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What to Watch on Saturday: Reality series 'Ball Boys' looks at sports memorabilia

NCAA Basketball (4:30pm, CBS) - Games continue with Louisville vs. Florida at 4:30 and Syracuse vs. Ohio State at 7:05. Both games will air on CBS.

Ball Boys (3pm, ABC) - This new reality series about a Baltimore sports memorabilia shop is from the producers of "Pawn Stars." In this first episode, store owner Robbie Sr. searches for a special Notre Dame gift for a client's husband and gets Hall of Famer Jim Brown to authenticate his autograph on a helmet. A second episode airs at 3:30 featuring former Major League Baseball player Pete Rose (pictured at left with store owners). 

Must Love Cats (8pm, Animal Planet) - A tour of England features pub cats, a cat with an extremely loud purr, and a cat's long journey from home. Also, a scientist's theory on the outdoor habits of cats.

Q'Viva! The Chosen (8pm, Fox) - Contestants audition at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, and the judges decide who's moving on to the next round.

Too Cute (9pm, Animal Planet) - Animal Planet gives canines a shot with an episode about fluffy puppies.

The Firm (9pm, NBC) - This episode was preempted last week: Mitch represents a death-row inmate who wants to help the family he wronged, and there are developments in the Sarah Holt case.

Greater Raleigh Chamber and WEP say don't delay adoption of student assignment plan

Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata and the school board are getting support from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and the Wake Education Partnership to vote on the student assignment plan on Tuesday.

In an op-ed piece today, leaders of both groups say the plan will empower parents, produce stability, create a culture of competition, efficiently use facilities and create a natural diversity. While the plan isn't perfect, they say it's  "a logical blueprint for moving beyond the divisive issue of reassignment."

"Delaying a decision at this point would only prolong the corrosive debate and further distract from pressing classroom issues and needed discussions about how to handle future enrollment growth," according to the piece written by Jim Brown, chair of Wake Education Partnership's board of directors and Jim Beck, chair of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

Sports legend Jim Brown signs with Raleigh PR firm

A small public relations shop in Raleigh has signed as a client one of the top athletes of the 20th century.

PSE-3 said this week it will represent Jim Brown, the former running back for the Cleveland Browns and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Brown, now 75 years old and still looking like a tough guy, is game for making commercials on TV, online and in print, as well as personal appearances, said PSE-3 founder Bill Futterer.

Sanderson announces first Hall of Fame class

Sanderson High School and the Sanderson Athletic Club are set to induct the first class of the newly established Sanderson Athletics Hall of Fame.  The Sanderson Class of 2011 will be the forty-third class of students to graduate from the school that opened for the 1968-69 school year.  Although the Spartans have a rich tradition of excellence in athletics, they haven’t established a Hall of Fame until now.
 
The Sanderson Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2011 includes eight athletes, one coach, one team, one booster, two families, and one “happening” - the famous “Streak” of 103 consecutive soccer matches without a loss.

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