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          <title>SADLER: Putting trout in the classroom</title>
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On Saturday, I spent most of the day at the Virginia Council of Trout Unlimited&#8217;s Annual Meeting. Since it was pouring rain (thankfully, we sure do need it), I didn&#8217;t feel too bad about missing the pleasure of sitting in the woods waiting for a deer.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SACCO: Spitzer deserved so much more</title>
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That Fort Defiance Principal Larry Landes only said &#8220;no comment&#8221; speaks volumes about how little this school administration values years of service, years of dedication and years of headaches.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SACCO: Experience ruled the day</title>
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RICHMOND

Experience, in sports, is spoken of like it&#8217;s some sort of Holy Grail. Manna, if you will, raining down from the top of the gym to feed those who have been there and done that before.           ]]></description>
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          <title>WILSON EXTRA : Bartley&#8217;s table is set</title>
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RICHMOND

As she watched the Strasburg players parade off the court and run toward their fans, No&#235;l Bartley stood silent and red-eyed, watching the Rams hand out hugs.
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          <title>WILSON EXTRA: SACCO: What we have been waiting for</title>
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It&#8217;s tough not to look back at Nov. 6, 2007 and say, &#8220;Ah-ha.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SADLER:Another chance to take someone hunting</title>
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Getting more people involved in outdoor recreation and connecting everyone, not just kids, to nature is more than a passing interest for me.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WILSON EXTRA: SACCO: Winning ugly &#8212; very ugly</title>
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FISHERSVILLE

Heading to Richmond? Great.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:37:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WILSON EXTRA: Sacco: Not looking forward to the end</title>
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FISHERSVILLE

Leave it to the tough-talking coach to bring the house down, as rock stars may or may not still say, just a little bit.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WILSON EXTRA: Sacco: Wilson deserves some props</title>
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Let&#8217;s just get this out of the way, bub. Because you know at some point someone is going to bring it up. Whether they&#8217;re looking to discredit Wilson Memorial&#8217;s three-game sweep of the defending Group A champs, or whether their knowledge of volleyball in the state of Virginia is still stuck somewhere in the Midwest.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>So, this is where it ends</title>
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So this is where it happens. This is where it hits you in the face like a cast-iron frying pan. Under the dim glow of the Mill Mountain Star and the take-off path for Roanoke Airport.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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Go ahead and call them tears if you wish.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SADLER: Take someone fishing</title>
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A couple of weeks ago I was in Washington. This time for the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation&#8217;s board meeting.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sacco: Same Gap, same Pride, same Pickle</title>
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SWOOPE

What did you expect? For Pickle Nuckols, in what could be his last home game, to throw off his helmet, beat his chest and let out some animalistic roar?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>It will work</title>
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Someone call Geico.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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LEXINGTON
We&#8217;re pencil-neck pen pushers. Searching high and low for any reason to throw a shadow of a doubt upon R.E. Lee coach David Tibbs and his Fighting Leemen football team.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:53:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SADLER: Climate change and conservation</title>
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A couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to give a speech at the Colorado Conservation Summit in Keystone, Col. My speech was about the impacts global climate change would have on hunting and fishing. One of the side benefits of giving a speech in Colorado was the opportunity to do some fishing with my stepson Matt who lives in Montrose, Col.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SACCO: Polar opposites</title>
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FISHERSVILLE

They&#8217;re as different as apples and oranges, yet go together like peas and carrots. (Yes, 1994 called and wants its cliche back. So save your breath. I know.)
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          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SACCO: Just wait</title>
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STAUNTON - Washes are for cars and dirty socks.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SADLER: A look at conservation and the next administration</title>
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Before returning to civilization here in the Valley, I spent 27 years in Washington, D.C., working on public policy. For the last 10 years I worked on issues directly impacting hunting, fishing and land conservation. During a recent visit back to D.C., I was asked to offer my opinion on the outlook for hunting and fishing issues in the next administration.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SACCO: Scott is a football wizard</title>
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R.E. Lee&#8217;s Dae&#8217; Quan Scott can play football. Heck, Ray Charles could see that.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SADLER: Take some time and research</title>
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As a recent Valley transplant, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the opportunities to improve your hunting and fishing skills, get involved in local conservation efforts and help a kid learn about Virginia&#8217;s outdoor heritage. As hunting season approached I was curious to see what public hunting opportunities there were within about an hour-and-a-half drive from my home in Verona.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SACCO: Not mad, just disappointed</title>
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STUARTS DRAFT

It was wet.

It was muddy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>OUTDOORS: A little local knowledge goes a long way</title>
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Whether you are new to an area like me, or a long-time resident, a little local knowledge can really help.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>FIFE: U.Va. fan&#8217;s survival guide</title>
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It&#8217;s not easy being a U.Va. fan. The open date this weekend gave me an opportunity to reflect what has become of the football program and make me question my sanity as I continue to cling loyally to a team and that hasn&#8217;t brought me much joy in recent years.           ]]></description>
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GREENVILLE
They line up in pairs and walk down the hill that leads to the softball field. Little grammar-school cheerleaders that you could carry in a teacup if you so desired.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>HILL: Slowing the aging process</title>
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Every birthday is another indication of aging, but it&#8217;s also an indication of life. Here in Waynesboro, a recent census report has our senior population doubling by 2010. I have spent every day of my life living and learning from those around me on how to age with grace.             ]]></description>
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STUARTS DRAFT
Nobody in the Waynesboro postgame huddle even bothered to turn their head toward the Stuarts Draft side.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SACCO: The battle to remember</title>
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The boyish glee that broke out over their faces was astounding.
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          <title>FANTASY FOOTBALL: Lost Brady? Beware of lopsided trade offers</title>
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So there you were on the NFL&#8217;s opening day, all fat and happy with New England&#8217;s Tom Brady as your fantasy football quarterback, ready to sit back and watch another 50 touchdowns roll in.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SACCO: Enough with this stupid rule</title>
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It&#8217;s just a dream for Waynesboro coach Steve Isaacs.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>HERSH: Overcoming obstacles to fitness</title>
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One of the questions I&#8217;m most often asked regarding fitness and getting in shape is &#8220;Why is it so hard?&#8221; My answer is usually a simple one, &#8220;because we make it hard."            ]]></description>
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          <title>SACCO: Longtime understudy takes center stage</title>
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STUARTS DRAFT
Who says it&#8217;s all playbooks and the Good Book out in Stuarts Draft?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Running Yankees trickier than giving quotes</title>
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The son is about to find out what&#8217;s in a name. As much fun as he&#8217;s had sitting in the old man&#8217;s office and answering the phone when the tabloids called, Hank Steinbrenner&#8217;s vacation is over.            ]]></description>
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          <title>A seat left empty</title>
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Don Layne didn&#8217;t forget.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:35:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SACCO: Waynesboro needs some heart</title>
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Everybody forms a circle around the man they call, &#8220;Coach,&#8221; and &#8220;Sir,&#8221; with their eyes wide open and mouths slammed shut.           ]]></description>
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          <title>DAHLBERG: Gold not in question, but legacy of US team is</title>
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The gold isn&#8217;t in question anymore. It never really was, unless Kobe Bryant ate some bad Beijing duck or Dwyane Wade got lost at the Great Wall.            ]]></description>
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A few minutes before the teams took the court at the Wukesong basketball arena, two workers came out to measure the baskets to make sure they were the right height. As miserable as Kobe Bryant and his teammates had been from beyond the arc in their first two Olympic games, they had to be grateful for the assurance.            ]]></description>
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The big American heavyweight was talking much like a young Cassius Clay, his mouth moving as fast as his hands. That&#8217;s a trait that could make Deontay Wilder a good bit of money some day, assuming his talent can catch up with his words.            ]]></description>
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Gone was the pre-practice bravado some of the 8-year-olds wore like a mesh jersey. Seconds before, they said they weren&#8217;t scared. Sure, the varsity players are a lot bigger than they are but, hey, this wasn&#8217;t going to be full-contact (&#8220;Is it?&#8221; one asked), which meant guys four-times their size weren&#8217;t going to be rubbing their faces in the dirt. (&#8220;If they did,&#8221; said Tommy Pfeifer, 8, &#8220;they would crush us.&#8221;)           ]]></description>
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After four hours and 50 minutes, the 79th Major League Baseball All-Star game finally came to an end in the 15th inning as the American League All-Stars pushed across the winning run to earn an exciting, but oh-so time-consuming 6-5 victory. With the win, it gave the American League home field advantage for the in the World Series.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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When the International Olympic Committee denied seven Iraqi athletes the opportunity to compete in the 2008 Olympics, the reason given was that politics have no place in the Olympics.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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Most baseball executives would sooner admit reading romance novels than the sports pages, especially in the days leading up to the trading deadline. Usually, there&#8217;s some justification.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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Senior Steven Brown saw something he didn&#8217;t like &#8212; one of the players running the &#8220;box drill&#8221; was standing too tall. 
&#8220;Stay down,&#8221; Brown said as another Little Giant scurried through the pylons and crisscrossed his way back to the starting point in line.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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It was the long-ago British actress Dame Edith Evans who asked, &#8220;When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn&#8217;t she behave like a nice man?&#8221; 
She would&#8217;ve gone Lady Macbeth batty if she scanned the sports pages these days.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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LAS VEGAS 
Chris Paul probably wasn&#8217;t the best person to ask about size, since the 6-footer spends most of his time on the court trying to avoid the big guys instead of trying to act like one. Besides, he&#8217;s got other things on his mind this week, including impressing Mike Krzyzewski enough to secure the backup spot to Jason Kidd as the point guard in Beijing.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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Jim Zorn never has forgotten that, as a rookie with the Dallas Cowboys, he was required by the veteran players to sing during meals.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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Betcha King Larry Landes and his court of good ol&#8217; boy jesters didn&#8217;t expect this coming.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:34:01 EST</pubDate>
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Here&#8217;s a quick test. Who&#8217;s leading NASCAR&#8217;s Nationwide tour at the midpoint of the season? And remember, that&#8217;s the country&#8217;s second-most-popular motorsports series now.

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          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:23:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Washington Redskins have a new coach, a new offense and the same old problem: 
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          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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There was a time not so long ago when none of this would have mattered, at least on this side of the pond. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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SOUTHPORT, England
Even greatness comes with an expiration date. A man can&#8217;t play golf at 53 the way he did at 23. Or even 43. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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Brett Favre went on national television to try and explain something he couldn&#8217;t quite explain. He&#8217;s got plenty of company, because when it comes to retirement there aren&#8217;t many athletes who can figure out when it&#8217;s really over.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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So, this is what baseball has come to on the eve of the last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. 
Madonna. 
Madonna and A-Rod. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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So, this is what baseball has come to on the eve of the last All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. 
Madonna. 
Madonna and A-Rod.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:27:01 EST</pubDate>
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Let me acknowledge up front that Rick Hendrick has sold a bazillion cars through his assorted dealerships, whereas I once traded in a two-year-old Fiat with a nasty habit of destroying piston rings. 
Furthermore, Hendrick has overseen seven NASCAR championships, while I was a dismal failure at Burnout and Need for Speed when matched against my controller-savvy son.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:46:01 EST</pubDate>
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The rich and famous, it seems, split up differently than the rest of us. 
Christie Brinkley loaded up the kids in the family private jet and flew off to Colorado in search of comfort after discovering her husband was having an affair with an 18-year-old and spending some of the family fortune on Internet porn. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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The new Brian France? 
Well France, the stock-car racing CEO, third generation, is suddenly quite visibly engaged and taking an increasingly aggressive stance on the public-relations front during the past six weeks, in what is clearly a new higher-profile campaign for the family sport; and perhaps for France as well. 
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          <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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What a sweetheart: Clay Bennett left the SuperSonics name, championship banners and 41 years of memories behind, yet couldn&#8217;t bring himself to part with even a few crocodile tears on his way out the door. 
Too bad &#8212; since those would have been the most appropriate souvenir of all. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:33:01 EST</pubDate>
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The view from section 219, row 14 in the Metrodome wasn&#8217;t bad, though being in the middle of a long row meant a night spent pasted to the tiny seats. Minnesota nice only goes so far, so there was no chance of getting up and crawling over people to the aisle unless things got real serious. 
For 26 bucks each, the upper deck seats weren&#8217;t exactly a bargain, but not much is in baseball these days. I was thinking about that as I added up in my head what it cost the beleaguered older couple in the next row with four grandkids in tow to take in a Twins game.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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Summertime blues? Well, maybe in some stock-car racing camps, as team owners try to please corporate sponsors increasingly worried about their NASCAR return on investment. With as much as $30 million a team at stake, this is a legitimate concern, particularly with the sport dominated by a Big Four: Hendrick, Roush, Gibbs and Childress.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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In his second season on the NASCAR Sprint Cup tour, David Gilliland has become a solid driver, despite all the financial problems facing new team owner Doug Yates.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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The NBA draft was held in Madison Square Garden&#8217;s day-care center Thursday night, with milk and cookies for all the diaper dandies and with David Stern on hand to give each of the kids a handshake and a copy of &#8220;Goodnight Moon.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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Jim Critzer got the best of both worlds. 	

He resigned with class and, by doing so, thumbed his nose at all the haters that filled those boxes of negativity he still keeps at the old homestead.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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This pretty much comes down to one thing: 
Whom do you trust? 
Tim Donaghy? 
Or David Stern?            ]]></description>
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The problem with good ol&#8217; boys is, well, exactly that. They&#8217;re boys. Not men.

Men fight their own fights, they throw their own punches, they kick their own butts when need be. They don&#8217;t depend on other men to do their dirty work.

If a few former coaches at Fort Defiance are to be believed, the Reservation outside of Verona is a good ol&#8217; boys club straight out of the movie &#8220;Diggstown.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve been trying not to write much about boxing lately because people keep telling me it&#8217;s a dying sport and not nearly as much fun as watching guys kick and choke each other. 
Indeed, it was great sport when mixed martial arts made its first prime time national television appearance last week with a spectacle complete with one grotesque cauliflower ear, a bunch of scantily clad women and a main event that looked suspiciously like it had been plotted by the network folks who also bring you CSI.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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PULASKI
Jimmy Eavers&#8217; tears were telling of what the Waynesboro baseball squad was. Some would call them a &#8220;team.&#8221; They called themselves a &#8220;family.&#8221;
So when Eavers, a freshman call-up from JV that spent most of his time in the dugout cheering on the guys that accepted him into the purple and gold familia, couldn&#8217;t keep from crying as the Little Giants readied to walk out of Calfee Park in Pulaski, it was clear who he was crying for.           ]]></description>
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The sun set in left field at Baltimore Park in Powhatan one-year ago today while Waynesboro celebrated in the dugout.
&#8220;How many miracles do you want?&#8221; Waynesboro coach Jim Critzer asked.
The Little Giants had just knocked off the Indians in a 2-1 thriller that walked a thin line of infringing on the copyright of a Disney movie.           ]]></description>
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What were you planning on thinking? Something along the lines of David Blaine, done proving to the world how big of a tool he is by taking six hours to lick himself out of a block of frozen salsa, decided to come to the River City, wave his hands and make Josh Craig&#8217;s bat go &#8220;poof&#8221; and disappear into thin air?
What? Did you imagine some mad-as-all-get-up Southern Valley coach, still holding a grudge over the senior&#8217;s timely hitting during the regular season and district tournament, overnighted his Little Giants&#8217; first baseman voodoo doll to Region III?           ]]></description>
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The debate on the safety of aluminum bats always simmers just under the surface, then bubbles to the top every few years. 
This year, the catalyst for the debate not just bubbling to the top but spewing over the sides is the lawsuit filed by the family of Steve Domalweski. 
Domalweski was a 12-year-old pitcher in Wayne, N.J., when, in June 2006, a ball struck by an aluminum bat hit him in the chest. His heart stopped, his brain was deprived of oxygen for between 15 and 20 minutes, despite the quick administration of CPR, and Domalweski now is severely disabled.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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The BALCO scandal has finally come down to just Barry Bonds, and for that most will be grateful. 
Not necessarily because they want to see Bonds behind bars, though undoubtedly there are a lot of people who do. That probably includes some in San Francisco, who no longer feel compelled to offer up excuses for Bonds now that he is out of baseball and no longer useful to their team.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 22:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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SOMEWHERE IN NELSON COUNTY 
The conversation on the vomit-inducing bus ride spans the globe. 
They talk about Little League games, Josh Craig played on the Reds, Jeremy Hahn shows off his Mariners&#8217; love. They talk about winning an AAU championship game by forfeit, after being down 8-0 and how the opposing team&#8217;s coach, after hearing he would have to give up his victory, chucked the second-place trophy down the third-base line.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 22:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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AMHERST
No goading. No Barbara Walters hand-on-the-knee question asking.
Heck, all you had to do was come out and ask Waynesboro freshman pitcher Drew DeMoss if he was nervous when skipper Jim Critzer, after watching senior starter Jeremy Hahn get into a sixth-inning funk, motioned toward the pen to bring the 15-year-old in.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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She opened her red fold-up chair, placed her white tote down and got comfortable.
She waited until the game started to take out her case and put the glasses on.
And she cheered. When Ken Cox called your name over the slapped-together PA system at the Riverheads pitch, she clapped with you. She mouthed Kristen Moody&#8217;s name. She rubbed her daughter Elizabeth&#8217;s leg when Cox&#8217;s voice echoed, &#8220;And number 4.&#8221; 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:26:01 EST</pubDate>
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INDIANAPOLIS
Getting all the best drivers in open-wheel racing on the same track turned out to be a lot easier than keeping them there. 
The story of this year&#8217;s Indianapolis 500 was supposed to be a feel-good tale about the end of a decade-long civil war that split the sport into rival leagues and so damaged both that they wound up sucking on the fumes of NASCAR as it zoomed past in popularity and prize money. Instead, the 92nd running of what was once called &#8220;The Greatest Spectacle in Racing&#8221; turned out to be one of the sloppiest.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 22:00:01 EST</pubDate>
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Bill Parcells just doesn&#8217;t get it. 
He&#8217;s mad at Jason Taylor, so mad that it&#8217;s likely the best player on the woeful Miami Dolphins won&#8217;t be a Dolphin much longer. So mad that he watched game film instead of watching Taylor in the finals of &#8220;Dancing With the Stars.&#8221; 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 22:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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Forget Turner Ashby and those other baseball teams up north that decided to jump ship, form their own district and give it a cool name.
Forget those days, they&#8217;re gone. Close your eyes tight and wish with all your might. They ain&#8217;t ever coming back. There&#8217;s a new heated rivalry in town that doesn&#8217;t involve Knights, male turkeys or those who blaze new trails into the Shenandoah Valley.
Good bye streaks of blue.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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When reporters surrounded Ken Tilley during halftime of the Hidden Valley-Greensville County Group AA girls basketball semifinal in March, the VHSL&#8217;s executive director knew what was coming.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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It didn&#8217;t hit Joseph Lucas until the Little Giants shook hands with the Knights after Monday&#8217;s game. That&#8217;s when it slapped him in the face like a hot shot back to the mound. That&#8217;s when he let out a sigh and realized what he and the Little Giants had done.
&#8220;We were walking down to have our [post game] meeting and it hit me,&#8221; the 16-year-old said Tuesday before practice. &#8220;We just beat Turner Ashby.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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How would you end your star-crossed senior season? Would you be able to suffer through too many matches saddled to the bench, nursing a broken ankle, taking on a new and unfamiliar role of being another coach from the sidelines, all the while knowing that, man, this is it? Is this how it&#8217;s going to end?
Would you, after your return, suffer through a shoulder injury during your third match back? Then go out and play back-to-back games two days later?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 23:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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The biggest save on an ultra-rare girls, boys Friday night soccer doubleheader at Waynesboro came before the center judge even blew his whistle. And, no surprise, here, it came from a Garber.
John Garber, that is.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 22:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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All this slack-jawed sports columnist wanted to do was point out that, yeah, soccer is big and the local high schools that haven&#8217;t seen those dividends paid just yet soon will.
The youth of Wilson Memorial captured my eye and I decided to head out there and chat it up with coach Scott Crist and a few of the young girls on a freshman- and sophomore-laden team. Sorry, but it&#8217;s a fact that the Hornets have raised eyebrows in the Shenandoah District thanks to keeping pace with the always tough Holmes Tehrani-led Gladiators in a 2-2 tie. Holding their own against a just-as-good Buffalo Gap squad and losing 1-0 only added to the excitement in Fishersville.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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Memo to the Washington Redskins regarding a trade for Chad Johnson: Don&#8217;t do it. 
Johnson is an extremely talented wide receiver. He&#8217;s also trouble. He signed a contract extension worth $35.6 million in 2006, and he&#8217;s already unhappy with the deal. 
Even if the Redskins acquire him and give him all the money he wants, he will be unhappy again as soon as another wide receiver signs a better deal. 
And somebody always signs a better deal.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:37:01 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG 
Back in the day (about 47,316 cups of coffee and one nicotine addiction ago and before scholarship limits crunched the numbers), Billy Hite christened the running backs he coaches at Virginia Tech &#8220;the Stallions.&#8221; This implies, as you might suspect, plural. A herd.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:41:01 EST</pubDate>
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The &#8220;Journey of Harmony&#8221; for the Olympic torch proceeded yesterday through India, where it only took 15,000 police, soldiers and commandos in New Delhi to protect the flame from being hijacked or drenched like the Wicked Witch            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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Waynesboro has a freshman that can pitch and R.E. Lee's Rajah Jenkins is going to be special at VMI next fall. Yep, don't look for any news on the NBA Developmental League here, because this is Augusta County's only all-local, daily sports blog.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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RICHMOND  Million.  Dollar.  Smile.  There she was at mid court - the little freshman that is - with her hands in the air, fists clenched and soaking in the applause from adoring fans dressed in purple and gold with beads slung around their necks.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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