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Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -England defender Joleon Lescott preserved Manchester City's two-point lead in the Premier League by scoring a second-half winner in a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa on Sunday.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
Getty ImagesMidwest Regional Final — No. 1 Kansas vs No. 10 Davidson
You love Davidson. I love Davidson, too. Bill Self probably even loves Davidson. Loving Davidson is like announcing that you're pro-puppy. After the Wildcats and Stephen Curry (33 points) beat No. 3 seed Wisconsin by 15 on Friday night, they became a puppy with fangs.
But it has to end on Sunday. Doesn't it? The Jayhawks are too talented, too versatile. Aren't they? Jason Lovedale is bound to wake up and realize that he is not Kevin Garnett. Jason Richards is bound to realize that he's not the next John Stockton (though perhaps he is). Stephen Curry may never wake up, and he already has inscribed his name alongside other legends of this tourney such as Cornbread Maxwell and Bo Kimble.
Self has taken a couple of teams this far but he has yet to advance to a Final Four. Bob McKillop, Davidson's coach, is likely staring at his once-in-a-lifetime chance.
It comes down to this. You're either the Timothy Busfield character in "Field of Dreams" staunchly refusing to believe that ghosts are playing baseball in a cornfield, or you're the Kevin Costner character holding onto the flimsy belief that "people will come."
Kansas is better. But … people will come.
Winner? Davidson (upon which ESPN will announce that it is producing a movie out about Davidson's season, starring Hal Holbrook as Coach McKillop, Leslie Nielsen as Lute Olson [don't ask], Lisa Rinna as Mrs. Curry and, of course, Brian Dennehy as Stephen Curry)
South Regional — No. 1 Memphis vs No. 2 Texas
The Longhorns, the only 2-seed to survive the first three rounds, have been the most popular non-No. 1 pick to advance to San Antonio. Like North Carolina, they are playing in their home state and they pounced on Stanford from the opening tap on Friday.
Memphis will win, though. John Calipari is an outstanding coach and he has the backcourt to harass A.J. Abrams and D.J. Augustin into off-games. Ask Drew Neitzel of Michigan State, who had just one field goal in Michigan State's loss to the Tigers on Friday. At one point the Spartans trailed by 34.
The Tigers' killer instinct grows with each passing game. This is the kind of team that enjoys being the villain, savors the hostile crowd. It will get one at Reliant Field on Saturday and it will prevail.
Winner? Memphis.
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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