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The No. 4 ranked Duke Blue Devils survived a serious scare at home against a not great Wake Forest team Tuesday night, winning 71-70.

And by survived, we really mean it, as Wake Forest’s buzzer-beater attempt somehow touched just about every part of the rim but didn’t fall through the hoop.

Duke was playing without star Zion Williamson again and they looked mediocre at best for most of the game. Then after a costly/bad turnover gave Wake Forest the ball down one with seven seconds left, Chaund

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The most exciting young college player in forever talks about why he chose Duke, being perceived as a dunker, and that time he gained 100 pounds in two years.

You’ve seen the dunks. If you haven’t, let’s pause here. Go watch the dunks(This one too.) Around this time next year, he’ll be doing them in the NBA Dunk Contest, and if for some reason he declines the invitation, Adam Silver will rent a Greyhound bus and drag him there by his fingernails. With any luck—for us, not necessarily for him

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The controversy surrounding Super Bowl LIII’s halftime show continues, as Colin Kaepernick’s attorney Mark Geragos called Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine’s rationalization on his participation “a cop out.”

Speaking on Good Morning America on Friday, Geragos called on Levine to admit what he’s doing by appearing in the NFL Super Bowl halftime show.

“If you’re going to cross this idealogical or intellectual picket line, then own it, and Adam Levine certainly isn’t owning it,” Geragos said. “It’s
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Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has guided his veteran team to the No. 1 ranking in college basketball, but he wants his players to finish their careers keeping sports in perspective.

“I hope we’ve taught these guys how to grow up and be good Christian guys, men,” Barnes, who is known for this faith, told the media this week. “[We] want to understand that this is all kind of fleeting, so we’ve just got to take advantage of it while it’s here.”

Barnes’ team has been one of the surprises in coll

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It's getting good, folks.

The tournament hit full madness Friday night when Zak Showalter hit an improbable three to send Wisconsin's Sweet 16 game against Florida to overtime, and then Florida's Chris Chiozza one-upped him with an even more improbable three-point runner at the buzzer for the win.

The Elite Eight has three Blue Bloods, three SEC teams (say what?!) and Gonzaga on the doorstep of its first Final Four with a Cinderella story (hello, Xavier) in the way.

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The 67-game March Madness basketball tournament begins Tuesday, with many games taking place during the day when you’re, ahem, supposed to be working.

Fortunately for you — but not your bosses — all NCAA Tournament games will be available online. For many of the early round games, thou

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Duke Blue Devils guard Quinn Cook and head coach Mike Krzyzewski embrace after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 68-63 in the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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Mike Krzyzewski came here 24 years ago and slayed unbeaten UNLV in the Final Four. He returned five years ago and watched Butler’s halfcourt heave carom off the rim in a national title game for the ages.

But by 2 a.m. Tuesday morning — with a coaching résumé that

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