The team with the best odds to win the World Series this year is the Washington Nationals, with a 7-to-1 chance, just edging out the Blue Jays and Tigers, who are both at 8 to 1.
UCLA announced Saturday that it hiredSteve Alford as its men's basketball head coach. Alford, 48, was the head coach at New Mexico for the past six years, with stops at Iowa and Southwest Missouri State before guiding the Lobos. Alford agreed to a 10-year contract extension at New Mexico just 10 days prior to accepting the UCLA job.
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Louisville overcame a horrifying injury to one of its players and beat Duke in the Midwest Regional final on Sunday to advance to the Final Four.
(1) Louisville 85, (2) Duke 63
Russ Smith scored 23 points and top-seeded Louisville shook off a gruesome injury to one of its players and routed second-seeded Duke, 85-63, in the 2013 NCAA tournament's Midwest Regional final in Indianapolis on Sunday
