{"id":187434,"date":"2025-09-28T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/187434\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:24:06","slug":"greatness-of-wisconsin-mens-basketballs-clarence-sherrod-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/187434\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatness of Wisconsin men&#8217;s basketball&#8217;s Clarence Sherrod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Wisconsin men\u2019s basketball coach John Powless was willing to play shorthanded to teach a valuable lesson.<\/p>\n<p>kAm!@H=6DD H2D 7:==:?8 \ud83d\ude15 E@ 4@249 E96 q2586CD\u2019 7C6D9&gt;2? E62&gt; 7@C 2 82&gt;6 5FC:?8 E96 `hef\\eg D62D@?[ 2?5 9:D 46?E6C[ v=6? #:4986=D[ H2D 2 H2=&lt;\\@? 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