Chris Dufresne
E-mailJunior Seau's brief, ferocious career at USC is recalled
May 3, 2012
Junior Seau's career at USC was like his life: remarkable but too short.
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Four-team playoff will change college football
April 26, 2012
I already miss the Bowl Championship Series like an old pair of shoes that might have stepped in something.
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Conference commissioners look at changes to BCS format
April 25, 2012
The labor-intensive drive toward a new postseason in college football continued Wednesday in South Florida with conference commissioners agreeing so far only that the status quo is off the table.
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Conference chiefs to discuss fixing college football's BCS — again
April 24, 2012
"The road ends here" is the definitive catchphrase that NCAA basketball uses to encapsulate a long season culminating at the Final Four.
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Tennessee women's basketball Coach Pat Summitt resigns
April 18, 2012
You won't start many arguments by suggesting Pat Summitt will be remembered as one of the greatest coaches of any sport, of any gender, of any generation.
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Kentucky one-times it for eighth NCAA title
April 2, 2012
NEW ORLEANS -- No one hit a jumper to send the game to overtime, or called a timeout his team didn't have, or put a missed airball in the basket to win the national title.
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Jamaal Wilkes and Reggie Miller are among Hall of Fame inductees
April 2, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Former UCLA and NBA stars Jamaal Wilkes and Reggie Miller were among the seven new members announced Monday for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Kentucky's must-win situation vs. Kansas in NCAA basketball final
April 1, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — This is a make-or-fastbreak moment for Kentucky, the one-and-done movement and Coach John Calipari.
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Rick Pitino compares Kentucky's Anthony Davis to Bill Russell
April 1, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Louisville Coach Rick Pitino, after Saturday's NCAA national semifinal defeat, had the courage to compare Kentucky freshman center Anthony Davis to Bill Russell.
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Kansas rallies to defeat Ohio State
March 31, 2012
NEW ORLEANS -- Saturday's first Final Four game had all the hype, but the second game stole the night.
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Kentucky wins Bluegrass State battle over Louisville
March 31, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Cancel that code blue alert. Kentucky fans, you can exhale now.
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Kentucky-Louisville go to great hype in Final Four
March 30, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Folks on Bourbon Street and other rues are saying this might be the best Final Two in NCAA history.
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Louisville center Gorgui Dieng becomes fluent in hoops
March 27, 2012
Three years ago, Louisville sophomore center Gorgui Dieng couldn't speak English.
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During March Madness, it's never business as usual
March 12, 2012
Lonnie Giamela received a phone call last year, just before the start of the NCAA tournament, from the owner of a manufacturing plant in North Carolina.
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Joe Paterno dies at 85; transformed Penn State into football power
January 23, 2012
During a six-decade career, Joe Paterno transformed sleepy Penn State University into a national football power, creating a legacy that no one thought could be beaten — or tarnished.
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Joe Paterno dies at 85; transformed Penn State into football power
January 23, 2012
During a six-decade career, Joe Paterno transformed sleepy Penn State University into a national football power, creating a legacy that no one thought could be beaten — or tarnished.
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Joe Paterno legacy: From triumph to tragedy in days
January 22, 2012
The death of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno at age 85 conjures myriad memories and emotions but none more immediately indelible than a snowy day in State College, Pa.
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