The hero of Illinois’ Final Four run wasn’t always a highly touted prospect: 'One of the fabulous stories'

The hero of Illinois’ Final Four run wasn’t always a highly touted prospect: ‘One of the fabulous stories’

As recently as two summers ago, Keaton Wagler was a little-known recruit playing off the main AAU circuits. Hometown University of Missouri-Kansas City was the only Division I school to offer Wagler prior to the summer before his senior year of high school. More established mid-majors began to show interest during that critical recruiting period…

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‘It’s tough’: Light-on-light kit matchup, hydration breaks add strange wrinkles to USMNT loss | USA

‘It’s tough’: Light-on-light kit matchup, hydration breaks add strange wrinkles to USMNT loss | USA

Saturday’s friendly between the US men’s national team and Belgium at Mercedes-Benz Stadium was played indoors, in a climate-controlled environment, on natural grass, even. Inside the cavernous, 70,000-seat venue, the air was a perfect 72 degrees, as it always is. The stadium’s massive, 8,400-ton HVAC system is designed to cut Atlanta’s stifling summer humidity. On…

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