Cal Bears
![FILE - Utah Valley head coach Mark Madsen directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. California is hiring a former Stanford star to revive its struggling basketball program. The Golden Bears have agreed to a contract with Mark Madsen to replace the fired Mark Fox following the worst season in school history.]()
Cal hires Mark Madsen as basketball coachCalifornia is hiring a former Stanford star to revive its struggling basketball program. The Golden Bears have announced that Mark Madsen was signed to replace Mark Fox, who was fired following the...By JOSH DUBOW
Stanford Cardinal
![FILE - Utah Valley head coach Mark Madsen directs his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. California is hiring a former Stanford star to revive its struggling basketball program. The Golden Bears have agreed to a contract with Mark Madsen to replace the fired Mark Fox following the worst season in school history.]()
Cal hires Mark Madsen as basketball coachCalifornia is hiring a former Stanford star to revive its struggling basketball program. The Golden Bears have announced that Mark Madsen was signed to replace Mark Fox, who was fired following the...By JOSH DUBOW
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![San Diego State practices for their Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 31, 2023, in Houston. San Diego State and Florida Atlantic play on Saturday.]()
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![Miami head coach Jim Larranaga speaks during a news conference in preparation for the Final Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Houston. Miami will face UConn on Saturday.]()
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![South Carolina's Victaria Saxton, at left, and Maryland's Diamond Miller, at left, jump the ball to start their Elite 8 game in the first half of an Elite 8 college basketball game of the NCAA Tournament in Greenville, S.C., Monday, March 27, 2023.]()
- Jim Nantz, Tim Cluess, Joe Mihalich and Gail Marquis are this year’s recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award. Nantz has been the voice of March Madness since 1986 when he started calling early-round games for CBS. He became the Final Four... By DOUG FEINBERG
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![FILE - North Carolina state Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, at right, speaks with Rep. Terence Everitt, D-Wake, after a House Commerce Committee at the Legislative Office Building on Tuesday, March, 21, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. Sports gambling in North Carolina soared over a major hurdle on the track to its ultimate authorization on Tuesday, March 28, as the House voted for legislation to permit, regulate and tax wagering activities less than a year after the chamber scuttled a similar effort. Saine is a chief sponsor of a sports gambling measure that received initial approval in the state House on Tuesday.]()
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![South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates with the net after defeating Maryland in an Elite 8 college basketball game of the NCAA Tournament in Greenville, S.C., Monday, March 27, 2023.]()
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![FILE - Sportscaster Bryant Gumbel speaks on stage at HBO 2015 Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 8, 2015. Bryant Gumbel will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 44th Sports Emmy Awards on May 22 in New York. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences made the announcement on Tuesday, March 28, 2023.(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)]()
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![FILE - Masai Ujiri walks on the basketball court during a three-day basketball training camp run by Giants of Africa in Juba, South Sudan on Aug. 20, 2019. Several prospects from the NBA Academy in Africa are playing in the new season of the Basketball Africa League. Now in its third season, the league was created by the NBA in partnership with FIBA to help grow the sport in Africa.]()
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![UConn head coach Dan Hurley celebrates after cutting down the netting from the 82-54 win against Gonzaga of an Elite 8 college basketball game in the West Region final of the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Las Vegas.]()
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![FILE - Troy Vincent, Executive Vice President of Football Operations at the NFL, speaks to reporters during NFL meetings in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. The NFL will consider significant changes to the kicking game. Troy Vincent said Friday, March 24, 2023, that the competition committee looked at various rules on kickoffs in college and the spring leagues to try to reduce injuries on what is one of the more dangerous plays.]()
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![Florida Atlantic guards Bryan Greenlee (4), Brandon Weatherspoon (23) and Alijah Martin (15) react after the team defeated Tennessee 62-55 in a Sweet 16 college basketball game in the East Regional of the NCAA tournament at Madison Square Garden, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in New York.]()
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![FILE - South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates after beating UConn, 64-49, to win the championship game of the NCAA college basketball Final Four in Minneapolis, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Women’s college basketball believes it has the makings for a hit reality TV show. Those engaged in the sport hope to give network execs another glimpse this weekend of why they need to ante up during March Madness.]()
