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<title>Ups and downs of Marcums stay</title>
<description><![CDATA[BOB MARCUM, who departed his &quot;retirement job&quot; as athletic director of Marshall University on Tuesday, was generally popular among his employees and decidedly unpopular among Thundering Herd fans. The latter may come as a shock to the two Charlest...]]></description>
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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:42 -0400
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<title>WVU stumbling on practice facility project</title>
<description><![CDATA[CALL IT the long arms race.Its the race to land blue chip basketball recruits. Its the race to become a national championship contender.West Virginia University officially entered that race back in April of 2007. On the fifth of that month, athletic direct...]]></description>
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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:39:28 -0400
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<title>Early thoughts on C-USA football</title>
<description><![CDATA[RADICAL, EARTH-SHAKING change is coming to Conference USA. OK, I was pulling your chain. After the 2005 realignment, all changes are small by comparison. The following is downright minuscule.Were talking about the preseason polls in football and mens baske...]]></description>
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Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:45:54 -0400
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<title>The Matt Millen of poker sees a world title within reach</title>
<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS - BY DAY, I talk poker; by night, I play poker. This came as quite a surprise to Toni - a.k.a. She Is The One (And Then Some) - who assumed I just impersonated a poker player on TV to allow us to eat at Outback Steakhouse once a month.At the mome...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Norman Chad)]]>
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Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:16:49 -0400
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<title>Urban planning to build on 08 success</title>
<description><![CDATA[OK, SO West Virginias Tyler Urban isnt exactly a legend yet - although, last season, he was the first Mountaineer tight end to catch a touchdown since 2005. Like so many other highly regarded recruits, however, Urban didnt prove to be a myth, either. As a ...]]></description>
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Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:01:11 -0400
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<title>The building is gone, but not the memories</title>
<description><![CDATA[SEVERAL WEEKS ago, they tore down the old DuPont Junior High School building near Belle.  For many of us from the eastern end of the Kanawha Valley, it was our junior high. For my mother-in law-and her siblings, it was their high school. It is always sad t...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Frank Giardina)]]>
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Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:06:22 -0400
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<title>Filling ballpark may involve more than selling tickets</title>
<description><![CDATA[IT WAS a safe bet, of course, that Tuesdays South Atlantic League All-Star Game at Appalachian Power Park would attract a respectable crowd.Several cant-miss forces were at work. We had the allures of a new ballpark, a promotion-minded front-office staff, ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[sports@wvgazette.com (Mike Whiteford)]]>
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Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:28:52 -0400
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<title>Fairmont making Mountain Statement</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE TREND for colleges around West Virginia has been to recruit fewer in-state athletes. Fairmont State obviously hasnt seen those figures. The Marion County school has been bucking the odds lately, luring state sports stars from all across the spectrum - ...]]></description>
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Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:53:29 -0400
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<title>Stew upbeat about Finau, other news</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - On Tuesday, West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart welcomed a couple of former Mountaineer players - John Thornton and Charles Fisher - to Touchdown City. This weekend, hes expecting a welcome addition to his team.According to the coach, de...]]></description>
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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:52:24 -0400
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<title>Perfect ending to a perfect night</title>
<description><![CDATA[IT WAS such a perfect night for the perfect occasion, the 50th edition of the South Atlantic League All-Star Game, and it looked like we were heading for a little bonus baseball.  It wasnt the ideal situation for a deadline-harried newspaper hack, but it w...]]></description>
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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:21:58 -0400
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<title>Teflon AD, bad Gators, yellow carts</title>
<description><![CDATA[AS A rule, one should never, ever gush over an athletic director. If you follow Marshall athletics over any extended period, you need not be told as much. But I must admit Im thisclose to worshipping one of those guys. Namely, Mal Moore of Alabama. The &qu...]]></description>
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Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:29:31 -0400
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<title>Its never too early to spot talent</title>
<description><![CDATA[RIVALS.COM and Scout.com provide Sports Nation with an invaluable service: They keep us up-to-date, as we should be, on the top high school prospects being recruited for student-athlete status at our institutions of higher learning. But what about middle-s...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[ (Norman Chad)]]>
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Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:13:53 -0400
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<title>Casey on deck, WVU hoops recruiting, Mazzulla</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE SUBJECT might be basketball and not baseball. But in regard to West Virginia University, theres a lot of anticipation around the state. For Casey will soon be at the bat.Casey Mitchell, a talented shooting guard from Chipola College, said he turned dow...]]></description>
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Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:00:41 -0400
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<title>U.S. Open was one that got away from Snead</title>
<description><![CDATA[ALL THE rain this weekend at the U.S. Open at Bethpage got me thinking a bit about Sam Snead and how his lack of that title is really the only thing keeping him from elite status among golfs biggest stars. Snead won seven majors, a record 82 PGA events and...]]></description>
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Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:04:09 -0400
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