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Baylor Favored to Rule Big 12

This was almost the swan song for the Big 12. There was a point in the summer when the conference that has played the toughest, most bruising women's basketball in the nation faced its end, placed smack in the middle of the "super-conference" scramble that almost resulted in the dissolution of the Big 12. But the Big 12...

Griner Gives Baylor Hope, But UConn Just Too Deep

SAN ANTONIO -- Sunday's national semifinal between Connecticut and Baylor here presents a couple of those juicy conundrums that tend to present themselves at this time of the year. At first blush, it would seem that the Lady Bears, staring into the teeth of the hurricane that is Connecticut's record 76-game winning...

Even Against Connecticut, Baylor's Mulkey Miscast as Underdog

The poor press room moderator never realized how overmatched he was. Time and again, he would tell the reporters assembled in the FedEx Forum press room that Baylor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey would first issue an opening statement, then field questions. And time and again, Mulkey would waive off the statement...

Barmore Fills the Void at Baylor

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Leon Barmore moves like a man of leisure, hands in his pockets, walking like he's in no particular hurry. While the Baylor team was in the locker room Sunday afternoon getting ready for practice heading into Monday's second-round NCAA game against Georgetown, Barmore was wandering the halls at Haas...

Baylor Survives Without Brittney Griner

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- From Brittney Griner's seat in the front row behind the Baylor bench, she had to see it clearly: her team needs her back.Playing without its star center for the second straight game -- Griner's penalty for punching Texas Tech's Jordan Barncastle eight days ago -- Baylor played nearly to the wire with...

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05/30/12 Woman who faked having Breast Cancer faces more charges Source: ABC - WWTI 50 - Watertown NY The woman accused of profiting from fundraisers because police say she lied about having breast cancer now faces 16 separate counts.
05/30/12 Canandaigua woman accused of faking breast cancer... Source: NBC - WHEC-TV News10 - Rochester NY News10NBC will be in court Wednesday morning following new developments in the case of Canandaigua woman accused of faking breast cancer and collecting thousands of dollars in donations.
05/21/12 Case against Canandaigua woman accused of faking... Source: NBC - WHEC-TV News10 - Rochester NY The case of a woman accused of faking cancer and taking donations will be in court this week.