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Wisconsin beats Arizona 64-63 in OT in West Region
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BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer 
Mar 30, 2014
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Frank Kaminsky carried Wisconsin to the Final Four with 28 points, including six in overtime, as the Badgers defeated Arizona 6...
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Florida 1st to Final Four, beating Dayton 62-52
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Teresa M. Walker, AP Sports Writer 
Mar 30, 2014
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — First yet again this season, the Florida Gators want more. Much more. Try a national championship. Scottie Wilbekin scored 23 po...
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N.C. State beats Xavier 74-59 in NCAA First Four
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JOE KAY, AP Sports Writer 
Mar 19, 2014
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Given a second chance, T.J. Warren put on a show in the NCAA tournament. The hard-to-guard sophomore forward scored 16 of his 25 p...
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Albany wins First Four game to advance in NCAA
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RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer 
Mar 19, 2014
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — D.J. Evans is charitably listed at 5-foot-9. His coach and teammates tease him that he looks a foot shorter. Yet he stood awfully ...
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Manhattan wins MAAC title over rival Iona 71-68
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PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press 
Mar 11, 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Manhattan's first trip to the NCAA tournament in a decade came at the expense of rival Iona one year after the Gaels beat th...
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Kevin Harvick wins second straight at Phoenix
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JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer 
Mar 03, 2014
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Harvick had a nice send-off with Richard Childress Racing, winning his penultimate race with the team at Phoenix Internat...
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NASCAR: Keselowski to start on pole at Phoenix
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JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer 
Mar 01, 2014
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A few drivers, like Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, raced onto the track to get in their qualifying sessions. Others waited, s...
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Yankees: Jeter goes hitless in first exhibition game
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MARK DIDTLER Associated Press 
Feb 28, 2014
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Derek Jeter got a partial standing ovation Thursday before going hitless in two at-bats in the first spring training game of his fi...
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Junior back in Victory Lane — at Daytona 500
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JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer 
Feb 24, 2014
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. cruised down pit road, stopping just long enough for Rick Hendrick to climb halfway inside his window fo...
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Costly, political, successful: Sochi Olympics end
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JOHN LEICESTER, AP Sports Writer 
Feb 24, 2014
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Flushed with pride after its athletes' spectacular showing at the costliest Olympics ever, Russia celebrated Sunday night with a ...
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18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin wins Olympic slalom
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HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Sports Writer 
Feb 21, 2014
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Normally so composed, so in control, so not-very-teenlike on and off the slopes, Mikaela Shiffrin suddenly found herse...
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Locker room culture in spotlight as combine begins
National Sports, Pro Teams
DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Pro Football Writer 
Feb 21, 2014
INDIANAPOLIS — This could be as good a time as there has ever been for an openly gay player in the NFL. The league will be watching. In the wake of th...
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Canada women beat US 3-2 in OT for Olympic gold
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JIMMY GOLEN - AP Sports Writer 
Feb 20, 2014
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The puck skittered the length of the ice on its way toward the empty Canadian net before clanging off the post and stopping in fr...
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Russia loses shot at Olympic hockey gold
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DAVID PACE Associated Press 
Feb 20, 2014
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A Russian hockey team with immense expectations lost its shot at an Olympic title Wednesday at a Winter Games tempered by violenc...
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Bills’ Smith takes shot writing about fashion
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JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer 
Feb 07, 2013
BUFFALO — Of the many hats jack-of-all-trades specialist Brad Smith wears playing for the Buffalo Bills, none of them happen to be designed by Tommy H...
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Giants beat Cardinals 6-1 to force NLCS Game 7
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JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer 
Oct 22, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Vogelsong and the San Francisco Giants saved their season once more, pushing St. Louis to a winner-take-all Game 7 in the NL cham...
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