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Five Things I Learned – The Worm Goes To Springfield

Steve Kaplowitz — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:01:26 +0000

As we get ready for college basketball's National Championship game tonight, here are five things I learned this week in sports.

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Ten Things I Learned – Butler is Back!

Steve Kaplowitz — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:00:02 +0000

It was a busy sports week, dominated by the third and fourth rounds of the NCAA Tournament. As usual, there were plenty of surprises:

1. Butler and VCU belong in the Final Four. The Cinderella Bulldogs and Rams put on another great show for the college basketball world

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Kansas 'Self' Destructs

Andy Lee — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:03:05 +0000

In fairness to the VCU Rams, they outplayed the last remaining number one seed in the maddest of March Madnesses in a long time. The selection committee could have never imagined one of its last four teams in the tournament would make a run to Houston and the Final Four. Only Shaka Smart, his tough as nails Rams, and the most die hard VCU fans could have ever conceived what VCU accomplished.

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Five More Questions to Ponder (for tonights games)

Andy Lee — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:23:56 +0000

With the exception of Ohio State/Kentucky tonight's games don't have the same appeal as last nights, but is hasn't stopped me from wondering.

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