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N. Carolina Hiker Bumps Into President, First Lady

(April 26) -- On a remote wooded path in North Carolina on Friday, a 65-year-old woman took a solitary hike. Little did she know she'd meet President Barack Obama and the first lady along the way. The chance encounter happened when Westerville, Ohio, resident Karen Russell was hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail just off...

Green Sun Devils Show No Fear at CWS

Although it features one of the least experienced rosters in the nation, Arizona State has refused to rattle. In fact, don't even try to use the inexperience card when discussing the Sun Devils, who entered the College World Series without a senior starter. They dominated the Pacific-10 Conference and have remained perfect...

UNC Looms as Villain in MSU Fairy Tale

DETROIT -- Maybe it's his folksy arrogance, the Huckleberry Hound-with-an-attitude rub. Maybe it was the way he lectured TV reporter Bonnie Bernstein, saying, "I could give a (bleep) about Carolina right now" when she asked about his future plans after his 2003 national title-game loss. Maybe it was the Kansas button he...

Plenty of Motivation for Spartans, Heels

DETROIT -- Somewhere on the Road to the Final Four, which once it finally gets to this championship round is called The Road Ends Here, should have been some guys holding placards that read: "Hooping for a Cause."They should've been wearing Michigan State green and North Carolina blue. They should've been Spartans and Tar...

A Study in Opposites

Somewhere in Michigan State's middle-class brand of Michigan hope and mixed martial basketball, and North Carolina's mechanized cavalry of an offensive attack, there may be a similarity or two lurking somewhere. But you've got about as good a chance of finding it as you do spotting an opposing fan in Ford Field's South...