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Connecticut Wins 3rd Straight Women's Basketball Title

12:20pm April 08, 2015

The University of Connecticut beat Notre Dame, 63-53, Tuesday night in a rematch of the 2014 title game, which UConn also won. Renee Montagne talks to Michelle Smith, a contributing writer to espnW.

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Head coach Geno Auriemma of the Connecticut Huskies calls to his players in the first half against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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Connecticut Wins 3rd Straight Women's Basketball Title, 5th In 7 Years

10:32pm April 07, 2015

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

With the 63-53 victory over Notre Dame, coach Geno Auriemma collects his tenth championship ring since 1995 — a streak of dominance few teams or coaches in any sport can compete with.

NFL Holds First-Ever Scouting Combine For Veteran Players

7:54pm April 07, 2015

by Becky Sullivan

The NFL recently hosted its first-ever scouting combine for players with NFL experience. Just 107 players made the cut out of 2,000 applicants.

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ESPN Bracket Challenge Winner Is Too Young To Collect Grand Prize

7:54pm April 07, 2015

Twelve-year-old Sam Holtz beat out 11.57 million other brackets to win the ESPN Tournament Challenge, which means he now enters a random raffle to win the grand prize.

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Jewell Loyd and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will again face Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and the Connecticut Huskies in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Championship. They're seen here in last year's title game.

Three-Peat Or Upset? UConn And Notre Dame Play For Women's NCAA Title

4:24pm April 07, 2015

by Bill Chappell

For Notre Dame, tonight brings a chance to overcome years of frustration. In three of the past four years, the team has lost in the championship game.

Pirates' McCutchen: Baseball Is Dying In Economically Challenged Communities

3:35pm April 07, 2015

David Greene talks to Andrew McCutchen, centerfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, about the future of baseball in America's inner cities.

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A Lesser-Known Human Trafficking Problem: Teenage Basketball Players

10:08am April 07, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

There is a lot of money to be made in bringing underage kids to the U.S. and trying to make them the next Kobe. But what happens to the rest of them?

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Duke Comes From Behind To Defeat Wisconsin In Men's NCAA Championship

7:36am April 07, 2015

by Tom Goldman

Duke won another men's college basketball championship Monday night in Indianapolis. The Blue Devils beat the Wisconsin Badgers 68-63. It was the school's 5th men's title under coach Mike Krzyzewski.

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Mitt Romney Does Well In ESPN's Bracket Challenge

7:36am April 07, 2015

Romney landed near the top of 11.5 million entries in ESPN's Tournament Challenge. He had a perfect Final Four — finally beating President Obama, who, by the way, had Kentucky winning it all.

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Rain Dampens Marlins' Opening Day

7:36am April 07, 2015

When it started to rain, the retractable roof was open at Marlins Park. It didn't close right away. The baseball team did not have a tarp to cover the field because they rely on the roof closing.

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