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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Their protests are not centered on a controversial war in some far off jungle but on issues of racial and social inequity at home. Their pulpit is not a segregated lunch …
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By DAVE SKRETTA
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4/4/21
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Nearly everyone involved in the men’s college basketball tournament, it seems, cherishes a “One Shining Moment” memory.
Rutgers swingman Ron Harper Jr. recalls “just stalking YouTube” …
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By HOWARD FENDRICH and STEPHEN WHYNO
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4/4/21
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College athletes will someday soon be permitted to be paid sponsors, social media influencers and product endorsers.
Change is imminent, but not everyone in college sports believes it is for the …
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By RALPH D. RUSSO
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4/4/21
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At halftime Saturday night, UCLA coach Mick Cronin challenged his team to keep it close for 10 more minutes and that they should then be able to crank up the pressure on unbeaten Gonzaga.
The …
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By MICHAEL MAROT
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4/4/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Health officials in Indiana said Saturday they are investigating whether anyone was exposed to COVID-19 by Alabama residents following Friday night’s death of a Crimson Tide …
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4/3/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Baylor has its defensive mojo back. Play like this one more time and the Bears could be national champions for the first time.
Baylor shut down Houston in a suffocating first …
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By JOHN MARSHALL
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4/3/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest from the Final Four (all times EDT):
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So far, Marcus Sasser is carrying the Houston offense. And the defense is struggling to slow …
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4/3/21
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Arizona's Aari McDonald is used to being overlooked. Now that people are paying attention, she asks they pronounce her name correctly.
For the record, it's Air-ee, not …
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By JIM VERTUNO
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4/3/21
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The last time that Tara VanDerveer and Stanford were playing for a national championship, the Pac-12 had just 10 schools and the Cardinal were the standard bearer for the …
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By DOUG FEINBERG
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4/3/21
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Grant Hill helped the U.S. win Olympic gold in 1996. He would have been on the team again in 2000 if not for injury. And he was among the college kids who famously beat the first “Dream Team” in …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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4/3/21
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CBS' Clark Kellogg has had a front row seat for Indianapolis' metamorphosis from sleepy Midwest city to a thriving pro town that also serves as the NCAA's home.
Kellogg was drafted by the Indiana …
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By JOE REEDY
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4/3/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bill Butcher and Bobby Plump grew up a generation apart and in remarkably similar worlds when it came to basketball in their home state of Indiana.
Both produced movie-script …
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By MICHAEL MAROT
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4/3/21
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Aari McDonald scored 26 points and led a smothering defensive effort for Arizona as the Wildcats beat UConn 69-59 Friday night to advance to the women’s NCAA Tournament …
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By JIM VERTUNO
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4/2/21
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Father's Day has come early for Hep Cronin this year. Actually, it has been more like Father's Month.
The 79-year-old dad of UCLA coach Mick Cronin has become an unlikely celebrity during the …
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By JOE REEDY
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4/2/21
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Haley Jones scored 24 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 32 seconds left, to help Stanford beat South Carolina 66-65 on Friday night and advance to the women's NCAA …
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By DOUG FEINBERG
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4/2/21
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Oklahoma has hired Loyola Chicago's Porter Moser as its men's basketball coach, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the move …
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By CLIFF BRUNT and ANDREW SELIGMAN
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4/2/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Johnny Juzang's impact at UCLA has been immediate since he transferred from Kentucky, giving the Bruins the scorer and dynamic player they had been missing in recent …
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By JOHN MARSHALL
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4/2/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The order popped onto the screen, a request for a 16-gigabyte USB flash drive from someone inside the NCAA Tournament bubble.
Time for Brad Bowman and his crew to get to …
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By AARON BEARD
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4/2/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Next up on the long list of wannabes eager to stop, or even slow, the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs is a team basketball fans might have heard of: UCLA.
In a strange twist that …
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By EDDIE PELLS
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4/2/21
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We should've moved on from the issue of whether to pay or not to pay at least some college athletes.
Given the billions that are generated by massive television deals and 90,000-seat stadiums — …
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By PAUL NEWBERRY
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4/2/21
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