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Feb 27

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College partnerships are bringing sports betting to campus. Are students safe?

By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes

We are weeks away from college basketball’s March Madness and billions of dollars worth of wagers on the games. As more states legalize sports betting, Paul Solman reports on the increasing concern that some colleges are too involved in its…

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Apr 05

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Kansas erases historic deficit to take the men’s national basketball title

The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels Monday after trailing by 16 points in the first half. It was the biggest comeback in a national championship in men's college basketball history in a tournament with many historic moments,…

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Apr 05

In comeback win, Kansas men defeat UNC for men’s basketball title

By Eddie Pells, Associated Press

The championship Kansas captured Monday night traced its roots back to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked very much on track for the program's fourth national title.

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Apr 04

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South Carolina Gamecocks emerge as powerhouse in women’s college basketball

By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris

South Carolina Gamecocks took home the women's college basketball championship title Sunday, defeating the University of Connecticut in a game they largely controlled from beginning to end. Rachel Bachman, a senior sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins Amna…

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Apr 03

Krzyzewski’s career comes to a close as North Carolina defeats Duke

By Eddie Pells, Associated Press

For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him.

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Apr 02

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How new NCAA rules for student-athletes are playing into this year’s March Madness

Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, fondly known as Coach K., will participate Saturday in his last Final Four, and possibly his final game, before retirement. Veteran sports writer Howard Bryant joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the matchups and…

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Mar 14

March Madness brings back pre-pandemic energy

By Eddie Pells, Associated Press

College basketball fans hungering for a return to normal this March should feel happy.

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Apr 06

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How resilience through COVID, sexism helped Stanford women’s team win NCAA championship

By Amna Nawaz, Patty Gorena Morales

In a trying year, the annual college basketball tournaments offered a welcome feeling of the familiar. The Baylor University men won their first title. But as Amna Nawaz reports, it was the women of Stanford who scored the big win,…

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Mar 31

Watch 4:49
Are college athletes employees? Supreme Court mulls compensation for student players

By John Yang, Alex D'Elia, Tess Conciatori

College basketball’s “March Madness,” which reaches its crescendo this weekend, reminds us that big-time college athletics can look like big business. As John Yang reports, it was a fitting backdrop Wednesday for a well-timed Supreme Court argument over compensation for…

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Jan 04

NCAA to play all March Madness men’s basketball games in Indiana

By Michael Marot, Associated Press

The 67 games — including the Final Four — will be played entirely in Indiana in a bid to keep the marquee event from being called off for a second consecutive year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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