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Boston Marathon bombings elicit reactions from sports world
Reactions on Twitter have been coming in quickly since a pair of explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday killed two people and injured dozens of others. Members of the sports world have been checking in with heartfelt statements....
Tags: Cris Carter, LeBron James, Boston Marathon, Sports, Chicago Bears
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Watch Eddie the sea otter dunk a basketball [Video]
Meet Eddie the sea otter. If you're truly a sports fan, he's about to become your favorite creature, because Eddie can dunk a basketball on a hoop in his pool at the Oregon Zoo. That's right. Check out the video above. Eddie, who was a rescue from the...
Tags: Arthritis, ESPN (tv network), Mike Tyson
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Boys' basketball: Mater Dei finishes third at City of Palms Classic
Varsity Times InsiderKatin Reinhardt finished with 28 points and Xavier Johnson added 26 points as Mater Dei captured third place at the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers (Fla.) with an 84-66 victory over Winter Park (Fla.) on Thursday. Reinhardt and...... -
Awesome, baby! Basketball analyst Dick Vitale reupped at ESPN through 2015
Show TrackerAre you serious! Call the chief 'cause he's on fire, baby! ESPN has extended the contract of catchphrase-loving basketball analyst Dick Vitale through 2015. Vitale, a former coach, is one of the longest-serving sports announcers around. He called ESPN's... -
The Bradenton Herald Alan Dell column
Bradenton HeraldIf Andrew Wiggins was at the Dick Vitale Gala, he likely would've pointed to Bill Self as the reason he chose Kansas. It's all about keeping things in perspective. Despite being the nation's top-rated basketball recruit and the Naismith High School...Tags: Steve Nash, National Basketball Association, Doug Martin (football coach), Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Schools
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Spartans will take part in Dick Vitale's charity gala
Detroit Free PressDick Vitale got emotional Thursday as he talked about the disease that will bring him together tonight with Tom Izzo, Adreian Payne and a 7-year-old from St. Johns who is battling it. "This is my life," said Vitale, 73, the longtime ESPN college...Tags: Chemotherapy, Detroit Free Press, College Basketball, Jim Calhoun, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Dick Vitale Gala attracts big names, raises big funds for cancer research
Bradenton HeraldTears will flow, laughter will erupt, and millions of dollars will be headed in the right direction. Dick Vitale will host his gala tonight at the Ritz-Carlton, and the most renowned college basketball announcer hopes to register a slam dunk in...Tags: College Basketball, Dwayne Johnson, Jim Calhoun, National Basketball Association, Orlando Magic
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UConn's Rodney Purvis To Take Practices Very Seriously
The Hartford CourantRodney Purvis is in his first week at UConn and his first game is 18 months away, but he is already in attack mode. "I kind of reframed everything in my mind," Purvis said Thursday after a one-hour workout with new teammate Ryan Boatright and assistant...Tags: Madison Square Garden, Florida State University, Jim Calhoun, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Jim Foster hiring widely lauded
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Jim Foster scrolled through his text messages Friday, shortly after being introduced as the new University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's basketball coach. Among the dozens received during the previous 24 hours, since it was announced that the 35-...Tags: Ohio State Buckeyes, College Basketball, Rutgers University, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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Three-time cancer survivor Jim Calhoun to headline Dick Vitale Gala
Bradenton Herald"I found something." Jim Calhoun calls them the three scariest words. "They are deadly when you hear it from your doctor. I've seen and experienced what cancer can do to people," Calhoun said. Approaching his 71sth birthday, Calhoun is a three-...Tags: Big East Conference, Jim Calhoun, Cancer, Skin Cancer, Prostate Cancer
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How will hoax impact Te'o in NFL Draft?
South Bend Tribune, Ind.Perhaps the height of the absurdity in the tabloid phase of Manti mania came in early February, when ESPN.com counted among its top headlines that the former Notre Dame All-America linebacker was deleting his Twitter account. Perhaps a game of FarmVille...Tags: Jon Gruden, Manti Te'o, Social Media, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Chris Collins accepts NU challenge
Chris Collins dined in the Chicago area Wednesday with Northwestern President Morton Schapiro, sources told the Tribune. Here's guessing they raised a glass and spoke of their sweet expectations -- to end the Wildcats' 75-year run of missing the NCAA...
Tags: Michigan Wolverines, Mike Krzyzewski, College Football, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference
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