December 30, 2003
Fourteen stories we missed covering in 2003

• Dean Blais attends ribbon-cutting ceremony as Shattuck-to-Sioux pipeline officially opens.

• Middlebury president forfeits his school's national championships to show support for Proposal 65. He tells student-athletes, "sports don't matter."

• Detroit crushed by Frozen Four snub; settles for men's basketball tournament.

• Coach declines holiday tournament invite because the event didn't have an appealing title sponsor.

• Local newspaper reporter fabricates NCAA game stories without leaving town; convinces fans that they won the national title.

• On his way out of office, former NCAA committee chairman Ian McCaw admits, "We just picked 16 teams at random."

• Pee wee star verbally commits to Boston University.

• At NCAA Tournament, St. Cloud State breaks down and says it: "we're just happy to be here."

• Bobby Clarke writes son-in-law Peter White out of his will when he learns that White played college hockey instead of major junior.

• David LeNeveu: "Yeah, it's pretty much the system."

• Omaha residents boycott season-opening Maine vs. Minnesota game to protest not getting an NCAA Regional.

• Coach offers detailed explanation of what team rules his suspended player violated.

• Umberger says he never should have listened to Clarett.

• Fan reaches over plexiglass, extends UNH's NCAA Tournament misery another year.