Category: Sports
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Wins and losses: The woos and woes of “going pro”
NOW THAT BASKETBALL PLAYING SEASON is over (no, the NBA doesn't count), for fans of the top teams, it is a season of sadness and helplessness, as the college basketball…
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Puff (the Magic Dragon) busted on possession charges
LONDON — Puff (the Magic Dragon), who had disappeared from the public eye following the last Peter, Paul and Mary Reunion Tour, re-appeared in a London courtroom today. Puffy, as…
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“Aren’t you Gary Gaddy?” Lesser moments in columnar fame
Just in case you are tempted to write a column for your local newspaper — as a service to the reading public — let my experience be a cautionary tale.…
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Coaches Krzyzewski and Williams fined for comments
GREENSBORO — The Atlantic Coast Conference today announced substantial fines levied on head coaches Michael Krzyzewski and Roy Williams, of Duke University and the University of North Carolina, respectively, for…
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When you’ve said “Wisconsin!” — you’ve said it all
PLEASE UNDERSTAND that the state of Wisconsin is, and has been, in a state of confusion. This is the state that brought us both Joseph McCarthy and Frank P. Zeidler.…
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Today’s time and money saver: The generic celebrity news
READERS MAY WISH TO CLIP this special special-edition column and save it to read every week, or even every day if necessary, as it allows an individual to keep up…
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Tar Heels succeed in spite of themselves; Duke fails me
THIS PAST WEEK'S SPORTS NEWS featuring the Tar Heel Nation illustrates several fundamental principles of the sporting life. The most prominent being: "It does not matter what you say about…
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Sicily: I say if ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it
A COUPLE OF OCTOBERS AGO my sweet wife and I had the opportunity to travel to Sicily for a vacation, so we took it. We were invited by my step-daughter's…
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What’s new in the news: The bottom eight for 2010
News you may have missed in 2010. You tell me which are fact and which are fiction. Playmate "overexposed" by TSA LOS ANGELES — Former Playboy Playmate Donna D'Errico —…
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The sentimental cynic: New Year’s resolved
THIS IS WHAT I SAID: "My New Year's resolution this year is to have no New Year's resolution." Well, that didn't work. All the major American holidays have some bad…
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