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Selection Sunday is nearly upon us and bids are at stake as conference championships play out. Before the Madness begins, a jam-packed slate of Saturday action delivered as teams punched their tickets to the Dance. With 13 conference final games and NCAA tourney implications abound, there’s plenty to monitor. Wisconsin won a thriller over Purdue to advance to the Big Ten final. No. 2 UConn outlasted No. 10 Marquette in the Big East tourney final, making a case for itself to be the No. 1… Source link

It’s the final Saturday of the men’s college basketball regular season and they saved the best for last. Alongside ongoing small conference tournaments is a solid slate that’s already delivered early. No. 1 Houston mauled No. 14 Kansas in a 30-point blowout while locking up the Big 12 title in its first season in the conference. In the SEC, No. 15 Kentucky and No. 4 Tennessee put on a show in a back-and-forth thriller. But that all serves as a warmup for the most storied rivalry in the sport… Source link

NEW ORLEANS — At the end of his last ride came a long walk. Beaten by his archrival, felled by a dagger of a 3-pointer in the final minute, Mike Krzyzewski unfolded his arms, got up off his courtside stool and strode calmly into retirement. He displayed no emotion when he shook the hand of North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis. Nor when Duke fans in the stands applauded reverentially and shouted “We love you, coach!” as he exited the floor. When Krzyzewski found his wife Mickie waiting… Source link

Sam Howell’s time at North Carolina has come to an end. After three seasons as UNC’s starting quarterback, Howell announced Saturday that he is moving onto the NFL. He will forgo the remainder of his eligibility and declare for the draft. “I’ll forever be grateful for my time here at Carolina, and for all the people that made it so special. Chapel Hill will always hold a special place in my heart,” Howell said in a video message. Howell, a North Carolina native, was once committed to… Source link

National Review Two More Women Accuse Cuomo of Sexual Misconduct: Reports Two additional women accused New York governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment on Saturday, including a former press aide who detailed an uncomfortable embrace in a dimly lit hotel room and an assistant who said he made her feel like “just a skirt.” Former press aide Karen Hinton told the Washington Post that Cuomo, then head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, forced her into a “very long,… Source link

ER doctor Sam McLean understands the intense pressures facing front-line healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Working on a COVID unit, McLean himself contracted coronavirus and, unfortunately, infected two of his family members. “First responders and healthcare workers are facing a lot of challenges right now. There is the personal risk of severe illness or death. Much worse, there is the anxiety and fear of infecting loved ones,” McLean said. Webinar On-Demand Webinar:… Source link

UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health on Tuesday launched a mobile app that’s designed to provide healthcare workers with mental health resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Heroes Health app, a part of UNC School of Medicine’s Heroes Health Initiative and developed with volunteers from Google, is meant to help healthcare workers better understand their own mental health, said Dr. Samuel McLean, an emergency medicine physician at the medical school who founded the initiative. There’s also… Source link