Stories By Dick Weiss
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Basketball
/ 9 months agoIowa’s Win over UConn Ends With Controversial Call
PHOENIX– The hype for Friday’s night’s NCAA women’s tournament semi-finals between Iowa and UConn was off the charts. Caitlin Clark, the...
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/ 9 months agoCaitlin Clark Goes Off Against Defending Champion LSU
PHILADELPHIA–I’m trying to figure out where to put Caitlin Clark in the pantheon of the greatest women’s college players of all...
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Basketball
/ 9 months agoUConn Flexes Its Muscles as NCAA tournament Moves to Final Four
BOSTON– Illinois coach Brad Underwood did not seem worried about UConn before the NCAA East Region final at the TD Garden....
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/ 9 months agoGrant Nelson Has a Breakthrough Game to Key Bama’s Upset of North Carolina
BOSTON– Alabama center Grant Nelson is a small-town kid from Devis Lake, North Dakota who chose North Dakota State over North...
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/ 9 months agoUConn Has Bulletproof Personality
BOSTION–Ever since Selection Sunday, UConn has been the talk of this NCAA tournament. The Huskies — who are the No. 1...
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Basketball
/ 9 months agoThe New Cardiac Pack Advances to the Sweet 16
PITTSBURGH– Okay, so maybe this year’s North Carolina isn’t a latter-day version of the late Jim Valvano’s 1983 Cardiac Pack, which...
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/ 9 months agoYale Gives the Ivy League Another Reason to be Proud
PITTSBURGH– Will someone please give the Ivy League some love. Princeton got to the Sweet 16 last year, defeating Arizona...
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/ 9 months agoKentucky Self Destructs Again in NCAA Tournament
PITTSBURGH, Pa.– Rick Pitino once compared the University of Kentucky basketball program to the Roman Empire. Today, John Calipari knows want...
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Basketball
/ 9 months agoWas the Big East a Victim of Tournament Politics?
PHILADELPHIA– UConn is the consensus pick to repeat as NCAA Tournament championship. The Huskies have been the dominant team in the...
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Basketball
/ 10 months agoSouth Carolina Defeats LSU in Overheated SEC Tournament Title Game
PHILADELPHIA– South Carolina woman’s basketball is still unbeaten today. The AP top-ranked Gamecocks improved to 32-0 with a 79-72 victory over...
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Basketball
/ 10 months agoHow good is Caitlin Clark?
PHILADELPHIA– Iowa’s 6-0 senior guard Caitlin Clark broke Pete Maravich’s NCAA career scoring record for NCAA major college basketball Sunday, scoring...
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/ 10 months agoCourt Storm Under Scrutiny in College Basketball
PHILADELPHIA– Court storming has always been a dangerous issue in college basketball. And it occurs much more than we’d like because...
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/ 10 months agoPitino’s first St. John’s team Has Taken a Wrong Turn
PHILADELPHIA– St. John’s basketball program crashed and burned yesterday, losing to Metro Big East rival, 68-62, in a morgue like atmosphere...
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Basketball
/ 10 months agoCaitlin Clark’s Journey Toward Immortality Continues.
PHILADELPHIA– Caitlin Clark has become the face of college basketball this season. Iowa’s 6-0 senior guard lit up Michigan for 49...
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Basketball
/ 10 months agoGonzaga Give Kentucky Third Straight Loss at Rupp
LEXINGTON, Ky.– What to make of this Kentucky team? As usual, John Calipari’s Wildcats have a roster filled with future NBA...
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Events
/ 11 months agoKelly Leaves UCLA for Offensive Coordinator’s Job at Ohio State
PHILADELPHIA– Chip Kelly has left the head coaching job at UCLA to become the offensive coordinator at Ohio State. He will...