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NCAA Tournament Expected to Show All Games in Entirety

By Evan HilbertFeb 10th 2011 – 10:30AM

Television has finally figured out how to broadcast the NCAA tournament. CBS and Turner Sports will announce Thursday that there will basically be basketball from noon to midnight at the start of the tourney, abandoning the lull in the early evening in the opening rounds. Instead of bunching the games together...

Camel Wrestling a Saliva-Soaked Tradition

By David MoyeApr 7th 2010 – 1:27PM
Mustafa Najafizada, AP

Mustafa Najafizada, AP

(April 7) -- Tiger Woods may be the big thing at the Masters Tournament this week, but in rural parts of Turkey and Afghanistan, many of the locals are still more interested in camels. That's because folks from Kabul to Istanbul are big followers of the ancient sport of camel wrestling, which is as popular as the Masters...

March Madness: A Hit Everywhere Except the Stands

By Jon WeinbachMar 19th 2010 – 3:51PM

Sure, Thursday's first round NCAA Tournament games were incredibly entertaining and kept millions of viewers tuned to CBS's TV and online coverage. But when it comes to actual attendance at the arenas ... they were duds. Several venues, including the New Orleans Arena, the Ford Center in Oklahoma City and the HP...

Sloan Is A&M's Rock as Aggies Roll

By Terrance HarrisFeb 15th 2010 – 4:53PM

Ask anyone in the Big 12 and they'll be quick to tell you the heart and determination Texas A&M senior guard Donald Sloan plays with is almost uncanny. Sloan will tell you he's learned from the best. He had the privilege of watching some of the most poised basketball players in the college game lead the Aggies during his...

Regrouped Texas A&M Back On a Roll

By Terrance HarrisFeb 11th 2010 – 12:38PM

Well before the season began, it seemed like Texas A&M's year was going to be more about what the Aggies lost than what they had coming back, particularly with the early departure of emerging center Chinemelu Elonu to the pros. Things only seemed to get worse when the Aggies' best defender, Derrick Roland, went down with...

NcaaTournament News From the Web

  • 02/23/12 What We Learned in Knoxville Source: The Clarion-Ledger - Jackson MS The full extent of Reginald Buckner's knee problems were exposed for perhaps the first time on Wednesday.
  • 02/22/12 Princeton (SID): Ivy Picture to Become Clearer for... Source: The Mid-Majority Now in 22nd place on the school's career scoring list with 1,068 points, Ian Hummer's next several Tiger alums to pass are current Richmond coach Chris Mooney '94 (1,071), Bob Roma '79 (1,076), Barnes Hauptfuhrer '76 (1,079), Carl Belz '59 (1,088), Judson Wallace '05 (1,090), Ted Manakas '73 (1,099).
  • 02/22/12 NCAA postseason watch: Freshman guards helping CU in... Source: The Denver Post - Denver CO The regular season is heading toward the finish for the state's three Division I men's basketball teams with the best chance of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament or, as a consolation, the National Invitation Tournament.
  • 02/22/12 Seton Hall upsets Georgetown Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO Jordan Theodore scored a career-high 29 points to lead Seton Hall to the win it needed for its NCAA Tournament credentials, a 73-55 victory over No. 9 Georgetown on Tuesday night.
  • 02/22/12 Colorado State Rams get huge victory over MW-leading... Source: The Denver Post - Denver CO It is almost March, and Moby is staying magical.

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