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• Another drugs-in-sports hearing on Hill

  - 2008-02-22

  Congress will take yet another look at drugs in sports next week, with a hearing that will feature top names from all four major professional leagues, the NCAA and the U.S. Olympic Committee. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NBA commissioner David Stern and NHL...

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• sports in brief

  - 2007-07-21

  Local & state: Beasley's 13 pointshelp U.S. team rout Argentina Kansas State's incoming freshman Michael Beasley scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Team USA walloped Argentina 112-86 on Friday in the U19 World Championships quarterfinals in Novi Sad, Serbia. Beasley shot 5 of 11...

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• Charity event attracts a crowd

  - 2007-05-17

  Every time you tuned on ESPN during April, chances were Ron Jaworski would show up to report on the NFL draft.But whenever he saw old NFL friends and coaches on his travels, Jaworski fielded one question more than any other: Do you have any room in your Atlantic City golf...

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• 'Brackets guy' takes regional act national

  - 2006-03-19

  Joe Lunardi last week made stops at ABC'sGood Morning America, NBC'sToday Show and the CBSEvening News. Never was a bracketologist in such demand. The 45-year-old Drexel Hill resident has become the foremost expert on which teams will make the NCAA men's basketball tournament and which teams won't. ...

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• Analysts say much, add little to selection show

  - 2006-03-13

  Granted, the only thing that analysts on TV -- whatever they're purportedly analyzing -- cannot say is, "How would I know?" But something about the NCAA men's tournament brings out a willingness, among TV talking heads, to confidently predict almost anything. Consider CBS' college basketball studio about four hours...

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• Clarett in more trouble?

  - 2004-02-05

  Ohio State is investigating a report that a benefactor of Maurice Clarett was gambling while in daily contact with the star running back. Athletic director Andy Geiger said Wednesday he was "obviously concerned" about the allegations against Bobby Dellimuti, who calls himself a father figure and friend...

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