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The first round of the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments begins later this month. Florida State University faculty are available to comment on coaching, sports psychology, analytics and marketing. The mental pressure of a one-and-done format affects coaches and athletes. How well they cope with the intensity of such a format plays a big role.
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2 years ago Read more at Florida State News

Abdul Mumin Abdulai revealed that he has also not been paid for close to a year now. RTU players unpaid for five months ADVERTISEMENT He explained that his players downed tools ahead of Wednesday's training session.
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2 years ago Read more at Pulse Ghana

The new Friday night lineup will feature teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Mountain West. The network's ultimate goal is to broadcast the top college football games on Fridays and Saturdays followed by the top NFL game on Sundays. Broadcast decisions likely will not be made until after the television schedule is decided in May.
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2 years ago Read more at Bleacher Report

State Sen. L. Louise Lucas says public funding for the Ted Leonsis-led arena project is not included in a final budget compromise between the two chambers of Virginia’s legislature. But the 80-year-old has colorfully slammed the project and vowed to “kick the ass” of anyone who tried to bully her. The defeat adds to community opposition also building against the project. It remains unclear whether there is sufficient political support for that.
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2 years ago Read more at Front Office Sports

The Los Angeles Sparks and Seattle Storm will play at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, on May 5 ahead of the WNBA’s 28th season. It will be the fourth preseason game held outside the United States after Toronto; Manchester, England, in 2011; and Monterrey, Mexico, in 2004. Regular season viewership was up 95% from 2020-23.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Canada Sports

Nikki Cabuco is the third player from UFV to be recognized for the award after Michelle Buhler in 2008 and Alexa McCarthy in 2013. Gobeil is the fourth player in the history of the women’s basketball program to be named a U Sports all-Canadian.
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2 years ago Read more at Chilliwack Progress

Concordia Stingers women’s hockey team prepares for the U SPORTS National tournament in Saskatchewan. They beat the Université de Montréal Carabins in a decisive game three on March 3. Head coach Julie Chu says their key to success is by taking things one game at a time.
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2 years ago Read more at CityNews Montreal

This year’s championship meet is being held at the University of Manitoba. It’s giving local athletes like Lara Denbow the advantage of being at home. Graham Hutchison-Campbell is competing in long jump.
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2 years ago Read more at Global News

The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 circuit gets going in Doha, Qatar, while the FIS Freestyle World Cup circuit has a stop in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Canadian boxers are fighting for places at Paris 2024 at the World Qualification Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy, while Canadian sailors are competing at the 49er and 49er FX World Championships in Lanzarote, Spain.
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TNT Sports will premiere a new weeknight sports programming block on truTV starting on March 11. That day is notable as being a week before the beginning of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
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2 years ago Read more at TheWrap