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Are do-or-die free throws the most pressure-packed situation in sports?
As kids, many of us spent countless hours at our local park or gymnasium, playing out the following situation in our minds: virtually no time remaining in the game, down one point, and two upcoming free throws for the win. Sometimes you'd make the free throws to win the game, other times you'd miss and lose...but hey, it was all for fun.

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Music City Bowl sees $17 million drop
Music City Bowl officials announced Friday the 2008 bowl had a $9.97 million impact on the local economy -- a decrease of more than $17 million from 2007's bowl. The bowl was a home game for Vanderbilt (making it's first bowl game appearance in 26 years.)

Maryland tops UNC thanks to Vasquez's triple-double
Wow, what a game Saturday afternoon. A desperate Maryland squad, needing a marquee win to move itself toward a possible NCAA Tournament bid, came back from a 16-point second-half deficit to

High school team triumphs after tragedy
A year a tragic car accident killed seven players and the wife of a former coach, the Bathurst High School boy's basketball team won the provincial AA championship in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Meet Terence Haynes, Baldwin-Wallace wrestler
Here is a great story by Pat Galbincea of the Cleveland Plain Dealer about 45-year old student-athlete Terence Haynes. If his age doesn't surprise you, his story will.