Anthony L. Gargano
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COLLINS EAGER TO BURY PAST; COLLINS: PROBLEMS ARE BEHIND ME
Cecil Collins is on his third chance, and The Man with a Past, whom many consider the third best back behind Ricky Williams and Edgerrin James in tomorrow's draft, swears...
IRABU STUCK IN HOLDING PEN - YANKS MUST DECIDE IF THEY'LL UNLOAD TOAD
"He'll have to work his way back in via the bullpen." GM BRIAN CASHMAN The Din of Darryl had momentarily passed, and the subject for interim manager Don Zimmer switched...
BROSIUS HEADED FOR DL
"Not much has changed with the swelling. But I don't think it will be an extended thing." SCOTT BROSIUS Hobbled third baseman Scott Brosius was expected to be placed on...
NEVER MIND THE QBS, CHAMP IS TOP DAWG
"He's the Great Temptation ... He's the best pure prospect in the draft."REDSKIN SCOUT In a wealthy NFL draft that features The Crop of '99, a quintuplet of quarterbacks slurpily...
OREGON'S AKILLI SMITH HAS GONE FROM NOWHERE MAN TO POTENTIAL NO.1 PICK
THE instructions are to call Akili Smith on a cell phone. He will be standing on the sidelines of spring practice. It will be late in the afternoon, when the...
CONN-DEMNED FOREVER - DUKE WILL NEVER ESCAPE LOSS TO HUSKIES
ST. PETERSBURG - Pain doesn't subside in a day. Not this type of pain. The Duke Blue Devils can justify all they want to dam the tears. This wasn't just...
BRAND CASTS LONG SHADOW FOR DOOKIES; ELTON ROCKS & DUKE ROLLS
ST. PETERSBURG - In their minds, the UConn Huskies could picture the prize, a treasure chest filled with fame and fulfillment. The national championship. They could see it atop Tropicana...
DEVILS RATE ON HISTORY'S LIST
ST. PETERSBURG - A blank space on the stone tablet that chronicles college basketball's top ten waited for them. The national championship was merely an hors d'oeuvre. History beckoned the...
BRAND CAN'T GET IT DONE FOR DOOKIES; UCONN SOLVES BRAND
ST. PETERSBURG - In their minds, the UConn Huskies could picture the prize, a treasure chest filled with fame and fulfillment. The national championship. They could see it atop Tropicana...
MOORE'S THE MAN TO D-FLATE DUKE
ST. PETERSBURG - Ricky Moore scowled and stomped as he forearmed Rip Hamilton in the shoulder, a show of exaltation and relief. He had just won this game - this...
CRUEL ENDING FOR LANGDON
ST. PETERSBURG - Trajan Langdon slumped in his seat, forearms on top of forearms, eyes empty and lifeless, lost somewhere in thought and in regret. This is always the hardest...
RICKY'S MOORE THAN ENOUGH FOR UCONN
ST. PETERSBURG - Ricky Moore scowled and stomped as he forearmed Rip Hamilton in the shoulder, a show of exaltation and relief. He had just won this game - this...
IN END, DUKE'S GREAT BUT NOT GREATEST
ST. PETERSBURG - A blank space on the stone tablet that chronicles college basketball's all-time top 10 waited for them. The national championship was merely an appetizer. History beckoned the...
DESPITE HIP PAIN, COACH K AT PEACE
ST. PETERSBURG - Blue Devil players hugged all around him, and he nodded with a half-smile, half-wince, trying to show his elation while hiding the nagging pain that makes him...
DUKE VS. UCONN
ABSTRACT: ST. PETERSBURG - Duke versus Connecticut. The only two teams to have been No. 1 in the polls this year. The top seed in the East and the top...
DUKE'S MAGGETTE IS SOMEONE TO SHOUT ABOUT COREY, COREY HALLELUJAH!
"With respect to Grant Hill, [Maggette] might end up as the best player ever at Duke."TOM IZZO, MICHIGAN STATE COACH ST. PETERSBURG - The best player in the college nation...
REDD, PENN CAN'T INK WIN
ST. PETERSBURG - Two men weren't good enough in the end. Because the two men who had brought Ohio State from the dregs and into a Final Four weren't good...
BUCKEYE GUARDS TURNED MORTAL
ST. PETERSBURG - Two men weren't good enough in the end. Because the two men who had brought Ohio State from the dregs and into a Final Four weren't good...
MAGGETTE WORKS MAGIC OFF BENCH
ST. PETERSBURG - The best player in the college nation comes off the bench, and he doesn't threaten to transfer or turn pro or bad mouth the coach. The only...
DUKE SWEATS ONE OUT BLUE DEVILS LOOK ORDINARY IN GAINING FINAL
SEMIFINALS Duke68 Mich. St.62 ST. PETERSBURG - The Godzilla of college hoops suddenly looked vulnerable, its weaknesses exposed for the world to see. What was it? Cryptonite? Garlic? A silver...