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<title>There will never be another Joe Paterno</title>
<description><![CDATA[I HAVE been asked many times, &quot;What was it like to work with Joe Paterno.&quot; I had the opportunity to work with the legendary former Penn State coach for over 17 years.  During that time, I sat to his right every Tuesday around noon during football...]]></description>
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<title>Saluting Thorn, Cowley</title>
<description><![CDATA[The second annual Lettermens Reunion weekend for West Virginia University mens basketball, held this weekend, got me thinking about former Mountaineer hoop stars, particularly Princeton native Rod Thorn, the first Mountaineer star that I remember.The forme...]]></description>
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<title>Remembering Barrett, Ritchie and Vincent</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the start of a new year, allow me to take a look back to remember some of the names in sports that our state lost in the last 12-14 months. <li>Mike Barrett - Barrett is one of the best college basketball players West Virginia has ever produced. He dese...]]></description>
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<title>Christmas wishes in the local sports world</title>
<description><![CDATA[MOST FORMER athletes I know would give almost anything to wear their uniform on the field of competition one more time. In the 2004 comedy hit movie &quot;Napoleon Dynamite,&quot; Napoleons uncle Rico kept saying, &quot;If I could just go back in time, I k...]]></description>
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Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:54:19 -0500
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<title>Memories of past state football champions</title>
<description><![CDATA[THIS WEEKEND a new group of state football champions and runners-up competed in the Super Six championship games in Wheeling. Here are some memories of past state champions and championship games.<li>Bluefield 1967 - Legendary coach Merrill Gainer started ...]]></description>
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<title>Some Thanksgiving thoughts of sports greats from the state</title>
<description><![CDATA[THANKSGIVING week is when life should slow down just a little. Amidst the food and the football, its a time to give thanks.As a long-time observer of sports in West Virginia, here are some of the names of folks I am thankful to have seen and met in my &quo...]]></description>
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<title>Remembering the day the world stopped in our state</title>
<description><![CDATA[NOV. 14 IS A date that brings back painful memories for many of us in West Virginia. On that date in 1970 was the Marshall plane crash. Its hard to believe its been 41 years since the worst sports air tragedy in U.S. history brought our state to its collec...]]></description>
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<title>We all have a Woody O'Hara story</title>
<description><![CDATA[THIS WEEKEND, our state is saying farewell to a broadcasting icon, Woody OHara, who died Wednesday at age 70. Woody will always be remembered as the longtime broadcast partner for legendary WVU radio play-by-play voice Jack Fleming. In fact, the well-known...]]></description>
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<title>Induction of Wonderful Warren triggers memories of 72</title>
<description><![CDATA[    LAST WEEKEND, former Greenbrier East High School and West Virginia University basketball star Warren Baker was inducted into the WVU Athletic Hall of Fame.Bakers induction took me back to the spring of 1972. &quot;A Horse With No Name&quot; by America ...]]></description>
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<title>Emotional night at MU Hall of Fame</title>
<description><![CDATA[EMOTIONALLY SPEAKING, Marshalls Hall of Fame induction Friday night belonged to a couple of former Kanawha Valley kids, John Dotson and Dr. Robin Vealey. Dotson, a 1976 graduate of DuPont High and a distance-running standout, and Vealey, a 1972 graduate of...]]></description>
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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:54:39 -0400
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<title>Logan's basketball greats had talent, too</title>
<description><![CDATA[THIS WEEK, our state has Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. fever. The carwasher from Logan is the biggest story in the state this week as he competes for a million dollars on NBCs &quot;Americas Got Talent.&quot; The question now is this: How big is Murphy in Logan...]]></description>
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<title>Conquering one of the sports beasts in my life</title>
<description><![CDATA[What can I say. Im a big guy.I wish I could say I am big-boned, but Im not. Im just plain overweight. If I were a female, you would be polite and say that I am plus-sized.At any rate, even though I am overweight and in my late 50s, I have always had a goal...]]></description>
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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:33:15 -0400
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<title>Ex-Herd QB Pennington defends Pat White</title>
<description><![CDATA[ONE WEEK from today, West Virginia will play host to Marshall in the season-opening football game in a brief flurry of a series that apparently is on life support. Two of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the two programs are Marshalls Chad Penni...]]></description>
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<title>Remembering past prep gridiron greats</title>
<description><![CDATA[Another season of high school football starts in our state this week. In honor of the start of the season, here are some names you may have forgotten about from years past. <li>Trippi Adams - A former George Washington quarterback, Adams was not very tall,...]]></description>
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