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Special Olympics Basketball (Bureau County Republican)
Three teams and a pair of individual skills competitors from Gateway Services will take to the hardwood in search of state titles at the Special Olympics State Basketball Tournament on Saturday at Illinois State University in Normal.

Special Olympics basketball tournaments set to tip off (The Newark Post)
Special Olympics Delaware will host three basketball competitions featuring nearly 1,000 players on March 4 - 6 at the University of Delaware Field House and Bob Carpenter Center.

Special Olympics Basketball Finals Returns to the Wildwoods (Cape May County Herald)
WILDWOOD - Over 1,000 Special Olympics athletes from across New Jersey will participate in basketball competitions on March 27 and 28.

Midweek morsels: Baseball, basketball, wrestling and Olympics (The Sierra Vista Herald)
By Phil Vega Quote of the day: “What does a momma bear on the pill have to do with the World Series? No Cubs!” — Longtime Chicago broadcaster Harry Caray. *** Yes, it’s time for baseball again with the last spring training season in Tucson going on right now. The quote, of course, refers to the futility of the Chicago Cubs who haven’t won the Series in more than 100 years. Will this be the ...

Special Olympics athletes to learn from top women's college basketball players (KTIV Sioux City)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- The National Association of Intercollegiate AthleticsNAIA Special Olympics Clinic to be held at Tyson Events Center Diocese of Sioux City Sponsor Event March 5, 2010 - Sioux

School Board honors Jones, Lilly for work with Special Olympics (The Journal Press)
Board initiates new program to recognize student-volunteers Luke Jones and Sam Lilly, both students at King George High School, were honored by the School Board for their ongoing contributions in launching a Special Olympics swim team in the county. The recognition took place at a meeting this week on March 8. School Board Chairman Lynn Pardee introduced the item, saying that the School Board ...

Special Olympics Basketball Tournament (KSFY Sioux Falls)
The Special Olympics of South Dakota State Basketball Tournament in Mitchell is wrapping up Saturday.

Unicast's 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament Fever Report Finds 54% of Online March Madness Fans Plan to Watch Games Live (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - 03/10/10) - With basketball season heating up towards the March 16th start of March Madness, Unicast today announced the results of a national survey identifying the preferences and activities of online NCAA Basketball Tournament followers. 1,062 adults were polled for Unicast's 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament Fever Report, which found that 83% of March Madness fans ...

Grind to the Olympics (The Ladysmith Chronicle)
Playing basketball as a student at Ladysmith Secondary School eventually led Doug Brinham to the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Via sets schedule for All-Star basketball week activities (The Express-Times)
The event will include a clinic, a banquet and four all-star basketball games.

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