in common. “Giving Her Away” almost makes us wish that groom/father-of-the-bride dances were a thing.
No. 3: “The Way I Am” — Combs’ excellent title track is part mission statement, part love letter to his wife. You can tell from the very first bars, before he even opens his mouth to sing, that it’s going to be one of the most honest songs he’s ever released.
No. 2: “Ever Mine” — Combs shelved a bluegrass album in 2020, and this Alison Krauss duet makes us wish he hadn’t (we’re still holding out hope for that release, Luke!) It’s a remarkable story song about the pain of war, expressed from the perspective of a soldier’s letter to his wife back home.
No. 1: “Tell ‘Em About Tonight” — This song is one for the greatest hits album, and maybe even the epitaph. It perfectly conjures up a moment in time that Combs has shared with countless fans, when he’s onstage performing to a captivated, sold-out crowd. He hypothesizes about a time someday far in the future, when his career is done and somebody asks him about the moment from his life that makes him most proud. “I’m gonna tell ’em about my kids, I’m gonna tell ’em about my wife / And you’re damn right I’m gonna tell ’em about tonight,” Combs sings.
Top 20 Luke Combs Songs That Prove ‘Em All Wrong
Check out Luke Combs’ best songs, and the songs that changed his life when so many thought he wasn’t good enough to be a country star.
The second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament gets underway on Saturday afternoon, and there are some fun matchups on the board. Which teams will stamp their ticket to the Sweet 16 next week?
No. 1 seed Michigan kicks off the second-round action with a game against No. 9 seed St. Louis (12:10 p.m. ET, CBS March Madness Live). The Wolverines weathered a potential upset from Howard in the first round, but they’ll get another tricky test on Saturday. The Billikens just put on an offensive clinic in their first-round win over No. 8 seed Georgia, a 102-77 blowout.
Speaking of No. 1 seeds that got a scare in the first round, Duke narrowly avoided disaster against No. 16 seed Siena with a 71-65 win. Star Cameron Boozer helped his team rally with 22 points and 13 rebounds. The Blue Devils will now play No. 9 seed TCU (5:15 p.m. ET, CBS March Madness Live), and the Horned Frogs have to have some confidence after pulling out a dramatic win against No. 8 seed Ohio State on Thursday.
After notching its first March Madness win in program history, No. 4 seed Nebraska will try to make more history with its first Sweet 16 berth. In order to do that, the Cornhuskers will have to beat No. 5 seed Vanderbilt (8:45 p.m., TNT March Madness Live), which hasn’t reached the Sweet 16 since 2007.
2026 NCAA Tournament bracket, scores
All times Eastern
East
FIRST ROUND
Thursday — Greenville
Thursday — Buffalo
Friday — San Diego
Friday — Philadelphia
SECOND ROUND
Saturday — Greenville
Saturday — Buffalo
Sunday — San Diego
(5) St. John’s vs. (4) Kansas | 5:15 p.m. | CBS
Sunday — Philadelphia
(7) UCLA vs. (2) UConn | 8:45 p.m. | TNT
West
FIRST FOUR
Tuesday — Dayton
FIRST ROUND
Thursday — Portland
Friday — San Diego
Friday — St. Louis
SECOND ROUND
Saturday — Portland
Sunday — San Diego
(1) Arizona vs. (9) Utah State | 7:50 p.m. | TruTV
Sunday — St. Louis
(2) Purdue vs. (7) Miami (FL) | 12:15 p.m. | CBS
Midwest
FIRST FOUR
Tuesday — Dayton
Wednesday — Dayton
FIRST ROUND
Thursday — Buffalo
Friday — St. Louis
Friday — Tampa
Friday — Philadelphia
SECOND ROUND
Saturday — Buffalo
Sunday — St. Louis
(2) Iowa State vs. (7) Kentucky | 2:45 p.m. | CBS
Sunday — Tampa
(4) Alabama vs. (5) Texas Tech | 9:45 p.m. | TNT
Sunday — Philadelphia
(3) Virginia vs. (6) Tennessee | 6:10 p.m. | TNT
South
FIRST FOUR
Wednesday — Dayton
FIRST ROUND
Thursday — Oklahoma City
Thursday — Greenville
Thursday — Oklahoma City
Friday — Tampa
SECOND ROUND
Saturday — Greenville
Saturday — Oklahoma City
Sunday — Tampa
(1) Florida vs. (8) Iowa | 7:10 p.m. | TBS
2026 NCAA Tournament schedule
Sweet 16
Thursday, March 26 — 7:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS) Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)
Friday, March 27 — 7:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS) United Center (Chicago), Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.)
Elite Eight
Saturday, March 28 — 6:09 p.m. start (TBS) Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)
Sunday, March 29 — 2:15 p.m. start (CBS) United Center (Chicago), Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.)
Final Four
Saturday, April 4 — 6:09 p.m. start (TBS) Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
National Championship
Monday, April 6 — 8:50 p.m. (TBS) Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
Cuba on Saturday suffered its second nationwide power outage in less than a week, according to officials.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines said on X that another “total disconnection of the National Electric System has occurred. Protocols for restoration are already beginning to be implemented.”
The National Electric Union said the outage was caused by the shutdown of Unit No. 6 at a power plant in Nuevitas. It caused a domino effect to the rest of the country, the utility agency said on social media.
On Monday, officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout that affected some 11 million people. Humanitarian organizations began delivering aid to Cuba by air Friday, including solar panels, food and medicine. Saturday’s outage was the fourth major blackout in Cuba over the past four months.
Protests have been reported in Cuba in the past week as frustration grows over prolonged blackouts and worsening living conditions across the island, CBS Miami reported.
As its energy and economic crises deepen, the country is blaming the problems on a U.S. energy blockade after President Trump in January warned of tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to it.
Cuba has relied heavily on foreign assistance and oil shipments from allies like Mexico, Russia and Venezuela. But critical oil shipments from Venezuela were halted after the U.S. attacked the South American country in early January and arrested its then-president, Nicolás Maduro.
Mr. Trump has for months suggested Cuba’s government is on the verge of collapse, saying that top Cuban leaders would be smart to avoid the fate of Maduro. After Cuba’s electric grid collapsed earlier this week, Mr. Trump told reporters he believed he’d soon have “the honor of taking Cuba.”
“Taking Cuba in some form…whether I free it, take it, I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth,” Mr. Trump said. “They’re a very weakened nation right now.”
In a post to X on Tuesday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez wrote: “In the face of the worst scenario, Cuba is accompanied by a certainty: any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”
YOU’RE WATCHING KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. WELCOME BACK. IT’S AN EXCITING WEEKEND FOR THOSE TAKING PART IN THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL FINALS. 230 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE GATHERED AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY METRO COURT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. 16 TEAMS, EACH WITH 7 TO 14 STUDENTS, ARE GIVEN AN ARRAY OF CASES FROM CIVIL TO CRIMINAL. THEN THEY PRESENT THEIR CASE TO SEVERAL STATE AND FEDERAL COURT JUDGES WHO SCORE THEIR PERFORMANCE. THEY GET TO GO IN. THEY GET TO LEARN IT. THEY GET TO LEARN THE RULES OF EVIDENCE AND THE RULES OF THE COMPETITION. AND IT GIVES THEM A SENSE OF CAMARADERIE WITH THE REST OF THEIR TEAMS. THERE’S A LOT OF BONDING, AND IT’S REALLY EXCITING FOR THEM. THE TOP TEAM, ALONG WITH THE WINNING COURTROOM ARTIST AND
New Mexico teams make case for mock trial championship
Kristin Leeds, executive director of the Center For Civic Values, said the program educates students about the judicial system.
Sixteen high school teams competed Friday and Saturday in mock trials to see who will go to the championships in Des Moines, Iowa in May.The term “mock” is misleading, because the teams prepared for months for a competition with real-life consequences, overseen by attorneys and judges.Kristin Leeds, executive director of the Center For Civic Values, said the Mock Trial Program is a hands-on way for middle-and high school students to get an in-depth education in how the judicial system operates.”They learn advocacy, and critical thinking, time management, and they gain a lot of confidence to impress scoring in front of legal professionals and community supporters,” Leeds said. “There’s a lot of bonding, and it’s really exciting for them that they actually get to come into a courtroom and perform.” Teams have teacher coaches and a teacher sponsor, and most teams have an attorney coach who will talk to them about objections and the laws and courtroom procedure, Leeds said.”By the end of the day, it could be one school team, another school’s courtroom artist, and another school’s courtroom journalist, and they will make up Team New Mexico,” Leeds said.The Center For Civic Values, in its fourth year of running the mock trial program, is a nonprofit that gets some funding from the state legislature but depends on donations as well. More information about the program and how to make donations is available online at civicvalues.org.
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Sixteen high school teams competed Friday and Saturday in mock trials to see who will go to the championships in Des Moines, Iowa in May.
The term “mock” is misleading, because the teams prepared for months for a competition with real-life consequences, overseen by attorneys and judges.
Kristin Leeds, executive director of the Center For Civic Values, said the Mock Trial Program is a hands-on way for middle-and high school students to get an in-depth education in how the judicial system operates.
“They learn advocacy, and critical thinking, time management, and they gain a lot of confidence to impress scoring in front of legal professionals and community supporters,” Leeds said. “There’s a lot of bonding, and it’s really exciting for them that they actually get to come into a courtroom and perform.”
Teams have teacher coaches and a teacher sponsor, and most teams have an attorney coach who will talk to them about objections and the laws and courtroom procedure, Leeds said.
“By the end of the day, it could be one school team, another school’s courtroom artist, and another school’s courtroom journalist, and they will make up Team New Mexico,” Leeds said.
The Center For Civic Values, in its fourth year of running the mock trial program, is a nonprofit that gets some funding from the state legislature but depends on donations as well. More information about the program and how to make donations is available online at civicvalues.org.
There is very little that SleepingwithSirens have yet to achieve. From an RIAA gold-certified record with Let’s Cheers To This, to “If You Can’t Hang” being awarded a platinum certification, to having a record debut in the top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 (Feel, 2013), to selling over a million copies worldwide – and yet, they’re still moving like they have the same wind in their sails that they did when starting in 2009, reuniting with their original label mates, Rise Records, to release their brand new single, “An Ending In Itself.”
SleepingwithSirens is known for frontman KellinQuinn‘s poignant storytelling of his own lifelong struggles, and that seems as if that is far from changing, with Quinn describing “An Ending In Itself” as: “a love letter to anyone in the midst of struggle. I think we live in an age where we’re supposed to pretend like we have it ‘all together all of the time’ so much so that we’re afraid to let anyone in,” he says, “I think it’s important to have open dialogue and to ask for help when we need it. This song is about being brave enough to admit that we’re not always okay. No matter what you’re going through, there is hope.”
This is the band’s first single with a slightly adjusted line-up as Kellin Quinn, Nick Martin (guitar), Justin Hills (bass), and Matty Best (drums) are joined by long-time touring guitarist, Tony Pizzuti.
You can check out the new single above, and (most likely) hear the song live this summer a few select live dates this summer. You find a list of their festival appearances below, and “An Ending In Itself” streaming links here.
Sleeping with Sirens Summer Live Show Schedule
June 13th – Washington, D.C. @ Vans Warped Tour July 18th – Mansfield, OH @ Inkcarceration Festival July 25th – Long Beach, CA @ Vans Warped Tour September 18th – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival October 3rd – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival November 14th – Orlando, FL @ Vans Warped Tour
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