07th December 2010
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To say that Emily MacLeod knows her role on the Michigan State University women's cross-country team would be to vastly underestimate not only her ability, but her leadership and desire.
MacLeod, the only senior runner for...
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07th December 2010
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For the Michigan State women's cross-country team, the time to win is now. And believe you me, the Spartans have made that decision really clear recently.
Fresh off winning the Big Ten Conference title, Michigan State's wo...
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30th November 2010
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The AP Top 25 and Coaches Top 25 College Football Polls are nationally recognized, but after 50+ years of watching and/or covering college football games, and being a former sports editor for a daily newspaper, here is anothe...
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29th November 2010
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Is anyone surprised that 4 ranked football teams - 3 of them very highly ranked - won their games by a combined total of 12 points this week? You should not be surprised that No. 1-ranked Oregon, 3rd-ranked TCU, 7th-ranked St...
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25th November 2010
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When I was knee-high to a grasshopper in 1954, baseball was THE sport in America. It wasn't about football as it is now.
Every kid I knew made the corner grocery store owner a fortune by buying baseball cards. It was all a...
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23rd November 2010
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You see it in college football games every Saturday - missed assignments, missed tackles, players throwing themselves at runners and hoping they will fall down. Guess what? The runners do not fall down so much anymore. They ...
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16th November 2010
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Both unbeaten Michigan State and Missouri saw their national championship hopes evaporate this week as the hard-nosed Iowa Hawkeyes dug in at home to crush the Spartans, 37-6, and the equally defensive-minded Nebraska Cornhus...
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12th November 2010
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The Washington Huskies, who had climbed to the top of the mountain in upsetting 24th-ranked Oregon State 35-34 in double overtime two weeks ago, fell off the side of the mountain against 15th-ranked Arizona.
The Wildcats s...
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11th November 2010
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If you are a Michigan State fan, booster or alumni, watching the Spartans play can be dangerous to your health.
A rabid follower of the Spartans is emotionally vested and seeing them in the first half of their last two gam...
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11th November 2010
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The AP Top 25 and Coaches Top 25 College Football Polls are nationally recognized, but after 50+ years of watching and/or covering college football games, and being a former sports editor for a daily newspaper, here is anothe...
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20th June 2010
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I have had it with the illegal Mexican aliens.
I am not interested in having my taxpayer money subsidize any support programs for these foreigners who refuse to identify themselves, and refuse to go though the process of ...
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18th June 2010
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Having the best indoor prep track and field performance during the 2010 season is a huge accomplishment considering our population (the current U. S. Census Bureau estimate is 309+ million).
Having the best indoor prep tr...
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22nd March 2010
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There are certain moments in track and field history that merit our attention, and this is one of them.
An obscure runner from Kenyaâ€"Bernard Lagatâ€"comes to America, and graduates from Washington State University in 20...
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23rd February 2010
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The University of Washington's women cross-country runners are the defending national champions, and they looked every bit the part while sweeping both the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference and NCAA West Regional titles.
The Hus...
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23rd February 2010
Copyright © 2010 Ed Bagley
There is a new sign on I-5 running north to south through Western Washington and by the Montlake Campus at University of Washington, and it tells a truth that many national champions have had to come to terms withâ€"that it ...
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