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The Wisconsin bench celebrates as Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein walks off after the NCAA Final Four game Saturday. Wisconsin won 71-64.

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Kentucky Falls Short Of Perfect: Wisconsin To Face Duke At Championship

7:22am April 05, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

The Badgers bested the Wildcats in a 71-64 Final Four victory Saturday, ending Kentucky's unbeaten season. Wisconsin advances to meet the Duke Blue Devils in Monday's final game.

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Can Anyone Stop Kentucky? The Week In Sports

10:30am April 04, 2015

Only three games left in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about who will remain standing.

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Undefeated Kentucky Vies For Perfection As It Enters Final Four

6:42pm April 03, 2015

by Tom Goldman

The NCAA men's basketball Final Four begins Saturday with No. 1 Kentucky facing Wisconsin. Kentucky hopes a championship will bring it a perfect season.

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Bracket Madness Marches Into April With Basketball's Final 4

3:21pm April 03, 2015

by Tom Goldman

On Saturday, the Kentucky Wildcats take on the Wisconsin Badgers and the Michigan State Spartans play Duke's Blue Devils. The winners will play Monday for the NCAA men's basketball championship.

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Sarah Thomas calls holding during a preseason game between the Oakland Raiders and New Orleans Saints in 2013.

NFL Is Reportedly Hiring Its First Female Full-Time Official

2:41pm April 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Sarah Thomas has officiated football games in the NCAA and for the NFL's preseason and training camps. For the 2015 NFL season, she'll reportedly work full time at the game's highest level.

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Remembering Legendary NBA Announcer 'Hot Rod' Hundley

5:22pm April 01, 2015

by Frank Deford

Hundley, who died last week at age 80, was one of the first former NBA players whom the Basketball Hall of Fame honored for calling games.

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College Football Teams Use Girlfriends As Recruiting Tools

5:22pm April 01, 2015

David Greene talks to Bloomberg View sports writer Kavitha Davidson, who recently wrote about the problems she sees in colleges: using women to recruit male athletes.

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Supporters Work To Reclaim Legacy Of Penn State Coach Joe Paterno

2:23pm April 01, 2015

by Jeff Brady

A campaign is underway to repair former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's legacy after a child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky tarnished his image.

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Volunteers help raise the Iditarod finishers banner at the burled arch finish line on Monday. Dallas Seavey won the race Wednesday morning.

Dallas Seavey Wins 3rd Iditarod In 4 Years

2:59pm March 31, 2015

by Miles Parks

The 28-year-old Seavey finished the race early Wednesday. He completed the 1,100-mile sled dog race in eight days, 18 hours, 13 minutes and six seconds.

Oklahoma's Buddy Hield (right) and Denzel Valentine of Michigan State played in Friday's East Regional Semifinal of the 2015 NCAA tournament in Syracuse. If you've got money riding on this year's NCAA tournament, you might want to hear about what happened

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The Cautionary Tale Of A Big-Time Bracket Bust

8:22pm March 30, 2015

by NPR Staff

In 2010, police arrested a New Jersey man running a football pool — with a payout totaling nearly $900,000. If you're the one holding money in your office's college basketball pool, take heed.

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