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Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on June 5:

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The 14th-seeded Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns will square-off with the 3rd-seeded Arizona St. Sun Devils in a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional softball series that begins on Thursday, in Tempe, Arizona.

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Three unearned runs spoil Nicholson's effort.

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Was Petrino's boss at Louisville

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Fenway Park, Major League Baseball’s oldest stadium, might be turning 100 years young but it is far from the oldest thing that guys everywhere hold dear. There are things we take for granted every day that have stood the test of

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The sinking of the infamous RMS Titanic in 1912 has gone down (no pun intended) as the most famous ocean liner disaster in history, thanks in part to popular culture’s take on the topic from the 1958 Roy Ward Baker film ‘A Night to Remember’ to James Cameron’s legendary blockbuster ‘Titanic.’ And yet the legend surrounding this infamous boat (and the 1,500-plus people it took down with it) has surpassed some of the actual events that transpired in the icy North Atlantic Ocean.

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As far as holidays go, Easter might not be as popular as Christmas or Halloween, but it still has traditions and treats that can raise anyone’s spirit, mood or blood sugar level.

The most interesting part of this annual celebration of Spring and rebirth is the supposed difference in the ways they are celebrated.

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The 2012 Final Four includes four NCAA basketball programs that have each won at least one national championship in its history. In total, Kentucky, Louisville, Ohio State, Kansas have 49 Final Four appearances and 13 NCAA basketball titles between them.

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Not every great college basketball team wins the NCAA tournament. Some incredible college teams have suffered heartbreaking losses only to win the NCAA tournament title the following year (1973 North Carolina State, 1975 Indiana, 1982 Georgetown). Other championship teams have lost in an attempt at repeating (1961 Ohio State, 1985 Georgetown, 1991 UNLV, 1997 Kentucky).

Here are the 12 best teams that failed to win the NCAA tournament:

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USA halts T-Ray's win streak

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