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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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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.
NCAA TOURNAMENT

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.
NCAA TOURNAMENT

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.
NCAA TOURNAMENT

Mark Bradley: Johnny Manziel on the verge of turning his great story into a nightmare

It was a great story: Redshirt freshman wins quarterback job for Texas A&M, a team facing its first season in the high-falutin' SEC; he engineers a famous upset of Alabama; he wins the Heisman Trophy; he becomes a brand unto himself - Johnny Football.
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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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NCAA TOURNAMENT

Georgetown's Whittington has torn ACL

Georgetown announced Tuesday that forward Greg Whittington recently tore the ACL in his left knee, an injury that could potentially sideline him for the entire 2013-14 season.
NCAA TOURNAMENT

CWS newcomer Indiana loses 5-4 to Mississippi St

Indiana coach Tracy Smith says he won't waste any time lamenting how close Sam Travis' ninth-inning fly ball came to leaving the ballpark. Or how close Mississippi State closer Jonathan Holder came to throwing the ball away and allowing the tying run to score.
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O'Bannon awaits case that could have major impact on college sports

SEATTLE - They demolished the Kingdome years ago, but the likeness of the 1995 NCAA Final Four most outstanding player has lived on in video games.
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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.