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Sports, exciting in the summer? It's a conspiracy!

T he summer months are frequently disparaged as sports' dog days, and deservedly so. From mid-June until early August, every mainstream game save baseball decides to hibernate, leaving casual fans and ardent zealots alike with a sporting landscape rivaled in its exhilaration by "Meet the Press" marathons. But not this summer. Would you believe that in the last four weeks, all of the following remarkably unfolded: Sparking the improbable yet astonishing chain reaction, NBA Commissioner David Stern - in sneaky Stern fashion - masterminded a scheme of inconceivable intricacy by conspiring with the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers to ensure that the more populous market would be on display in the Finals.


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Former Cavs take home World Cup

The U.S. women's lacrosse World Cup team, which features five former Virginia players, won the 2001 International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Association World Cup on Sunday, when it defeated Australia, 14-8, in High Wycombe, England.


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After the Board of Visitors authorized strategic planning for a new basketball facility in October 1998, the Virginia athletics department did some preliminary work, such as discuss possible sites and designs, to plan for the arena.


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Football recognized

The Virginia football team was one of 28 institutions recognized by the American Football Coaches Association for its players' graduation rate.


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Young draftees: Ready for the NBA,

T he NBA recently disclosed its new motto - the suc- cessor to "I love this game," if you will - a jingle it hopes will bind the ageless legends of decades past to the far-from-aged boy scouts currently inhabiting the hardwood.


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Former Virginia golfer Chitengwa dies

After withdrawing from the Canadian Tour's Edmonton Open before Saturday's third round with a high fever, former Virginia golfer Lewis Chitengwa died later in the afternoon at the University of Alberta Hospital. Chitengwa was taken to Misericordia Hospital earlier in the morning, where doctors told him he had the flu and sent him home.


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Foundation offer reforms for NCAA sports

In a report released Tuesday, an influential panel on collegiate athletics recommended changes that would reduce commercialism in big-time college sports. The Knight Foundation Commission, a 28-member panel of college presidents, corporate CEOs and former athletic stars, offered many reforms that would turn the state of collegiate athletics upside down.


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Baseball gets $2 million gift

In just one month, the Virginia baseball program has gone from rock bottom to a promising rise. At a press conference Monday that took place on the Virginia baseball field, the University's athletics department announced that recent anonymous donations combining for $2 million will launch a $4 million upgrade of the field.


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Soccer trio heads to World Youth games

Three members of the Virginia men's soccer team were chosen last week to represent the United States at the FIFA World Youth Championships, which began Sunday in Argentina. Wolfgang Suhnholz, coach of the U.S.


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All University students are required to live on Grounds in their first year, but they have many on and off-Grounds housing options going into their second year. Students face immense pressure to decide on housing as soon as possible, and this high demand has strained the capacities of both on and off-Grounds accommodations. Lauren Seeliger and Brandon Kile, two third-year Cavalier Daily News writers, discuss the impact of the student housing frenzy on both University students and the Charlottesville community.