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BC reaches 3rd straight NCAA title game (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Thu, 04/10/2008 - 19:47

Nathan Gerbe's hat trick helped Boston College advance to its third straight championship game, once again at North Dakota's expense.

John Muse stopped 28 shots and the Eagles rode a four-goal opening period to a 6-1 victory over the Fighting Sioux on Thursday night in the Frozen Four semifinals.

The Eagles have beaten North Dakota the last three years in the semifinal round, but haven't won a...

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Vols' Parker taken first in WNBA draft (AP)

Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 12:45

Fresh off winning her second straight NCAA title, Candace Parker was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks with the first pick in the WNBA draft.

The Associated Press player of the year joins Lisa Leslie, instantly turning Los Angeles into one of the top teams in the league.

The Sparks were a franchise-worst 10-24 last season with Leslie sitting out after giving birth to a daughter in June.

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