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College basketball Saturday scores, winners, losers

While UNC-Duke stole the show, it wasn't the only dramatic in-state rivalry game of the day. Alabama edged Auburn 96-92 in a back-and-forth thrill-ride that featured 110 points in the second half alone. The rowdy environments for both games showcased the best of college basketball and set the tone for a consequential day of action across the country. (CBS Sports)

Sonny Jurgensen, the strong-arm QB whose personality made him a beloved football figure, dies at 91

Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm, keen wit and affable personality made him one of the most beloved figures in Washington football history, has died. He was 91. He topped 3,000 yards in a season five times, in an era before rules changes opened up NFL offenses. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983. (Associated Press)

A teenager fled Cuba in 1960. His grandson, Fernando Mendoza, just became a football icon.

“My grandfather gives us history lessons all the time,” Alberto Mendoza said in Miami Beach on the Saturday before the national championship game, and near the turn of last decade, with Fernando in 10th grade and Alberto in eighth, their maternal grandparents took them to Cuba, a trip that wound up emblematic of the fates of different generations. (MSN.com)

Kentucky fan forgives Rick Pitino for 1992 Duke loss after Malachi Moreno's buzzer beater at LSU

Some losses stick with you. For the current generation of Kentucky basketball fans, that’s the 2015 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers. For anyone old enough to remember, it’s also the 1992 loss to Duke. Malachi Moreno‘s buzzer-beater at LSU was so similar to Christian Laettner’s in the 1992 Elite Eight that one Kentucky fan gave up his 34-year grudge vs. Rick Pitino. (Kentucky Sports Radio)

College hoops rarely gets two unbeatens in February. Arizona, Miami proving why this year is special

Wanna hear something sweet? It's Feb. 5 and we still have two undefeated teams in college basketball. Cherish this, because you probably didn't know that the second sentence in this column is something that's only been true five times in the last 30-plus seasons. Arizona and Miami University: Two very different programs bonded by a riveting storyline. (CBS Sports)

Video: Duke Basketball Coach Jon Scheyer Pre-UNC Press Conference

Duke head men's basketball coach Jon Scheyer speaks with the media on Thursday ahead of the No. 4 Blue Devils' matchup against the No. 14 North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday evening at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill. (View Video)

From bad football and perfect basketball to a ‘miracle’ season: Don Fischer’s journey with Indiana

Don Fischer never saw this coming. The play-by-play voice of Indiana basketball and football was behind the microphone a half-century ago when the Hoosiers — the basketball Hoosiers, coached by Bob Knight — won the 1976 national title with a 32-0 record. And Monday, he described for listeners how the Hoosiers’ football team matched that feat. (Associated Press)

Washington Post closing sports department amid layoffs

Following weeks of speculation, the Washington Post announced mass layoffs Wednesday, including the shuttering of its sports department in its current iteration. The Washington Post sports desk was, for much of the last 100 years, the apex of the business. Sports journalists were already excoriating the Post and owner Jeff Bezos before the ax fell. (Awful Announcing)

17 former NC State athletes join lawsuit alleging abuse by ex-head trainer, bringing total to 31

Seventeen additional former N.C. State male athletes have joined a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine, pushing the number to 31 in a case that began with a federal lawsuit from a single athlete more than three years ago. All but two of the 31 are "John Doe" plaintiffs. (Associated Press)

How Louisville basketball can build momentum ahead of March Madness

As of Monday, CBBAnalytics.com said UofL was most likely to earn the No. 5 seed in the ACC Tournament — meaning no double bye. And over at EvanMiya.com, its NCAA Tournament re´sume´ fell into the Nos. 6-8 seed range. If the Cards want to make good on their lofty preseason expectations, these three things must be at the forefront of their blueprint. (USA Today)

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