March 26, 2012
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Exhaustion seemed to wash over the face of North Carolina coach Roy Williams. His voice kept catching, his lips quivering so much that he often had to stop mid-sentence. It's hard to lose deep in the NCAA tournament.
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January 16, 2012
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Booed off the field at halftime by their fans, the collapse of the once-perfect Green Bay Packers was as swift as it was complete. The defending Super Bowl champions looked anything but in Sunday's 37-20 playoff loss to New York, droppi...
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January 31, 2011
GREENSBORO -- Ryan Bradley's free skate was flawed, uncharacteristically conservative and, frankly, a little disappointing. Not that Bradley cares. A national title is a national title, regardless of how you get it.
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January 30, 2011
GREENSBORO -- When Caitlin Yankowskas first suggested to John Coughlin that they skate to "Ave Maria," Coughlin said absolutely not.
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GREENSBORO -- Olympic and world silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their third consecutive ice dance title, leading a 1-2-3 sweep by skaters from their rink in Canton, Mich. No American has won an Olympic or world title in ice dance, a str...
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GREENSBORO -- Alissa Czisny knew what people thought of her. Fragile. Inconsistent. Can't handle the pressure. A disappointment. Now there's only one word to describe her: champion.
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January 29, 2011
GREENSBORO -- There's no one in the U.S. who can compare with Meryl Davis and Charlie White. Keep skating this way, and there might not be anyone in the world who can touch them, either.
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GREENSBORO -- Ryan Bradley sure knows how to give fans what they want. Three months after putting retirement on hold, thanks to a fan campaign on Twitter and Facebook, Bradley stole the show from two-time national champion Jeremy Abbott and won the short...
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January 28, 2011
GREENSBORO -- Six months ago, Mary Beth Marley had never done a throw jump or a pairs lift. Now she and Rockne Brubaker are sitting in third place at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. It's a testament to the talent of Brubaker, a national champion at...
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GREENSBORO (AP) — No tricks or potions here. Just Mirai Nagasu being her usual enchanting self. The 2008 champion edged fellow previous winners Alissa Czisny and Rachael Flatt in the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thu...
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January 27, 2011
GREENSBORO -- There are days Mirai Nagasu is so brilliant she'll bring coach Frank Carroll to tears. Then there are days she'll make Carroll want to tear his hair out. "That's Mirai," he said Wednesday. "The thing about her that's baffling...
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January 26, 2011
GREENSBORO (AP) — Organizers of a semester-long series of activities at Michigan were brainstorming last year when someone mentioned Olympic silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White were students at the school. Maybe, organizers thought, the i...
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January 5, 2011
Olympic champion Evan Lysacek will be at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro this month, after all. It just won't be as a competitor, for the first time since 1998.
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January 4, 2011
Olympic champion Evan Lysacek will still be at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships later this month in Greensboro.For the first time since 1998, however, it won't be as a competitor.
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April 7, 2009
DETROIT (AP) — Forget 40 minutes. North Carolina didn't even need 40 seconds.Rebound, rebound, putback. Strip, rebound, putback.Game.Those two possessions, lasting all of 33 seconds early in the first half, were part of a blitz from which Michigan S...
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August 12, 2008
BEIJING (AP) — The roar began as soon as Chen Yibing's feet hit the mat, a primal scream that was four pressure-packed years in the making.Only half the meet was over, but so was this competition.China has the Olympic title it has long craved and everyo...
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March 31, 2008
DETROIT -- Stephen Curry darted this way, faked that way. Nothing open, and the bright red numbers on the clock getting close to zero. He was the right guy -- the only guy -- to take the biggest shot of the NCAA tournament. But there wasn't one. All he co...
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March 29, 2008
DETROIT -- On the red trim at the bottom of his shoes, Stephen Curry has written in black marker, "I can do all things." Yes, yes he can. And because of him, Davidson is marching on. Curry scored more than 30 points for a third straight game, an...
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March 28, 2008
DETROIT (AP)- Stephen Curry knocked down yet another 3, thumped his chest and pointed skyward. Heavens yes, Davidson is marching on. Curry scored more than 30 points for a third straight game, and the 10th-seeded Wildcats pulled off another stunner Friday...
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