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Never been to Spain? USF Bulls soon will be running there

Published on July 13, 2015 in Sports/Top Headlines by Gary Shelton

There will be a different kind of running of the Bulls in Spain this summer. The South Florida Bulls’ basketball teams, the men and the women, have announced plans for a 10-day trip to Spain beginning Aug. 8. Under NCAA rules, teams are allowed to participate in a foreign tour every four years. The USF teams have several players and coaches who speak Spanish. The men’s coach is Orlando Antigua. The women’s coach is Jose Fernandez. Women basketball players for…

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Women’s basketball still has catching up to do in Florida

Published on April 7, 2015 in Apolitical/Sports/Top Headlines by Gary Shelton

For now, it belongs to us. You can admire it, the way the lights bounce off it. You can imagine how it will look in the trophy case next to the others. You can think about the talent and dedication it took to earn it. Then you could wave it goodbye. The women’s Final Four trophy, like a lot of others, is on its way somewhere else. We haven’t won enough trophies here. The Super Bowl XXXVII trophy. The 2004…

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Science shows March Madness fans cannot resist an underdog

Published on March 19, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Associated Press

If you got that warm-‘n-fuzzy feeling the weekend Lehigh beat Duke or the year N.C. State socked Phi Slama Jama or the time Butler almost did it, you are not alone. The science shows, again and again, that we can’t resist pulling for the teams called the Anteaters (that’s UC Irvine). Or for the UABs of the world to upend the UCLAs. For the time-tested crowd pleaser, the No. 12 seed, and for anyone else with the label ‘underdog’ when…

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