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As Tennessee legend Pat Summitt is memorialized, a rivalry is remembered (I didn't see it, but if this has already been posted, then moderators please delete this post)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/sports/ncaabasketball/uconn-huskies-championship-geno-auriemma.html?_r=0

At the very end of an article about Ky's junior guard Makayla Epps and her father Anthony Epps (who was point guard on the Ky men's team that won the championship in 1996), there is the kind of acknowledgment that many of us cherish here at the BY: But Anthony's daughter has already lived...

... at least on the men's side (for now) (and it's football related, again) ... http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/sports/ncaabasketball/ncaa-mens-tournament-football-imbalance.html

I suspect there are a good number of BY'ers who already knew all that is in this article, but for the rest of us, and for those in need of an overview or a refresher ...

The 75 team directors cast their ballots for the new president of the Argentine soccer federation, and the result was ... a 38-38 tie. Really. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/sports/soccer/fifa-conmebol-corruption-argentina-federation-vote.html

I do not normally pay much attention to the NBA, but I found this story to be worthwhile. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/sports/basketball/in-free-agency-spurs-david-west-sought-meaning-not-money.html And then there is this close-to-home sentence: "The upshot is that positional labels...

3 tickets, Yankee Stadium, infield grandstand, Section 424, Row 12, Seats 22-24. Face value ($30 per ticket) or best offer. Free Yankee drawstring bag for all fans 14 and under. If interested, please contact me via PM.

"UConn women’s basketball team honored with ice cream flavor: Triple-Champion Chunk" http://www.theday.com/uconn-sports/20150425/uconn-womens-basketball-team-honored-with-ice-cream-flavor-triple-champion-chunk Nothing left to accomplish now. It can only be downhill from here.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/sports/ncaabasketball/to-longtime-geno-auriemma-assistant-theres-no-better-place-than-uconn.html

Lots of mention of UConn, though not at the beginning .... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/25/sports/ncaabasketball/womens-ncaa-tournament-is-no-place-for-underdogs-to-thrive.html Something to arouse the BY crowd on this day of lull?

Interesting on a bunch of levels... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/sports/basketball/diana-taurasi-focusing-on-playing-in-russia-where-the-money-is.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/23/388461378/a-soaring-new-broad-jump-record-is-set-at-nfl-combine?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

and good for her ... http://www.foxsports.com/womens-college-basketball/story/dawn-staley-plans-to-use-international-success-100914

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/sports/basketball/a-leaner-scoring-machine-whos-not-at-all-mean.html?action=click&contentCollection=Pro%20Basketball&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article

... here's how one team with aspirations, orange uniforms, and an un-mourned (by most of us) Final Four drought views its recent past and near future: http://www.foxsports.com/womens-college-basketball/story/lady-vols-coach-wants-a-stronger-finishing- touch-072114 Better link below. JS...

... whom I'd never heard of.... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/sports/sarah-patterson-steps-down-as-alabama-womens-gymnastics-coach.html?partner=rss&emc=rss If anyone knows of more to add, please do.

you don't have to speak the language to appreciate this one (it's short) -- http://www.snotr.com/video/8965 my wife laughed to tears. My daughter was horrified.

Since it's the off-season, I figure others may also like to waste some time with this -- the Yankees vs. Boston, of course (the Munson-Nixon line), but many more, too: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/23/upshot/24-upshot-baseball.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/sports/impact-of-northwestern-ruling-on-womens-sports-is-uncertain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

... and they plan to throw the first punch. But in addition to the standard bravado, the article contains some interesting background...

This article looks into the behind-the-scenes logistics, and some screw-ups. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/sports/ncaabasketball/after-filling-the-brackets-figuring-out-the-charters.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Today, Fox Sports quotes Kim Mulkey as follows: ''I can't tell you how much fun it's been [this 2013-2014 season]. It has been a dream year when it comes to teaching, when you go to work all you have to worry about is X's and O's,'' coach Kim Mulkey said. ''You don't have to deal with grade...

... and it's "extra motivation" ... etc. http://msn.foxsports.com/womens-college-basketball/story/irish-find-themselves-overshadowed-by-uconn-again-031814

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/sports/basketball/novel-league-would-insert-gender-into-the-game.html?pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss "In his blueprint, the composition of the teams would change from quarter to quarter: three men and two women, and vice versa. There would be a 4-point shot...

This article about Pink Floyd's song harkens back to some off-season, off-topic Boneyard threads. Not sure what triggered the article, though. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/booming/pink-floyds-comfortably-numb-and-other-takes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Is there some special relationship between the Lady Vols WCBB team and Fox Sports and/or the AP? The link below is the third non-news puff piece about the LVs in the last month or so, which is three times as many puff pieces as for any other WCBB team, and perhaps as many as for all those other...

No billboard material herein, but it is interesting that it already seems settled that a freshman will start at point guard for Notre Dame. http://msn.foxsports.com/wcbk/story/Irish-enter-unfamiliar-ACC-with-familiar-goals-95098284

Cierra Burdick (U. Tenn.): ''I think hands down we have the best frontcourt in the country." As an elite athlete, you have gotta have confidence, but still .... http://msn.foxsports.com/wcbk/story/Lady-Vols-ready-to-compete-for-championships-again-56362038

Per Bankrate.com... http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/best-places-retire-how-state-ranks.aspx For some reason, they don't take into account the quality of the states's WCBB teams.

... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/sports/ncaabasketball/in-womens-basketball-one-woman-deals-with-loyalty-and-dying-rivalries.html?_r=0 and Jere Longman story on the Schimmels...

Here is Fox Sports on the possibility that ND would beat UConn for a 4th time this year. Not much new except that (1) the article reminds us that UConn had beaten ND by an average of 11 points before losing to them in the NCAA semis in 2011 and (2) the article says that no team has ever beaten...

We're #1, ahead of Baylor ... makes you wonder what this index measures ... http://msn.foxsports.com/wcbk/story/UPS-Team-Performance-Index-creates-consensus-on-top-four-schools-in-womens-basketball-13157692