The 'Eternal City Tip-Off' college basketball game brings Villanova and Notre Dame to the Vatican for a meeting with the first U.S.-born pope.
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The 'Eternal City Tip-Off' college basketball game brings Villanova and Notre Dame to the Vatican for a meeting with the first U.S.-born pope.
The teams are in Rome for the U.S. college basketball season opener — an event dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off and created to honor the U.S.-born pope.
The Independent reported the story as "Pope Leo dribbles golden basketball and tries to stay neutral as rival US teams descend on Vatican."
2 sources have covered this story, including The Independent and CBS News. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 19 hours ago.
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[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 2 independent outlets across the spectrum.
[02] DisputedKey facts present in mainstream desks; corroboration thin from wires.