A Quick Clarification

For anyone wondering about the sudden inundation of posts on the blog, these articles are the result of the journalism class I took this semester. We were assigned to post them on a blog, so here they are for you to ignore or enjoy at you own will.

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Legend Coaches on at DCCC

On Nov. 7, 2010, Joe Paterno was carried off the field at Beaver Stadium after his team rallied from a 21-0 deficit to give Paterno his 400th win as the football coach at Penn State University. The coach, in his 45th year, waved to the raucous crowd as they gleefully chanted “JoePa,” and all the [...]

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Happy, Hazy Memories of an NFL Star

Dick Alban, 81, sits at his home in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania sipping on a cup of coffee at his dining room table and reminisces about his eight year NFL career. With reminders from his wife, Mary, Alban tells story after story in varied detail. Alban tells of his rookie season with the Washington Redskins in [...]

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Technology Run Amuck

Technology in sports has run amuck. This past summer at the World Championships of swimming Olympic hero, Michael Phelps, threatened to boycott all international competition, until the full-body, polyurethane swimsuit worn by German rival Paul Biedermann is banned from competition. Is there anything more basic than swimming? Can you get from here to there in [...]

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Patriots stay hot in the cold, crush Bears

Dec. 14, 2010 delivered driving snow and 40 mile per hour winds to Soldier Field in Chicago but couldn’t keep Tom Brady and the New England Patriots (11-2) from clinching their eighth playoff berth in ten years, with a 36-7 win over the Chicago Bears (9-4). It marked the fifth straight win for the Patriots, [...]

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Browns shock Patriots, cruise to victory.

As the New England Patriots flew to Cleveland for their date with the Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium, most fans and experts expected the Patriots to coast to an easy victory. This was not the case, however. To the surprise of nearly everyone, the Nov. 7 matchup resulted in the Browns (3-5) downing the previously [...]

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