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Lindenwood-Belleville hires men's volleyball coach

Lindenwood University-Belleville has hired Justin Wells to serve as coach for the men's volleyball program.

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Oregon St. knocks Indiana out of CWS with 1-0 win

Matt Boyd pitched a four-hitter and struck out 11 and Oregon State made a fourth-inning sacrifice fly stand for a 1-0 victory over Indiana in the College World Series on Wednesday night.

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Sam Mellinger: In a packed gym on a sticky June day, one can sense Wiggins' future

The moment came and left in less than the time it took you to read this sentence. Here, then gone. All in one second, maybe two, captured and posted on YouTube within minutes Wednesday.
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Judge weighing class-action certification in O'Bannon vs. NCAA

For the last few years, the powers that be in college sports have watched nervously as an antitrust lawsuit wends its way through federal court.
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Mac Engel: For TCU to be great, it has to lower its knucklehead factor

In his first comments since his best defensive player was suspended two games and he kicked out a reserve cornerback, TCU coach Gary Patterson was blunt in the assessment of his team:
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Wolfpack loses 2-1 to UCLA at College World Series

Just when it looked like North Carolina State got off its best shot against UCLA pitching, Trea Turner's deep fly died a few feet short of the left-field fence.
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UCLA defeats Wolfpack 2-1 at College World Series

Never has a team swinging metal bats produced so few runs through two College World Series games yet found itself in such an enviable position.
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North Carolina ousts Tigers from CWS with 4-2 win

An LSU team that came to the College World Series as one of the top offensive clubs in the nation left town wondering how it could have scored only three runs in two losses.
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Local tennis instructor hired by Lindenwood-Belleville

Having taught tennis in the metro-east for more than two decades, Greg Nester couldn't pass up the chance to be a college coach in his own backyard.
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North Carolina ousts Tigers from CWS with 4-2 win

Home runs are few and far between at the College World Series these days, which made Brian Holberton's first-inning shot all the more important for North Carolina.