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Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.

“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.

Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t

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Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.

“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.

Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t

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Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.

“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.

Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t

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Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.

“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.

Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t

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Charles Barkley, the voluble former professional basketball star, thinks people criticizing President Barack Obama for filling out a “March Madness” bracket are racist.

“You people in America who are upset that President Obama did a bracket, why don’t ya’ll just go say you don’t like him because he’s black,” Barkley told TMZ while leaving the London Hotel in New York City.

Barkley’s comments come after actor Charlie Sheen told the Hollywood gossip website that Obama was “wasting … time when t

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Like Las Vegas oddsmakers and nearly half the people making picks in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge,,  President Barack Obama likes Kentucky to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship.

Obama, a die-hard basketball fan who has filled out a bracket for ESPN since he became president in 2009, picked Kentucky to beat Villanova in the title game. His complete bracket was revealed Wednesday morning.

Obama has Kentucky beating Arizona and Villanova beating Duke in the national semifinals, which are

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Don McPeak / USA TODAY Sports Andrew Harrison (5) and the Wildcats improve to 32-0 with Friday's win.

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Andrew Harrison (5) and the Wildcats improve to 32-0 with Friday’s win.

The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats have a 34-game winning streak and yet another Southeastern Conference tournament championship as they head into the NCAA tournament.

So they sent student managers to cut down the nets.

“Those aren’t the nets we’re really looking to cut down,” junior forward Willie Cauley-Stein said. “It’s just a milestone. It’s just part of the process for us winning and every

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Don McPeak / USA TODAY Sports Andrew Harrison (5) and the Wildcats improve to 32-0 with Friday's win.

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Andrew Harrison (5) and the Wildcats improve to 32-0 with Friday’s win.

The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats have a 34-game winning streak and yet another Southeastern Conference tournament championship as they head into the NCAA tournament.

So they sent student managers to cut down the nets.

“Those aren’t the nets we’re really looking to cut down,” junior forward Willie Cauley-Stein said. “It’s just a milestone. It’s just part of the process for us winning and every

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Jameis Winston, signing an autograph, has been getting more attention from fans, the news media and the NFL in recent months. (Photo: Melina Vastola, USA TODAY Sports)

A week after Florida State’s Jameis Winston had been cited for leaving a supermarket without paying for crab legs, the quarterback sent a lengthy text message to his father.

In short, he told Antonor Winston he was fine and ready to return to the baseball team after being banned for four days.

“I know what doesn’t kill you mak

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Oregon State athletic director Bob De Carolis announced on March 28 that head coach Craig Robinson would return for a seventh season as basketball coach, even penning a strongly worded letter of support for President Barack Obama’s brother-in-law.

The more De Carolis thought about it, the more he realized it was a mistake.

Reversing his course from five weeks earlier, De Carolis fired Robinson on Monday, ending the tenure of a coach who brought prestige to the u

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Breanna Stewart was unstoppable in Tuesday’s NCAA final. (USATSI)

For the second straight night, Storrs, Conn. is the center of the college basketball world.

One night after the UConn men won their fourth national title, Geno Auriemma’s women’s squad battered and bruised their way to a record ninth program championship with a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame, winning the first-ever championship game between two undefeated programs, men or women. Auriemma, whose team finished 40-0, now has one mo

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Police came onto the field to help umpires restore order, holding Jameis Winston and others back. (AP Images)

Florida upset No. 1-ranked Florida State 4-1 after a benches-clearing fracas Tuesday night in Jacksonville.

It started when FSU’s DJ Stewart ran into Florida pitcher Danny Young, who was trying to field Stewart’s slow roller up the first-base line. Florida first baseman Zack Powers confronted Stewart before umpires separated them.

However, the benches and bullpens emptied, and player

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Harvard’s Siyani Chambers, right, leaps into the arms of teammate Brandyn Curry after the team beat Cincinnati in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Spokane, Wash., Thursday, March 20, 2014. Harvard won 61-57. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

Mick Cronin knew something was off. Within the first minute of the game, the Cincinnati coach was already making substitutions trying to get the Bearcats alert.

By the time Cincinnati started playing defense the way Cronin demanded, with

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President Barack Obama, the nation’s first basketball fan, took marker to bracket with ESPN again at the White House and selected Michigan State to defeat defending champion Louisville in the NCAA men’s tournament title game.

 

The path Obama took to arrive at his national champion, an event that has come to be known as “Barack-etology,” was revealed on SportsCenter at 9:30 a.m. ET Wednesday. It is the sixth consecutive year he’s made them with ESPN’s Andy Katz.

“Tom Izzo is a great tournament

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The regular season is officially over for every team involved in the chase for bids. Chris Dobbertean’s Monday bracket reflects some of the bigger results from the final day of scheduled competition, including Nebraska’s significant win over Wisconsin and St. Joe’s home setback against La Salle.

While there were some rather important bubble results on Sunday, one projected top seed all but secured its position during tournament play. Wichita State completed a 34-0 run through the regular sea

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Jameis Winston #5 of the Florida State Seminoles warms up before the game against the Florida Gators on November 30, 2013 in Gainesville, Florida. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images North America)
The prosecutor overseeing the investigation of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston said Wednesday his office is ready to deliver its findings.
State Attorney Willie Meggs has scheduled a news conference at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday in his office to make the announcemen
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Head coach Kevin Sumlin of the Texas A&M Aggies waits on the field before the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kyle Field on November 9, 2013 in College Station, Texas. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images North America)
Texas A&M and coach Kevin Sumlin have agreed in principle to a new six-year contract that could keep him with the Aggies through 2019.
The university said Saturday that the terms of the deal still needed to be approved by its Board of Regents.
Sumlin is 19-5 in two se
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Kelvin Benjamin #1 of the Florida State Seminoles runs for yardage during the game against the Florida Gators on November 30, 2013 in Gainesville, Florida. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images North America)
Kelvin Benjamin shook off one tackler and then three more, bullying his way into the end zone to finish off Florida State's most impressive play on a day filled with them.
Benjamin was clearly a mismatch - just like the game.
Jameis Winston threw three touchdown passes to Benjamin, and No. 2 Fl
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Chris Davis #11 of the Auburn Tigers returns a missed field goal for the winning touchdown in their 34 to 28 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide at Jordan-Hare Stadium on November 30, 2013 in Auburn, Alabama. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America)
That crazy tipped pass for a long game-winning touchdown is now the second-most stunning and improbable play of Auburn's wild season.
Yes, the Tigers found a way to top "The Immaculate Deflection."
Chris Davis returned a missed field-goal attempt
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Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins comes alive in the second half, scoring 16 of his 22 points including a huge jumper and a dunk at the end to seal the victory for the Jayhawks. (CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/AP)
Andrew Wiggins soared toward the hoop as Jabari Parker made one last attempt to stop his fellow freshman star.
No such luck. Kansas' silky-smooth newcomer owned the end of Parker's impressive homecoming.
Wiggins scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, outplaying Parker down the stretch a
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