North Texas stamped its authority on the UIL state basketball championships, winning 13 of the 24 statewide titles, including eight boys crowns and five girls championships across all classifications.
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Johnny Resendiz,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
A week ago, the Queens Royals muscled through an emotional overtime win that stamped their ticket to the NCAA Tournament and launched them into the greater college basketball consciousness.
The clay can be shaped, molded, and even dried and painted.
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Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
13 Mar. 2026
The Bulls forward said his on-court temperament was molded by his experience playing under longtime Chicago AAU coach Mac Irvin, who always preached that once a player started talking smack in a game, the player had to uphold that same intensity through the final whistle.
The band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 and became one of the most enduring acts in punk rock, releasing over a dozen studio albums independently through Fat Mike’s Fat Wreck Chords label.
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Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
16 Mar. 2026
In September, the judges found that Sarkozy and his associates had formed a criminal association between 2005 and 2007 to secure money from Libya to support his successful presidential bid.
Missouri’s congressional districts could shift after an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting effort carved the Kansas City metro into three districts.
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Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
At Punta Papa, divers can explore a WWII shipwreck, while, closer to the harbor, the Grotte di Pilato is an impressive series of tunnels and fish ponds carved into the tuff by ancient Romans, who used them to breed moray eels.
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Kristina Kasparian,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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