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Source: Montgomery, California agree on deal

Former Stanford and Golden State Warriors coach Mike Montgomery has agreed in principle to replace Ben Braun at rival California, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.
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Monty's coming to Cal

ESPN: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3329152 Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/04/SPS61003NI.DTL wow...really?  Where do we set the over/under?  3 years?  10?  I think Barbour ...
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Miss USA Girls Ready for the Final Four

Here are Michelle Gillespie (Miss Kansas), Hailey Laine Brown, (Miss Tennessee), Raquel Roxanne Beezley, (Miss California), and Andrea Duke, (Miss North Carolina) showing their state spirit: Based on this photo, I’m gonna have say to UCLA ...
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Final Four Previews

NCAA Women’s and Men’s Final Four Tournaments are this weekend – YAAAAY! The women are a strong bunch with Stanford, UConn, Tennessee, and LSU. The men’s tourney has UCLA, Kansas, Memphis, and North Carolina. If I was to pick the winners I would of course say that the Stanford women and UCLA men would be the victors but I’ll try to give a less biased synopsis of each team. Women  ...
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Monty to Cal!

Mike Montgomery has apparently agreed in principle to become the next head basketball coach at Cal, sources have reported to ESPN. Really? Sweet! This is the home run hire most of the fans wanted. I don’t know whether any of the other ...
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