National title eludes Apilado, Gauchos
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Vacaville High School graduate takes the field for Santa Barbara in a second-place finish in the NCAA men&#39;s soccer tournament.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Top-seeded and previously unbeaten Spain is out of the medal round in men&#39;s basketball, and the Spaniards aren&#39;t happy about it.
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The Miami Hurricanes were eliminated from the national championship early in the season, and they missed out on the conference championship late. But they settled for the state title Friday night.
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With three of the top four seeds already ousted, the N.C.A.A. soccer championship offered only one guarantee. A first-time champion will be crowned this weekend.
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Just beating Louisiana State wasn't enough to satisfy Georgia. The Bulldogs dominated L.S.U. on Saturday afternoon.
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Mexico became the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of the Copa AmÃ©rica yesterday, beating Ecuador, 2-1, on goals by Nery Castillo and Omar Bravo in MaturÃ­n, Venezuela.Castillo scored his second goal of the tournament in the 22nd minute, and Bravo doubled the lead in the 80th. Edison MÃ©ndez scored for Ecuador in the 85th on a shot that deflected off the foot of a Mexican player.In the opener of the doubleheader in the Copa AmÃ©rica, South Americaâs championship, Robinho converted a disputed penalty kick in the 35th minute, then added goals in the 83rd and 87th minutes to lead Brazil over Chile, 3-0.
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North champion Andover is gone, having moved up to challenge the heavyweights of Division 1. That opens the door for other contenders, starting with Lynnfield , which lost to Andover, 7-1, in the sectional final.
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Our valiant little men&#39;s national basketball team fought its big, beating heart out last night and came up just shy of a chance for the Olympic enchilada.
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Mississippi State won the SECâs Western Division with an overtime victory against Kentucky on Friday, but it still might not be enough to make the N.C.A.A. tournament.
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No carryover for Kansas. One week after beating defending national champion Florida, the fifth-ranked Jayhawks stumbled yesterday against DePaul, a team looking for its own identity.
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KAPALUA, Hawaii -- So far as golf's best one-two punch goes, yesterday's final round of the Mercedes Championships was disappointing.
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Indiana's continued mastery of Northwestern didn't come easily.
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North Carolina earns 1st win over top-5 team on final-play field goal, sending No. 4 &#39;Canes to stunning defeat. CHAPEL HILL, NC - North Carolina might have kicked Miami right out of the national title race.
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&quot;There are three teams deserving of playing in the national championship game. Someone&#39;s going to be left out of it, and it&#39;s not right.
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Gonzaga showed it still belongs with the elite teams in the country even with Adam Morrison playing in the NBA. Derek Raivio scored 21 points to help the Zags upset No. 2 North Carolina 82-74 in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals Wednesday night.
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New Mexico&#39;s Mark Walters (5) is almost tripped up by Duquesne&#39;s Kieron Achara as Walters heads upcourt in the second half of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Classic in Albuquerque, NM, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004.
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MADRID  - Espanyol&#39;s 0-0 draw at dogged bottom club Numancia will not go down as one of the games of the season but it was enough to keep the Barcelona-based club in second place in the Spanish league.