College Basketball

Chambers picked in second round of WNBA Draft

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Kansas State's Brittany Chambers was taken by the Los Angeles Sparks with the 22nd overall pick of the 2013 WNBA draft.  Here is the full release from Kansas State on Chambers being drafted: Kansas State guard Brittany Chambers was selected with the...

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Otto Porter Jr., Nerlens Noel declare for NBA draft

All-American Otto Porter Jr. announced Monday he is leaving Georgetown after his sophomore season and declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft. Porter, a 6-foot-8 forward, was the Big East player of the year and finished second in the voting...

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Ostrarello hoping to hear from WNBA tonight

Sam Ostarello will soon learn her professional basketball fate.  The Stanley County graduate will hope to hear her name called during tonight’s WNBA Draft, which is starts at 7 on ESPN2. Ostarello recently finished her collegiate career at Purdue,...

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New Solehi boys basketball coach Ben Tannous: "I was surprised I was picked."

Burke leaving Michigan early for NBA draft

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The time was right for Trey Burke. The Michigan star made it official Sunday: He's leaving the Wolverines to enter the NBA draft. The move came as no surprise after Burke was voted The Associated Press national player of...

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Michigan's Trey Burke declares for the NBA draft

The time was right for Trey Burke. The Michigan star made it official Sunday: He's leaving the Wolverines to enter the NBA draft. The move came as no surprise after Burke was voted the Associated Press national player of the year and led Michigan to the...

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Scoreboard -- April 13, 2013

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Digest: UMES bid for bowling three-peat falls short

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BOE member questions practice of naming schools for people or families

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Seven Washington County Public Schools — including Bester and E. Russell Hicks — are named for people or families, but at least one board member wants that practice to stop. School board member Karen Harshman raised questions about the...

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For What It's Worth: April 13th

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For What it's Worth-- April 13th -- I'm sure that coaches and players wouldn't agree, but I'm ready for college hoops to start again.  One week's hiatus is enough, even with the grind of the post season-I've found myself going through hoops withdraw.  No,...

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National champion UMBC looks to spread word about cricket

When Chirag Vani, 27, stepped onto the field for the title match at the American College Cricket national championship last month, he and the rest of the UMBC cricket club were confident. "We had won the Mid-Atlantic Regional last year, so we had...

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Harrison Ford steals the show in `42'

Harrison Ford has always been a thief. On the screen. In "Star Wars," Han Solo was on the run for nefarious deeds from the moment we met him. In the "Indiana Jones" universe, we first see Mr. Jones as he steals a priceless artifact and is almost...

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