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Actual Dramatic Comebacks Are Rare In NCAA Tournament

9:19am March 22, 2015

The first March Madness upset came last night, when number one seed Villanova lost to N.C. State. Mike Pesca, host of Slate's "The Gist" podcast, explains the drama to NPR's Rachel Martin.

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Philadelphia Eagles Chuck Bednarik (60) is victorious in an iconic 1960 photograph after making a sack vs. New York Giants Frank Gifford (16). Bednarik died on Saturday. He was 89.

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Chuck Bednarik, Philly's 'Concrete' Player, Dies At 89

3:37pm March 21, 2015

by Nathan Rott

The pro football Hall of Famer was known for his toughness and was one of the sport's last two-way players. In his 14-year career with the Eagles, he only missed three games.

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The Week In Sports: March Basketball, December World Cup

10:56am March 21, 2015

The Oklahoma City Thunder may have lost Kevin Durant for the season. Scott Simon talks with NPR's Tom Goldman about the week in sports.

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Julio Cesar Chavez at his home in Tijuana, Mexico.

Ex-Boxing Champ Steps Back Into Spotlight As A Face Of Addiction

10:56am March 21, 2015

by Carrie Kahn

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez rarely fell in the ring, but alcohol and drugs knocked him down for decades. He's clean now and telling his story to help fellow Mexicans get clean too.

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March Madness 2015: Winners And Losers

7:58pm March 20, 2015

NPR's Tom Goldman talks to Don Gonyea about the latest upsets and advancements in the men's NCAA college basketball tournament. The women's tournament gets underway Friday, too.

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For Davidson College, Success On The Court Comes In Part From Math, Analytics

7:58pm March 20, 2015

by Lisa Worf

Tiny Davidson College in North Carolina received its first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament after a surprising and unexpected season. The team plays Iowa on Friday.

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From Skid Row To Rome: The Story Of An Unusual Running Club

6:29pm March 20, 2015

by Anna Scott

A Los Angeles criminal court judge has organized a running club made up of residents from Skid Row's Midnight Mission. This weekend, the club is running far away from home.

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Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel is also a mathematician.

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John Urschel, Ravens Offensive Lineman, Publishes Math Paper

6:29pm March 20, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

"A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians" was published in the Journal of Computational Mathematics. It's not Urschel's first paper.

100 Issues Of 'Who's Who In Baseball'

11:30am March 20, 2015

NPR's Don Gonyea talks with baseball historian Marty Appel about the appeal of of "Who's Who in Baseball," which celebrates its 100th issue this year.

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March Madness Kicks Off With High Drama

6:55am March 20, 2015

by Tom Goldman

March Madness began in earnest Thursday with 16 games, and there were buzzer-beaters and big upsets — two No. 3 seeds went down. But overall No. 1 seed Kentucky won easily as did another top seed, Villanova.

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