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NEW YORK (AP) — Butler lost twice to Saint Louis this season with a few days' rest. Playing their third game in three days at the Atlantic 10 tournament, the Bulldogs couldn't hang in against the physical Billikens in Saturday's 67-56 semifinal...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Duquesne coach Jim Ferry got a glimpse into his future plans Tuesday night. He watched No. 15 Butler play lockdown defense, rely on balanced scoring and win going away. If the Dukes can follow that recipe, they might start...

Whitehall softball coach Alexis Berg-Townsend is expecting her first child, a boy, in early July. The last thing she needed this season was a team to give her problems and add stress. Berg-Townsend said that these 2013 Zephyrs have been the perfect...

NFL Team Report - Atlanta Falcons - INSIDE SLANT Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff has made a trade in every draft he's directed for the Falcons. He's made big trades (Julio Jones and Sam Baker) and he's made little ones (trading up for Jacquizz...

When packing for Illinois' trip to Austin, Texas, to play Colorado in Friday's NCAA tournament matchup, Illini coach John Groce will skip the cowboy hat and boots. He cannot vouch for his wife, Allison. "I'll leave that to her,'' Groce said Sunday...

The Final Four is more than a week away, but college basketball’s annual offseason intrigue already is at full boil, especially here in our little corner of paradise. We’ve got it all, from conference realignment to the coaching carousel and...

For What it’s Worth—March 26 -- There’s just a moment to breathe and do some laundry before the craziness of the Sweet 16. I know the bracket’s busted but… Wichita State, Florida Gulf Coast and LaSalle have grabbed...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL| |NCAA DII TOURNEY| |At San Antonio| |Quarterfinals| Augustana (27-6) vs. Clayton St. (32-0), noon Dowling (28-3) vs. Colorado Mesa (31-1), 2:30 p.m. Nova Southeastern (23-8) vs. Western Washington...

SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- Oregon is riding its much-debated No. 12 seed all the way to the round of 16. Damyean Dotson scored 23 points, Carlos Emory added 14 points and the hot-shooting Ducks sprinted past fourth-seeded Saint Louis 74-57 in the NCAA...

SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- Dwayne Evans scored 24 points, Cody Ellis added 12 points and fourth-seeded Saint Louis overwhelmed New Mexico State 64-44 in the second round of the NCAA tournament Thursday. Playing through the death of Rick Majerus in December,...

Sports gambling expert Marc Lawrence of Weston, who runs Playbook.com, put out these thoughts as we approach the NCAA tournament. I could pretend like I do this much studying, but it would be really faking it. So I'm just going to hand him the platform...

VCU enters the NCAA tournament with a 26-8 record, not quite as glossy as last season, when the Rams were 28-6. Yet VCU is a No. 5 seed, light years better than last year’s No. 12. Coach Shaka Smart knows why. “A lot of people don’...