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Fire this clown

?For when the One Great Scorer comes,To write against your name,He marks ? not that you won or lost ?But how you played the game.?? Grantland RiceNever in the history of sports has a writer so succinctly and poetically summed up the essence of sports on a higher plane than that of the playing field.


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The next Big Thing: SlamBall

Now petitioning the NCAA for a new intercollegiate sport: SlamBall.I need to give a shout-out to my buddies Nolan and Tahlor for telling me about this sport, which is played on a modified basketball court that features Plexiglas boards, like in hockey, and four trampolines arranged to cover the area inside the three-point line.


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Halloween horror

Being a sports fan is never easy. As a Virginia Cavaliers football fan and Dallas Cowboys fan, the performance of these two teams was scarier than anything else I witnessed this Halloween weekend.Virginia had a chance to strengthen its hold on the Coastal Division and definitely let a win slip through its grasp Saturday.


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Men

The Virginia men?s cross country team raced to its second consecutive ACC Championship Saturday, and sixth-year senior Ryan Foster claimed his first career individual conference title.Racing at the Ranson-Hamrick Cross Country Course at North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the Cavaliers turned in the low card of the day, tallying just 40 points to comfortably outpace runner-up No.


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Missed opportunities galore in tough loss

?You probably can count on two fingers the amount of fumbles that Cedric [Peerman] has had.?Virginia coach Al Groh?s words for Peerman described the first occasion Peerman had fumbled the ball away to the opposition, or at all, in his Virginia career.


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Amen to that

It?s OK, Reverend.By Reverend, of course, I mean Cedric Peerman, tailback and ordained minister.


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Cavs suit up for hurricane on the field

After Virginia?s come-from-behind win against then-No. 18 Georgia Tech last Saturday, the Cavaliers have become the epitome of the phrase ?from worst to first.? After an abysmal start to the season, the Cavaliers (5-3, 3-1 ACC) now hold the top spot in the ACC Coastal Division.


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Team hopes to tame Tigers, stomp Jackets in weekend home matches

After an up-and-down weekend, befitting of the first half of their ACC season, the Cavaliers will kick off the second half of their schedule against Clemson and Georgia Tech this weekend.The Cavaliers (13-10, 5-6 ACC) rank ninth of 12 in the parity-filled ACC this year, while Clemson and Georgia Tech rank third and fifth, respectively.

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