NCAA seeds spread the wealth in 64 team field
The Baltimore Sun notes Kentucky athletic director C M Newton and a nine man committee selected 34 at large bids with 30 automatic qualifiers. The first 64 team field since 1985 spreads bids across conferences, highlights Detroit and UIC as notable near misses, and flags possible rematches of North Carolina Duke and Arizona in the Final Four.
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MCC
Jon LeCrone
Indianapolis
Detroit
Perry Watson
Ilinois
Chicago
Butler
Michigan State
UIC
Illinois State
Valparaiso
Illinois
Michigan
Newton
Arizona State
Arizona
Kansas
USC
Ball State
Eternity
Western Michigan
Missouri
Norm Stewart
Tigers
Maryland
Florida State
Miami
North Carolina
Duke
Midwest
Alamodome
San Antonio
Tar Heels
Unanimous All America pick heads women’s hoop teams
Chamique Holdsclaw of Tennessee earned unanimous first team honors on all 40 AP ballots after leading UT to a 33-0 record. Teammate Nykesha Sales joined on all ballots, with Ticha Penicheiro and others on the 2000–01 All-America first team, while Tamika Catchings and Nyree Roberts earned spots on the second and third teams respectively. The voting marked Holdsclaw and Penicheiro as the first repeat first-team selections in AP history.
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New York
Chamique Holdsclaw
Tennessee
Holdsclaw
Uconn
Nykesha Sales
Old Dominion
Ticha Penicheiro
Texas Tech
Alicia Thompson
North Carolina
Tracy Reid
Sales
Nyree Roberts
Catchings
Alabama
Dominique Canty
Florida
Murriel Page
Stanford
Kristin Folk
Louisiana Tech
Alisa Barras
Roberts
Arizona
Adia Barnes
Hlinois
Ashley Berggren
Maine
Cindy Blodgett
Stephen F. Austin
Katrina Price
Swenson Leads Iditarod Into Rainy Pass
Five time champion Rick Swenson sprinted to the Rainy Pass checkpoint in the Alaska Range, arriving at 8 14 a.m. and leading by about an hour and a half over nearest rival Charlie Boulding of Manley Alaska.
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Rainy Pass
Alaska
Rick Swenson
Swenson
Alaska Range
Charlie Boulding
Manley
Xavier basketball player pleads innocent in DUI case
Xavier University guard Darnell Williams entered an innocent plea in Hamilton County Municipal Court on Monday as prosecutors charged him with driving intoxicated. Judge John West did not set a trial date.
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Xavier
Cincinnati
Darnell Williams
Williams
Hamilton County
John West
Lipinski Likely To Skip World Figure Skating Championship
Tara Lipinski said she will not compete at the World Figure Skating Championships due to fatigue and an infection. The Nagano Olympic champion, the youngest individual gold medalist, had hesitated to commit and her agent called skipping the event a legitimate question given the quick rise after her Nagano success.
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Warren
Mich
Tara Lipinski
Lipinski
Nagano
Michael Burg
Tyson sues former managers over promoter deal
Mike Tyson filed two lawsuits in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking 100 million dollars in damages per suit. He alleges Rory Holloway and John Horne pressured him in a 1992 prison visiting room to make Don King his exclusive promoter, saying he lost millions as a result. Tyson was imprisoned for rape at the time.
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Los Angeles
Mike Tyson
Don King
King
Los Angeles Superior Court
Tyson
Rory Holloway
John Horne
Indiana
Mason faces postponed hearing on statutory rape charges
Anthony Mason a forward for the Charlotte Hornets and his cousin were charged last month with statutory rape and sexual abuse of two 14 and 15 year old sisters. The hearing was postponed to April 7 as prosecutors and defense seek more time to prepare.
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New York
Charlotte Hornets
Anthony Mason
Mason
Queens
Maureen Moore
William Duggins
York College
College basketball tournament seed list and venues
A fragmented NCAA first round listing shows multiple teams such as Michigan State, North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky, and others matched with venues like Hartford Civic Center, MCI Center, Rupp Arena, and Georgia Dome. The text outlines regional first round sites and participating schools in a 1998 Tribune Media Services transcription.
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New York
Chicago
Houston
San Antonio
New Jersey
Milwaukee
Washington
Phoenix
Denver
Seattle
Toronto
Hartford Civic Center
Hartford
Michigan State
Eastern Michigan
North Carolina
Navy N.C
Charlotte
Illinois
Princeton
Nevada
Las Vegas
D.C
Connecticut
Fairleigh Dickerson
Area
Sacramento
Calif
Arizona
Nicholls State
Tennessee
South Alabama Maryland
Utah State
University Pavilion
Boise
Idaho
Arkansas
Nebraska
Utah Francisco Temple
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Northern Arizona
Georgia Dome
Atlanta
Duke
Sues Radford
Oklahoma State
Syracuse
Slona New Mexico
Rupp
Lexington
Kent
U.s.la
Michigan
Massachusetts
St. Louis Kentucky
Oklahoma City
Okla
Kansas
Prairie View Rhode Island
Murray State
Mississippi
Valparaiso
Midwest
Western Michigan
Call of
Charleston
Detroit Mercy
Delaware
Tribune Media Services, Inc
Sports Schedule Highlights From National Games
Pro basketball features Miami versus Chicago and Phoenix against Denver. Pro hockey includes New Jersey versus Philadelphia with additional games and replays. NCAA and NIT events list Georgetown, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Arizona State, Hawaii, Indiana, Detroit, St. Louis, Colorado, Vancouver, Chicago, and Denver across multiple time slots and tournaments.
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Miami
Chicago
Georgetown
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Arizona State
Hawaii
Vancouver
Denver
Detroit
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