By LINDSEY MCPHERSON, Capital News Service
By LINDSEY MCPHERSON, Capital News Service
Published
09/23/08
WASHINGTON — University of Maryland, College Park, men's basketball coach Gary Williams has led his team to a national championship; now he's looking to help win another battle — against cancer.
Williams joined two state representatives and four other NCAA basketball coaches — two who also have won national championships -- on Capitol Hill Tuesday to ask Congress for more funding for cancer research.
The group came on behalf of Coaches vs. Cancer, a group of more than 500 college basketball coaches that has raised nearly $45 million for cancer research.
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