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Basketball Legend Pat Summitt Leaving as Tennessee Women's Coach

THURSDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) -- Less than one year after revealing that she had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, celebrated women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is stepping...

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