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• Griner helps Baylor cap 40-0 season

  April 4, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 DENVER – Brittney Griner and Baylor left no doubt they’re head and shoulders above any team in the country. In fact, they’re perfect.

• Kentucky earns state bragging rights, heads to final

  April 1, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 NEW ORLEANS – Kentucky owns the Bluegrass State. Now it can concentrate on the rest of the country Anthony Davis and top-seeded Kentucky will play for the national title Monday …

• UConn, Notre Dame women hold no secrets

  April 1, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 DENVER – The UConn-Notre Dame semifinal matchup at the women’s basketball Final Four offers no secrets or surprises. The Big East bullies are meeting for the fourth time this season …

• Kentucky’s Kidd-Gilchrist plays for dad, uncle

  March 31, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 NEW ORLEANS – The two most important men in Michael Kidd-Gilchrist’s life will be on display tonight at the national semifinals in New Orleans. They’re the two names sewn into …

• Altitude shouldn’t bother Final Four women

  March 31, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 DENVER – The rust-colored sign in the arena’s loading dock serves as both a welcome and a warning for players when they step off the team bus. The greeting part …

• Bluegrass State divides allegiances for NCAA semifinal

  March 31, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 NEW ORLEANS – Kentucky coach John Calipari likes to say there are no rivalry games at this point in the season. Try telling that to the Bluegrass State, where basketball’s …

• Kentucky-Indiana game deep in tradition

  March 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 ATLANTA – At Kentucky, the bar is set a lot higher than most places. National championship or bust.

• Louisville knocks out top-seeded Michigan State

  March 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 PHOENIX – Magic Johnson came to cheer for Michigan State and Muhammad Ali sat in Louisville’s section. Tony La Russa and Albert Pujols asked for seats behind home plate but …

• Wisconsin loses 64-63 to top-seeded Syracuse

  March 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 BOSTON – Syracuse will be playing for a spot in the Final Four because of numbers. C.J. Fair put up some like he hadn’t in a while, and the Orange …

• North Carolina’s Marshall probably won’t play

  March 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 ST. LOUIS – North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall watched his teammates from the side of the court, cradling a basketball and occasionally giving it a bounce or two with …

• Ohio teams set to square off

  March 22, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 BOSTON – There are 347 schools playing Division I men’s basketball. Thirteen are from Ohio. Four of those are among the 16 teams still playing in the NCAA tournament. Only …

• Pitino, Izzo face off in Phoenix

  March 22, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 PHOENIX – Watching his team commit the same mistake for the third time in less than a minute, Louisville coach Rick Pitino screams, “Stop!,” shakes his head in disgust and …

• Zags gear up for high-scoring Miami

  March 19, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Sylvia Bullock and Shenise Johnson probably agree on a lot of things, but they sang different tunes when asked about their cross-country trip to Spokane for the first two rounds …

• Gonzaga vs. Miami: Remaining tickets on sale at 9 a.m.

  March 19, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 No. 3 MIAMI Region: Kingston

• Even in losing, this team was GU at its best

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 PITTSBURGH – In the walk-in closet at Consol Energy Center where the Gonzaga Bulldogs changed clothes Saturday, Robert Sacre sent off one wave of inquisitors and greeted the next. “Here … 1

• GU’s No. 3 puts the heat on Knights

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C15 Haiden Palmer’s confident swagger doesn’t just exist on the basketball court. While fielding questions in a postgame press conference following No. 11 Gonzaga’s first-round NCAA tournament victory over sixth-seeded Rutgers, …

• Craft created problems for Gonzaga

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C8 PITTSBURGH – Aaron Craft not only guided Ohio State to a third-round NCAA tournament victory Saturday. He also gave the Buckeyes’ next opponent plenty to think about.

• Buckeyes had plenty of weapons

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C9 PITTSBURGH – Gonzaga was satisfied with its defensive effort on Ohio State standout forward Jared Sullinger. But the rest of the Buckeyes, particularly sophomore point guard Aaron Craft, sophomore forward …

• NCAA men’s tournament capsules

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 East At Pittsburgh

• Lady Zags more than tough enough

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C2 The strokes of the familiar mixed with the hues of the unfamiliar painted a canvas that promised to be anything but bland. From the moment the No. 6 Rutgers and …

• Zags fall to Buckeyes when late shots don’t

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 PITTSBURGH – Gonzaga clawed back from a 10-point deficit to forge a tie and somehow had a Consol Energy Center crowd roaring despite a preponderance of Ohio State scarlet in …

• O’Quinn, upstart Norfolk State now aim for Gators

  March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 OMAHA, Neb. – Kyle O’Quinn has long been a known commodity in the after-thought of a conference in which he plays. Now everybody seems to know his name.

• Gonzaga men can’t buck Ohio State

  March 17, 2012 in News, Sports Gonzaga clawed back from a 10-point deficit to forge a tie and somehow had a Consol Energy Center crowd roaring despite a preponderance of Ohio State scarlet in the stands. … 10

• Blanchette: Don’t try to pigeonhole Gonzaga

  March 17, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 PITTSBURGH – This is about the stage of March Madness when the Gonzaga apostle begins peeking at Faust’s bracket and weighing the bargain. Do you give up everything you have …

• Racers chasing sweet result

  March 17, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 Men’s NCAA tournament: Murray State basketball has experienced 25 straight winning seasons, won 23 OVC regular-season championships and 15 conference tournament titles, all without reaching a Sweet 16. Now, for …

• Friday’s NCAA tournament capsules

  March 17, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 Midwest At Greensboro, N.C.

• Sacre entertains media throng

  March 17, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 PITTSBURGH – Robert Sacre never made it into the Gonzaga locker room. After he finished a semiformal question-and-answer session in the interview room alongside teammates Kevin Pangos and Elias Harris, …

• Gonzaga guards against repeating history

  March 17, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 PITTSBURGH – If it seems like the Gonzaga Bulldogs have been here before it’s because, well, they have. In the 2011 NCAA tournament, No. 11-seeded Gonzaga dismantled No. 6 St. …

• Missouri loves company

  March 17, 2012 in Sports on Page C4 Oh, those fabulous 15s. Did they leave your bracket in shambles? Join the club. And sit back and enjoy this one. Because 10 – or 15 – years from now, …

• Blanchette: Don’t try to pigeonhole Gonzaga

  March 16, 2012 in Sports This is about the stage of March Madness when the Gonzaga apostle begins peeking at Faust’s bracket and weighing the bargain. 19

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