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<title>Bidding adieu to the Field House</title>
<description><![CDATA[TO GIVE you the proper time perspective, consider this: Cam Henderson Center is in its 31st season of Marshall University basketball.The Thundering Herd entered its new on-campus arena in November 1981, after 31 seasons at the (Veterans) Memorial Field Hou...]]></description>
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<title>C-USA, MWC still working on merger</title>
<description><![CDATA[ONE CONCLUSION reached when Conference USA schools released their football schedules Thursday was affirmation that Marshall would indeed visit West Virginia on Sept. 1, with the intrastate rivals playing football for the final time in our lives. The second...]]></description>
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<title>NCAAs plan to pay athletes worth rooting against</title>
<description><![CDATA[THIS MONTH, I have a legitimate rooting interest.I might follow a few professional sports teams - the Penguins and whoever plays the Denver Broncos and New York Rangers come to mind, but those are purely for recreation.My true rooting interest is for Mark ...]]></description>
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<title>Loss shows Herd not ready to join C-USA elite </title>
<description><![CDATA[AFTER sitting through Marshalls disastrous 67-51 loss Sunday against Akron, I had to rethink my annual Conference USA pre-league schedule projections.Shoot, I was ready to ride the Thundering Herd into the leagues top four. I was ready to down the green Ko...]]></description>
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<title>Presents under my tree</title>
<description><![CDATA[BACK FROM the triumphant (and sunny) end of Marshalls football season, I am throwing on the Santa Claus outfit and handing out goodies to all. <li>To Marshall football coach Doc Holliday: Assuming he doesnt do something crazy like jumping to Columbus to wo...]]></description>
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<title>Honors continue to pile up for MUs Curry</title>
<description><![CDATA[VINNY CURRY said its about time to retire his &quot;Nature Boy Flee&quot; shtick.That made one more appearance Sunday afternoon, on the Cam Henderson Center video board. Currys attempt to imitate pro wrestler Ric Flair - white robe, pink boa and all - was ...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[CAN SMELL this coming a mile away from one element of Marshall football fandom: &quot;Im not going to Florida to see the Thundering Herd play a Sun Belt team.&quot;To which I would reply: Get over yourselves. As hard-earned as the Herds 6-6 record was, its...]]></description>
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<title>An epic week for MU sports</title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - As Steve Cotton dropped by the writers area of the Marshall pressbox to say goodbye Saturday night, his well-known voice was intact. Weary, tired, but intact. He and his vocal chords were definitely ready for a long autumns nap. Long, long wee...]]></description>
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<title>Mbao gives Herds inside game a boost</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEXT WEEK may tell a more accurate story, but Marshall fans saw Saturday how the their basketball teams inside game could really look.Nobody flinched over DeAndre Kanes 26 points in the Herds 83-61 win over Northwestern State. That may have been his career...]]></description>
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<title>Is Herd in better shape than in 09.</title>
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