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An in-game revelation led to the removal of one college women’s basketball referee during a NCAA women’s tournament matchup between N.C. State and Chattanooga. 
According to the Associated Press, hoops ref Tommi Paris was relieved during the contest on Saturday after a background check suggested a conflict of interest with the official — Paris was a Chattanooga grad. 
Background checks on referees prohibit alumni from officiating a game with their respective school due to an evident conflict of interest.

Stan Van Gundy took time out of his day to roast his younger brother, Jeff, on live TV.
During CBS’ broadcast of the Purdue-Utah State Round of 32 game, Stan Van Gundy switched the topic of conversation to the number of athletes who transfer in collegiate sports. 
But instead of analyzing the biggest transfer success stories from college basketball, or highlighting players from the game who started out with different schools, Van Gundy decided to highlight one man who switched schools several times in his collegiate career.
That man was none other than Jeff.

Malnati got sprinkler-head relief from a nasty lie on his 16th hole and went on to save par, birdie the next hole and win the tournament.

Shaka Smart started his head coaching career at VCU back in 2009. Smart had instant success, leading the Rams to a Cinderella-type run in just his second season. Eventually, that success landed him a head coaching job at Texas and now at Marquette. 
In 2011, Smart’s VCU Rams entered the NCAA Tournament as an 11-seed and played in the First Four round. They became the first team in history to start their NCAA Tournament journey in the First Four and then reach the Final Four. 
They eventually lost to Butler in the Final Four, but Smart seemed destined for college basketball greatness.

The buyback will trim the struggling property company’s significant debts, which amounted to some 62 billion Swedish crowns ($5.9 billion) at the end of last year. SBB last week offered to buy back more of its debt, seeking to reassure investors about its finances amid a property market downturn.

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Weaving through back lanes off Wareham high street, parking by a stately church pooled in moonlight. Clattering down a stone-flagged, stone-walled alley to a heavy wooden door, being greeted by soberly uniformed staff with the air of long-serving retainers… arriving at The Priory feels a little like stepping back in time: deliciously so. Even the 20-something general manager, son of the owner, has a pencil moustache that gives him the jaunty looks of a Second World War ace pilot.

The Portugal full-back is on a season-long loan at Barcelona after a spell at Bayern Munich in the second half of last term.

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18-year-old Dwayne Coleman can lift an absurd amount of weight.
On Saturday, the senior from Salmen High School set the Louisiana state record for the heaviest squat at the LHSAA state championships. Coleman himself weighs 462 pounds and plays defensive tackle for his high school’s football team, so you know that this guy has the potential to move a ton of matter.
But how much would you guess he squatted? 600 pounds?
Nope, more.
700? Keep going.
800? Close, but no cigar for you.
Coleman squatted 900 pounds to set the record for all high schoolers in the history of The Pelican State.