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Even as kids, everyone knew that he was going to be a great athlete. He was not taller or stronger than everyone else, as many of the premiere athletes are when they are young.

Driving in off Clovis Avenue from Highway 99, the campus seemed to rise out of vineyards and dust as a young Terry Miller approached Fresno to sample the heat for the first time.

It was the summer of 1969, and Miller, fresh from UC Berkeley, was coming to meet his colleagues in the theatre department. This was his first real job. He knew nothing about Fresno, nothing about Fresno State.

25 hours in New Mexico.
44 hours total.
1 NCAA tournament appearance for the Fresno State women’s basketball team.

Friday
9:38 a.m.
Juan and I hop on a flight out of Fresno, headed to Phoenix. On the plane a baby starts crying. It doesn’t stop. I’m wearing a red sweatshirt. Gotta represent, even though I am a reporter. As we get off the plane the woman with the baby silently apologizes to everyone as they walk past her.

By now you know that the Fresno State women’s team lost against Baylor.
And you see that the headline’s misspelled.
You also probably know that Fresno State wasn’t on television — even though they were supposed to be.
In many ways, it’s more ridiculous than you might imagine. As would be expected, the NCAA is trying [...]

The Fresno State women’s basketball team was unable to recover from early jitters Saturday afternoon in the NCAA tournament against No. 3 seeded Baylor, losing 88-67.

The Bulldog Beat listened silently, some of the members bobbing their heads to the Baylor band’s pep song. The tune ended and the Bulldog Beat members gave a quick smirk as they raised their instruments.

Then they fired right back at Baylor.

Albuquerque, N.M. – The Fresno State women’s basketball team was unable to recover from early jitters Saturday afternoon in the NCAA tournament against Baylor, losing 88-67.

It was the first-ever NCAA tournament appearance for the Bulldogs.

My favorite sports teams are garbage.

What do you do when the professional sports team you love is horrible? That’s the question that literally millions of Americans probably ask themselves every year.

A 15-point lead wasn’t enough for the Fresno State men’s basketball team as New Mexico State came from behind to beat the Bulldogs 69-64.