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Men's Tournament games in '02 in jeopardy AP: INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA will cancel all events in South Carolina, including the first and second rounds of the 2002 men's basketball tournament, if the Confederate flag is not removed from the Statehouse dome. The decision by the NCAA executive committee, which gives the state a deadline of Aug. 11 to take action, was announced Friday following discussions with presidents from each of the organization's three divisions."Some of our member institutions and some student athletes have taken specific actions on their own to honor a boycott request from the NAACP and the ...

Men's Tournament games in '02 in jeopardy AP: INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA will cancel all events in South Carolina, including the first and second rounds of the 2002 men's basketball tournament, if the Confederate flag is not removed from the Statehouse dome. The decision by the NCAA executive committee, which gives the state a deadline of Aug. 11 to take action, was announced Friday following discussions with presidents from each of the organization's three divisions."Some of our member institutions and some student athletes have taken specific actions on their own to honor a boycott request from the NAACP and the ...

Victor Chernomyrdin: They Steal More In America. Why Are You Pestering Russia? Summary: NDR leader Victor Chernomyrdin told Komsomolka about his trip to the United States and why his movement did not become an ally of Sergey Shoigu's "Unity." Former Premier Chernomyrdin said that he went to America on his own free will. "Someone should stand up for Russia," he said. "No one in America understands what is going on [in Russia]. They stamp their feet on us, pour dirt from head to toe. Up to the President! It has come to the point when they call Russia a refuse ...