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Are Penguins, Flyers fights fans' delight?

J. Brady McCollough Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 3:36pm

The men who run the National Hockey League talk nobly about the importance of growing the game, and their reaction to Sunday's Game 3 between the Penguins and the Flyers will serve as a crucial case study in how the league's power brokers visualize its future.

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For the Morris twins, a different kind of independence day is nearly at hand

J. Brady McCollough, McClatchy Newspapers McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 4:42pm

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- One of the more telling moments from the Morris twins' three years at Kansas happened in March in the first half of an NCAA Tournament game against Illinois.

The game was tight, and neither team had found its footing. The ball ended up in the hands of Marcus Morris, the Big 12 Player of the Year, who was in good position to score near the blocks. But instead of putting up a shot he had made hundreds of times, Marcus decided to use the backboard to ricochet a pass to his brother, Markieff, who was standing on the other side of the rim.

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Three and out: for Mangino, Leach and Leavitt, the fall from the top of mountain was swift

J. Brady McCollough, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, September 5, 2010 - 5:19pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- How quickly can things change for a college football coach? A look at the 2008 season for three programs on the rise:

On a Friday night in September, the 13th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks and No. 19 South Florida Bulls squared off in prime time at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium. A year earlier, both teams had worked their way up to No. 2 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. And after both schools staged a thrilling showdown, which South Florida won, 37-34, it appeared the coaches weren't going anywhere.

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The journey of Billy Mills: Olympian recalls his Kansas days

J. Brady McCollough McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 5:17pm

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- To Billy Mills' left sits Ashley Sell, a young woman who feels like she owes him everything. Sell is a senior at Kansas. She has received a $1,500 scholarship from Mills the past two years for excelling as a person of Native American descent in Kansas's school of education.

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Finding the right fit: NFL teams swayed by more than just statistics at draft time

J. Brady McCollough McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 9:52pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mark Sanchez walked out of the Mexican restaurant in Irvine, Calif., followed by Jets coach Rex Ryan, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, general manager Mike Tannenbaum and owner Woody Johnson.
The post-workout dinner was one of Sanchez's last chances to show the Jets brass that he should be their franchise quarterback, and Sanchez wanted to leave them with a lasting impression.
As the West Coast college student moved toward his car and the East Coast visitors headed toward theirs, Sanchez saw a motorcycle sitting in the parking lot. He jumped on.

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