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Marines killed in training were young, lives ahead
Lance Cpl. Mason Vanderwork loved going to the beach and cruising in his Mustang convertible. He and his wife, Taylor, married the day after she ...
La Salle, James Madison advance from First Four
Guards, guards everywhere. And they can shoot. La Salle gets to take its uncharacteristic approach — not much size but lots of shots and lots of ...
Heat overcome huge deficit, run win streak to 24
The jilted billionaire owner offered an olive branch. The scoreboard leaked fluid, causing a long delay. The home team, missing its top three scorers, ...
La Salle outshoot Boise St 80-71
One hot guard is awfully handy at NCAA tournament time. Four? Pretty much unbeatable. Tyrone Garland led La Salle's guard-driven offense with 22 ...
Heat run streak to 24 with huge comeback vs. Cavs
Miami's winning streak was in danger of disappearing — in Cleveland, of all places. But LeBron James wouldn't give up. "That guy right there doesn't ...
James reveling in monster dunk over Terry
LeBron James wasn't just satisfied with dunking over Jason Terry. On Wednesday, he threw it in the Boston guard's face again. The NBA's ruling MVP ...
Davis again JMU's MVP in 68-55 First Four win
After winning the program's first NCAA tournament game in 30 years, James Madison sounds as if it's not done. A.J. Davis, who stepped in as a starter ...
Conn. football players accused of sexual assault
Two Connecticut high school football players have been charged in sexual assault cases that, like a recent high-profile Ohio rape case, have led to ...
Death penalty recommended in Ohio Craigslist case
A jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for a self-styled street preacher convicted of killing three down-and-out men lured by bogus ...
Saint Mary's, NC A&T move on from NCAA First Four
Saint Mary's had a big concern coming into the NCAA tournament's First Four. Its career scoring leader suddenly couldn't hit a shot.
Saint Mary's beats Middle Tenn 67-54 in First Four
Matthew Dellavedova's first shot from behind the arc was right on target. So was the next one less than a minute later. Saint Mary's career scoring ...
A&T Aggies finally win an NCAA game, 73-72
After more than 30 years of trying, North Carolina A&T finally has an NCAA win. To do it, the Aggies had to survive one last, harrowing, close call.
Defiant teen gets life sentences in Ohio shooting
Wearing a T-shirt with "killer" scrawled across it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences Tuesday for shooting ...
Ohio AG: threats against rape victim must stop
A girl who was raped by two high school football players is being victimized by threats against her on Twitter, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said ...
Top teams could be forced to play on the road
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw wasn't thrilled when the NCAA women's tournament bracket was released Monday. Her No. 1-seeded Irish were the latest ...
Baylor, ND, UConn, Stanford top NCAA women's seeds
If that NCAA women's tournament bracket looks familiar, it should. Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford all earned No. 1 seeds when the field ...
Ohio AG could target football coach, host of party
The head football coach at Steubenville High School and the owners of a house where an infamous 12-minute video was filmed could be investigated as ...
The bracket lives before the games
Drop the pen. Everybody knows no ink makes contact with a bracket sheet until Monday night at the earliest. Until it's deadline time, pencils are ...
Louisville top overall seed in NCAA tournament
Good luck filling out those brackets. The No. 1 seeds are set for the NCAA tournament, but very little has gone as expected in this college basketball ...
Ohio State beats Wisconsin for B10 title
Deshaun Thomas kept shooting, determined to score enough to push weary Ohio State to the victory. Aaron Craft did a little bit of everything in the ...
2 Ohio football players convicted of raping girl
Two members of Steubenville's celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio's attorney ...
Ohio school rape trial closing, verdict Sunday
The accuser in the rape trial of two Ohio high school football players testified Saturday as the trial neared an end that she recalled drinking at a ...
Craft leads Ohio State past Spartans, 61-58
Aaron Craft dominated down the stretch for Ohio State and just about left his coach speechless in the process. Even though he had seen it before, Thad ...
Teen eyewitnesses testify at Ohio rape trial
A judge granted three teenagers immunity from prosecution Friday before they agreed to testify about the alleged sexual assault of a drunken ...
States wrestle with 'gambling' rooms in Fla. probe
The charity-run businesses under investigation in a Florida gambling probe started popping up in strip malls about six years ago and rapidly spread ...