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BracketRacket: 'Notice we don't say reality'
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your NCAA needs. Today, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys drops by to explain why ...
Memphis avoids late collapse, tops Gaels 54-52
Before he could celebrate his first NCAA tournament victory as a head coach, Josh Pastner had to sweat out a couple of frantic seconds. Memphis held ...
Ga. lawmakers OK crackdown on so-called pill mills
As Southern states cracked down on so-called pill mills, Georgia's lax regulation made it a magnet for clinics known for prescribing powerful ...
One look at the 63 NCAA women's tourney games
Baylor is six wins from a second straight national championship. But, it's hardly a foregone conclusion this year that the Lady Bears will repeat.
Gasol's tip lifts Grizzlies over Thunder in OT
Marc Gasol and the Memphis Grizzlies finally put away Oklahoma City with their final shot. In a matchup of Western Conference contenders that had a ...
Correction: Newborn Twins Killed story
In a story March 19 about the murder conviction of a Tennessee woman who smothered her newborn twins, The Associated Press reported erroneously the ...
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 ...
Jury convicts Tenn mother of killing newborn twins
A jury has convicted a 26-year-old Tennessee woman of felony murder and other counts in the smothering deaths of her newborn twins. She was ...
SEC seeking answers after getting only 3 NCAA bids
Frustrated Southeastern Conference coaches think their league is treated more like a mid-major rather than a BCS conference. The coaches said Monday ...
Rain dampens wildfire near Great Smoky Mountains
Heavy rain helped firefighters contain a Tennessee wildfire Monday after flames burned nearly 60 rental cabins in a resort area outside the Great ...
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 ...
Coach K, Izzo maybe rare March meeting in Midwest
Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo have been regulars in the NCAA tournament, both making multiple Final Four appearances and winning national titles in ...
Kasey Kahne wins 1st career race at Bristol
Kasey Kahne's bumper-banging battle with Brad Keselowski was just the warm-up act in an action-packed race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Former teammates ...
Ole Miss upsets No. 13 Florida 66-63 for SEC title
The Mississippi Rebels now have two very big items on their resume that nobody can take away. Murphy Holloway scored 23 points and Marshall Henderson ...
NASCAR's new Gen-6 car goes to Bristol's bullring
There's an expectation from fans that a ticket to Bristol Motor Speedway will get them a seat to NASCAR's version of the Roman Colosseum. They got one ...
Tenn. university proposes fracking on its own land
The University of Tennessee wants to allow hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas on a state-owned tract of rolling woodland and use the revenue ...
No. 13 Florida opens SEC tourney beating LSU 80-58
The 13th-ranked Florida Gators thought they finally had gotten healthy again when Erik Murphy felt a sharp pain in his knee during a non-contact ...
Denny Hamlin felt disrespected by NASCAR fine
Denny Hamlin said Friday that he believes NASCAR was disrespectful by not contacting him before fining him $25,000 over critical comments about the ...
Clements hopes for 2nd chance after suspension
NASCAR driver Jeremy Clements was back at the track Friday after a two-week suspension for using a racial slur, hopeful his lapse in judgment hasn't ...
Country music's Jack Greene dies in Nashville
Jack Greene, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star who earned fame with the hit "There Goes My Everything," has died in Nashville at 83. The song showed off ...
Jim James takes search for connection to SXSW
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James thinks music is a spiritual force that can unite humanity. He's taking that message — and his new solo album ...
McConnell seeks to capitalize on attacks on wife
It isn't Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell who comes out swinging in his first TV ad of his 2014 re-election campaign. It's his wife, former U.
Sen. McConnell to begin airing first TV, radio ads
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, facing a potential challenge from actress Ashley Judd and taking no chances even with his re-election more than 18 months ...