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Observations from the summer sports world

While sitting in my shared cubicle all summer and wondering if the Connecticut Sun can stave off the Charlotte Sting for the Eastern Conference title, I've been thinking these thoughts about summer 2004: * I bet you didn't know that was a WNBA reference above.


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Byars transfers to Vanderbilt

Former Virginia guard/forward Derrick Byars said Tuesday that he is transferring to Vanderbilt and will begin summer classes there next week. The Memphis native announced in April that he would be leaving the Virginia program, but did not reveal any future plans at that time.


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Va. Tech QB Vick arrested, suspended

Known primarily as "Michael Vick's little brother," Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick is finally distinguishing himself from his older sibling -- with his police record. The younger Vick was suspended indefinitely from the Hokie football team after a Virginia State police officer pulled him over for speeding and found marijuana in his vehicle. Virginia Tech issued a statement Tuesday afternoon announcing Vick's indefinite suspension.


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Diamonds in the rough

Baseball recruiting is a crazy job. No coach knows where, when or in what form that next group of players is going to come from, and that's what makes it a lot of fun to hear about.


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ACC bans 'ThunderStix' and other noisemakers

The Atlantic Coast Conference has banned all artificial noisemakers from its sporting events, because of concerns that they promote poor sportsmanship, the Raleigh News-Observer reported Wednesday. The ban includes the popular "ThunderStix" which were passed out to fans at several Virginia football games over the past two seasons. The league had already prohibited artificial noisemakers at indoor sporting events, such as basketball in recent years, and now the ban will be extended to all sporting events. The SEC and Pac-10, among other major conferences, already have such a policy in place.


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O'Connor turns down chance at Auburn job to stay with Cavaliers

After three days of talks last week with Auburn about their vacant head coaching position, Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor withdrew his name from consideration from the job on Friday. In his first year at the helm, O'Connor masterfully led the Cavaliers to a 44-15 season, a second-place finish in the ACC and a school record 18 conference victories, including five three-game sweeps.


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