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  • Jan 8, 2019

    Phil Booth rallies defending champion Villanova past No. 24 St. John's

    BOX SCORE VILLANOVA, Pa. — Collin Gillespie snagged the final rebound and hugged the basketball as a couple of St. John’s players took some last-gasp swipes at knocking it loose. Gillespie wasn’t letting go and — after a sluggish start — Villanova just may be tightening its grip as the team to beat in the Big East. St. John’s coach Chris Mullin stripped...

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  • Dec 11, 2018

    Penn 78, No. 17 Villanova 75: Quakers end ‘Nova's 25-game Big 5 win streak

    BOX SCORE Phil Booth took the potential tying shot with hands that have slipped on two Villanova national championship rings, and a tick of the clock suddenly seemed endless. “The ball seemed like it was up there for way too long,” Penn forward AJ Brodeur said. The shot was off. The Penn party was on. The Quakers — who had…

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  • Feb 8, 2018

    No. 1 Villanova runs into NCAA's newest giant killer

    BOX SCORE St. John’s watched a desperation heave clang off the rim and players broke into wide smiles and raised their arms in triumph. The Red Storm ran toward their reserves for joyous, leaping chest bumps that the program waited more than three decades to bust out for such an occasion. Winless and woeful no more, the Red Storm...

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  • Dec 12, 2017

    Donte DiVincenzo, Phil Booth help No. 4 Villanova survive La Salle scare

    BOX SCORE Duke’s run at No. 1 ended with a court-storming loss at Boston College and No. 2 Kansas wilted in a rare home loss. Undaunted and undefeated, Villanova is charging toward the top spot. “We played the next No. 1 team in the country,” La Salle coach John Giannini said Sunday. The Explorers got a taste of how tough…

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  • Oct 31, 2017

    Villanova expected to romp again as Big East favorite

    VILLANOVA, Pa. — Jay Wright had a couple of planners in his office and blueprints on the big screen that brought to life some of the striking renovations underway across the street at Villanova’s on-campus arena. The roughly $60 million project is set to transform the Pavilion from a multi-purpose and painfully outdated gym into a state-of-the-art complex with all…

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  • Sep 14, 2017

    Good news for Villanova: Phil Booth is finally healthy

    VILLANOVA, Pa. — Phil Booth can live with hitting only Villanova’s second-biggest buzzer beater in a national championship game. Let’s throw it back to April 2016 in Houston. “Five seconds to go in the half. Booth. He has time. Looks up, puts it up. And got it!” TBS announcer Jim Nantz said. “Big time dagger. Booth!” analyst Bill Raftery said….

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  • Aug 31, 2017

    Led by Rollie Massimino, Villanova fondly remembers 1985 championship

    Rollie Massimino took the stage surrounded by a band, students, and scores of blue-and-white balloons and delivered a speech as fiery as one of his Villanova halftime pep talks. Thirty-one years after Massimino brought an improbable national championship to Villanova, the 80-year-old coaching lifer exhorted protege Jay Wright to win a second title. “We’re going to win tonight! We’re...

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  • Dec 15, 2016

    Bernard Hopkins ready for final fight of championship career

    Bernard Hopkins hobbled into the gym before a sparring session using a cane to aid his small steps. He scrapped his usual stylish Prada glasses for a cheap pair old fogeys might wear and a fake gray beard that sprouted several inches past his chin. Hopkins chuckled as he wagged his cane toward amused onlookers. Long a contender in the…

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  • Nov 13, 2016

    Philly native Eddie Alvarez knocked out by Conor McGregor in 2nd round

    NEW YORK — Conor McGregor knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round to win the UFC lightweight title and become the first two-class champion in the promotion’s history. McGregor dominated from the opening bell of the main event of UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night and the sold-out crowd roaring with each blow. McGregor is now the…

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  • Nov 11, 2016

    Tempers flare between Alvarez, McGregor at UFC 205 press conference

    NEW YORK — Conor McGregor looked he may have strolled straight off a New York fashion show catwalk in his white Gucci mink coat as he raised a steel chair high over his head and took aim on Eddie Alvarez’s skull. UFC President Dana White interjected and snatched the top of the chair before McGregor clocked his UFC 205 main…

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