Greg Echlin
Stories
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'It girl' golfer remembered, decades after her death
She was called the IT girl of women's golf in the Great Gatsby era. Miriam Burns won the 1927 Women's Amateur championship. She retired fromcompetitive golf in 1930 when she was 26, died at 47 and was laid to rest in an unmarked Kansas city grave. That all changes on May 30th when a headstone will be placed on her grave during a memorial service that will include golf great Tom Watson and family members of Burns only grandson
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Florida beats Houston, winning 3rd NCAA men's basketball national championship
The University of Florida Gators won their third NCAA men's basketball championship with a come-from-behind victory over the University of Houston in a thrilling 65-63 final.
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Golfers travel from around the world for 3rd U.S. Adaptive Golf Open
The 3rd Annual Adaptive Golf Open is underway in Kansas as disabled golfers from 32 states and 11 countries vy for a championship. The field includes A 20 year old Utah golfer, paralyzed from a ski accident, who’s back defending the championship he won last year in the seated impairment category
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Why the dearth of Black college baseball coaches is a problem
Although the color barrier was broken decades ago in Major League baseball, there are few black players in college baseball and even fewer coaches.