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Profiles of the 33 drivers in Sunday's Indianapolis 500, in starting order with car number in parentheses, age, hometown, engine, race team, and biographical information (w-former winner; r-rookie):
Ed Carpenter turned Pole Day into a family celebration.
Russ Smith is staying at Louisville to chase another NCAA championship and a degree.
A New York City judge has dismissed an NBA security official's discrimination and assault lawsuit against University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma, the NBA and USA Basketball, saying the alleged wrongdoing didn't happen in New York.
The Connecticut women's basketball team returned to campus Wednesday, wearing warm-up jackets with "Gr8ness" printed on the back and carrying with them the program's eighth NCAA championship trophy.
Shoni Schimmel smiled and hugged her teammates, almost as if she was celebrating, when the clock hit zero and Louisville had fallen hard to Connecticut in the women's NCAA championship game.
Breanna Stewart scored in seemingly every way possible, piling up 18 points as Connecticut used a 19-0 run to race to a 48-29 halftime lead over Louisville in the women's NCAA championship game Tuesday night.
Spike Albrecht shined while Trey Burke sat.
Geno Auriemma has never lost an NCAA championship game.
Louisville men's coach Rick Pitino went to New Orleans to watch the Cardinals' women's team play Connecticut in Tuesday night's NCAA championship game.
Fans poured into the streets to celebrate the Cardinals' NCAA championship win over Michigan, throwing all-night parties that at one point became so raucous police in riot gear used pepper spray to break them up.
Geno Auriemma has never lost an NCAA championship game.
Louisville's basketball teams have been pulling for each other during both NCAA tournaments, sweating through the nail biters, cheering the wins.
Indiana's slogan is the "Quest for 8," a nod to the Hoosiers' dominant men's soccer history while eying an eighth national title. Georgetown's only slogan all season was "Red Bull" – as in reach Red Bull Arena for the Big East championships.
A decade ago, Butler beating North Carolina would have been huge news, an upset that sent shockwaves throughout college basketball.
