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April 5, 2004 | Dick's Stock Watch provides a fast-glance review of the past week in the world of sports, charting whose stock is up and whose is down...


Georgia Tech and Connecticut -- These two men's teams won their Final Four games on Saturday and will play in the national-championship game Monday night. Congratulations to the coaches, Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt and UConn's Jim Calhoun. The two national semifinal games were as exciting a pair of Final Four contests as I can remember.

Tennessee and Connecticut -- These two women's teams won their Final Four games on Sunday and will play in the national-championship game Tuesday night (ESPN, 8:30 p.m. ET). Congrats to coaches Pat Summitt of Tennessee and Geno Auriemma of UConn. If both the UConn men and women win, it will be the first double-title in NCAA history.

San Antonio Spurs -- The Spurs are on a six-game winning streak, including Sunday's win over the Los Angeles Lakers at LA and Wednesday's win over the Sacramento Kings.

Andy Roddick, Serena Williams -- Roddick and Williams won the men's and women's NASDAQ 100 tennis titles in Florida.

Candace Parker -- The high school All-American became the first female to win the McDonald's All-American slam-dunk contest (usually an all-male event).


Cleveland Cavaliers -- The Cavs and LeBron James have lost four in a row, including Saturday at home vs. the lowly Golden State Warriors. Cleveland trails the Boston Celtics by 2½ games for the East's final playoff spot.

Chris Webber -- The Sacramento Kings' star has had a rough return to the lineup after coming back from seasonlong knee rehab. He's been booed by fans for his shot selection in a couple starts.

Milton Bradley -- Bradley didn't run out a pop-up that fell for a hit and then faulted Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge. Then the center fielder was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Dick Vitale coached the Detroit Pistons and the University of Detroit in the 1970s before broadcasting ESPN's first college basketball game in 1979 (he's been an ESPN analyst ever since). Send a question for Vitale for possible use on ESPNEWS.

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