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          <title>Baseball&#8217;s replay central resembles NASA control</title>
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NEW YORK &#8212; Baseball&#8217;s replay central is an 18-by-24 foot room on the fifth floor of a former baking factory in Manhattan&#8217;s Meatpacking District that&#8217;s crammed with so many computers and television screens that it looks like NASA&#8217;s Mission Control.            ]]></description>
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          <title>No. 2 Jankovic guts out win</title>
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NEW YORK &#8212; Jelena Jankovic&#8217;s leg cramped so badly, she couldn&#8217;t take another step. 
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          <title>Cougars stay focused</title>
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After graduating seven seniors, it was no illusion that the Stuarts Draft girl&#8217;s volleyball team made a powerful impression in their season opener against Wilson Memorial High School on Tuesday night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Daily Pooch Punt: Week 1 Power Rankings (now with instant replay)</title>
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The Week 1 Power Rankings for all Augusta County and the two city schools are up and ready for you to read, cry about, agree with and lambaste me for. 

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          <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Glennon will get the start for Va. Tech on Saturday</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Sean Glennon will be Virginia Tech&#8217;s starting quarterback this year while sophomore Tyrod Taylor redshirts. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Groh stays silent about starting quarterback</title>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; At Virginia Tech, Frank Beamer named his starting quarterback yesterday.            ]]></description>
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          <title>For bragging rights</title>
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FISHERSVILLE &#8212;  Wilson Memorial and Stuarts Draft battled Tuesday night for bragging rights.           ]]></description>
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          <title>MLB replay debuts Thursday</title>
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NEW YORK &#8212; Replay ball!            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pooch Punt: Now for something completely different &#8230;</title>
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Oh, I&#8217;m sure there will be bumps in the road as the Daily Pooch Punt Home Office tries something new. (But let&#8217;s be honest with each other, isn&#8217;t that always the case when &#8220;computers&#8221; and &#8220;the internets&#8221; are involved?)            ]]></description>
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          <title>Taylor hopes to start opener</title>
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Jason Taylor sported a big black brace on his right knee and the type of attitude he hopes will keep his consecutive games streak alive.
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          <title>Thigpen reflects on his record year</title>
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Game time at DeVault Stadium is still hours away, and Bobby Thigpen is seated at his desk, typing away on his laptop computer.

His young players quietly joke around in the cool confines of their clubhouse and &#8216;Beverly Hills Cop&#8217; blares from the television. But Thigpen, the second-year Bristol White Sox manager is oblivious to the distractions. He&#8217;s too busy, preparing for that night&#8217;s Appalachian League game with the Princeton Rays.
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          <title>Pooch Punt: Great Scott. He&#8217;s pretty, well, great</title>
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Don&#8217;t care what Southern Valley school you go to or which school&#8217;s colors you wear. 

When it comes to being a fan of high school football you got to love how Dae&#8217;Quan Scott plays the game over at R.E. Lee. Touted as one of the most talented football players to take the gridiron in 2008, Scott did little to dispel that hype in his team&#8217;s opener on Friday&#8212;scampering his way into the end zone four times against Fort Defiance and keying a 40-18 victory over an overmatched Indians squad that never backed down. 

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          <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Busch, Edwards feud good for NASCAR</title>
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BRISTOL, Tenn.  &#8212; NASCAR has a new rivalry: Carl Edwards vs. Kyle Busch.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Phelps is exactly what swimming needed</title>
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Every four years a Summer Olympics rolls around and we all pause to watch the extraordinary displays of athleticism from some of the greatest athletes around the world.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Another in the books</title>
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AFTON &#8212; The Swannanoa Country Club held its yearly Golf Classic on Sunday afternoon in Afton.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Greg Roberson takes another checkers</title>
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Greg Roberson zoomed into the lead of the Delmar&#8217;s Body Shop Late Model feature on the second lap and never looked back en route to his third win of the season on Saturday night at Eastside Speedway.           ]]></description>
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          <title>TIM DAHLBERG : In the end, China serves up a memorable Olympics</title>
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The horses weren&#8217;t talking, but surely they had a tale to tell.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Scott takes the lead</title>
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STAUNTON
On Friday night, in front of a packed stadium at Gypsy Hill Park, Robert E. Lee quarterback Dae&#8217; Quan Scott was a blur of navy blue.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fans meet Hall of Famers at Expoland</title>
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FISHERSVILLE &#8212; Expoland got a visit from Hall of Famers Art Monk and Darrell Green on Saturday afternoon.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Slideshow: Friday Night Lights: Week 1</title>
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Friday Night Lights: Week 1            ]]></description>
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          <title>Draft falls to B&#8217;way</title>
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STUARTS DRAFT &#8212; The first game of the season came down to one possession. After going back-and-forth on the scoreboard, Stuarts Draft could not match Broadway in the fourth, falling to the visiting team 35-28 on Friday night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Knights topple Giants</title>
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BRIDGEWATER &#8212; Turner Ashby literally added insult to injury Friday night, scoring 28 second-half points to defeat Waynesboro 56-14 in the gridiron opener for both teams.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Scott puts on an offensive show</title>
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The Leemen&#8217;s win Friday night over Fort Defiance showed not only on the scoreboard, but also in the stat book.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Leemen win early S. Valley matchup</title>
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STAUNTON &#8212; Robert E. Lee defeated Fort Defiance 40-18 in both teams&#8217; season opener Friday night at Gypsy Hill Park.           ]]></description>
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OK, I really don&#8217;t. But for reasons known only to the slack-jawed sports columnist gods, I felt the need to make a movie pun that would have bee funny, oh, I don&#8217;t know, back in 1997. But I digress. 

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          <title>NBC trying to continue Phelps&#8217; glow</title>
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Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year&#8217;s World Swimming Championships from Rome, along with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 national championships.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Opening match sweep</title>
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Western Albemarle swept Wilson Memorial 3-0 on Thursday night winning 25-21, 25-20 and 25-17.            ]]></description>
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          <title>RIVERHEADS: Keep it simple</title>
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It&#8217;s a different breed of football player in Greenville.
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          <title>BUFFALO GAP: It&#8217;s a new year</title>
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When Buffalo Gap coach Rob Maxwell looked at his football squad he didn&#8217;t see them as the Group A, Division I defending champs riding a wave of momentum from an undefeated season &#8212; Maxwell looked at his team as if they never held a trophy. 
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          <title>FORT DEFIANCE: It&#8217;s about respect</title>
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It was just a lesson being taught to a JV player at the end of a practice, but it was one not lost on members of the Fort Defiance football team.            ]]></description>
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Stuarts Draft looks a lot different.            ]]></description>
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          <title>WILSON: Another shot</title>
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FISHERSVILLE
Wilson Memorial football has never won a state title. The drought may continue this season after the Hornets lost most of their offense and inherited a youth-packed roster.           ]]></description>
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STAUNTON
The Leemen of R.E. Lee High are the defending Southern Valley District champions, and a youthful squad with only six senior players.           ]]></description>
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Fishburne Academy wants to forget the last two football seasons.           ]]></description>
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Waynesboro coach Steve Isaacs hopes that the injury bug has had its fill for the season.            ]]></description>
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Virginia's LaShawn Merritt ran a personal best of 43.75 and blew away the field in the 400-meter Olympic finals Thursday.           ]]></description>
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Outplayed and overwhelmed for most of the night, the Americans got the only shot they needed. 

Olympic champions, once again. 
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The U.S. women&#8217;s basketball team passed its first test of the Olympics, beating Russia in its closest contest in Beijing. Now it&#8217;s on to a fourth straight gold medal game. 
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Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport&#8217;s last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years &#8212; and maybe for good. 
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The first time Sheena Tosta ran the hurdles at Gar-Field High School, she stood on the carpet-covered floor inside the school.            ]]></description>
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ASHBURN &#8212; They were two Washington Redskins defensive starters with wrecked knees, spending long days together in rehab in the offseason. They supported each other and pushed each other, yet they were also subtly trying to beat each other in the race back to football health.            ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE 
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. &#8212; NASCAR&#8217;s latest attempt to reel in the rule-breakers aimed at an unfamiliar target: the normally squeaky-clean Joe Gibbs Racing.            ]]></description>
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In Rohullah Nikpai&#8217;s war-torn country, fighting is a part of life. Living in tough conditions is a given. Training for the Olympics is a luxury few can afford, or even imagine. 
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NASCAR has stripped Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano of 150 points each and their crew chiefs were suspended indefinitely Wednesday for cheating during Saturday&#8217;s Nationwide Series race. 
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Usain Bolt. Insane speed. 

The Jamaican wunderkind hurtled to his second world record and his second Olympic gold medal, finishing the 200-meter race Wednesday night in 19.30 seconds to break Michael Johnson&#8217;s 12-year-old mark. 
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The race is on to get tickets to Saturday&#8217;s Sharpie 500, and it seems fans will do just about anything to get their hands on them. 
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Don&#8217;t doubt this U.S. men&#8217;s basketball team &#8212; and sure don&#8217;t challenge them, either. 

Especially if it&#8217;s going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form. 
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The University of Virginia has banned all signs at its athletics events, a move that some are construing as an infringement of Cavalier sports fans' freedom of expression.

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On the court, Lars Mikalauskas has always been known as a player who leaves his heart on the hardwood and never backs down from a challenge.           ]]></description>
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NASCAR will wait another day before issuing penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing&#8217;s Nationwide Series teams, who were caught trying to cheat during a postrace test last weekend.            ]]></description>
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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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ASHBURN &#8212; Jason Taylor, still trying to find his way to grocery stores and dry cleaners in his new northern Virginia surroundings, said he hasn&#8217;t noticed the Washington Redskins fans who have bought and are proudly wearing his burgundy and gold No. 55 jersey.            ]]></description>
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Laurynas Mikalauskas is out and Tunji Soroye will be back for the Virginia men&#8217;s basketball team in 2009.           ]]></description>
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About 1,000 people in Michael Phelps&#8217; hometown celebrated with a &#8220;Phelpstival&#8221; four years ago when he brought back six gold medals and two bronzes from the Sydney Olympics.           ]]></description>
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Last season was the first time in seven years that Riverheads golf didn&#8217;t make it to the regional tournament.           ]]></description>
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BEIJING &#8212; Michael Phelps kept every swimsuit, every cap, every pair of goggles he wore during nine magical days at the Water Cube. Every memory will be savored, too, from goofing off with his U.S. teammates to bowing his head not one, not two, but eight times to receive a gold medal at the Beijing Games. 
&#8220;There are moments I&#8217;ll never forget,&#8221; he said.            ]]></description>
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Under full moon conditions, Joe Leavell won his ninth Delmar&#8217;s Body Shop Late Model feature on a wild night of racing.           ]]></description>
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BROOKLYN, Mich. &#8212; Carl Edwards sent a not-so-subtle message to Kyle Busch Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.            ]]></description>
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STUARTS DRAFT &#8211; It was late scoring that took Clover Hill to a 9-4 win over Stuarts Draft on Sunday in the second game of the RCBL series.            ]]></description>
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Imagine being a child with a disability and seeing all your friends running around playing or participating in community based youth sports.            ]]></description>
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BEIJING  &#8212; Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA &#8212; Braves pitcher Tom Glavine is out for the season, and his illustrious career could be over if he needs major surgery on his injured left elbow. 
The 42-year-old Glavine still hopes to return next year &#8212; unless he needs elbow ligament replacement surgery. 
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NEW YORK &#8212; By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 &#8212; to start the 2008 college football season. 
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U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has achieved super-stardom after winning eight gold medals, breaking Mark Spitz&#8217;s 1972 record. He tied the mark on Saturday morning, Beijing time, winning the 100-meter butterfly by .01 second. The next day he won No. 8 in a relay.           ]]></description>
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BEIJING 
The famous mustache is long gone, the jet black hair now gray. His record is about to crumble, and someone else has already taken his place as America&#8217;s greatest swimmer. The seven gold medals from another time gather dust in a California bank vault. 
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BEIJING &#8212; His Olympics looking lost, Michael Phelps decided to flap those gangly arms one more time.           ]]></description>
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STUARTS DRAFT &#8212; The scoreboard was lit and fans pounded their feet on the metal bleachers during Stuarts Draft&#8217;s scrimmage against the defending Group A, Division 1 champion Buffalo Gap.           ]]></description>
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BROOKLYN, Mich. &#8212; Nobody could touch Brian Vickers on Friday in NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Michigan International Speedway. 
&#8220;It was there from the first lap, the first turn,&#8221; Vickers said after his lap of 188.536 mph put the Red Bull Racing driver on the pole for Sunday&#8217;s 3M Performance 400.            ]]></description>
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BEIJING &#8212; No runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin, from Parker, Texas, won the biggest prize of all.
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BEIJING &#8212; Michael Phelps collected the sixth gold medal and stuffed it in his warmup jacket. No time to even savor that one as he rushed off to swim again.
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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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While most of the Valley has turned its attention to the upcoming football season, members of the Waynesboro varsity boys soccer team are looking ahead not to March 2009, but to long after they hang up their purple jerseys.            ]]></description>
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Former Washington Redskins offensive lineman Joe Jacoby has joined the Shenandoah University football staff as a volunteer assistant coach.            ]]></description>
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ASHBURN &#8212; After more than three weeks of hitting each other during the same old drills, the Washington Redskins are supposed to be in the dog days of training camp. Not so on Tuesday, when the morning practice was one of the liveliest so far this year.            ]]></description>
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LeBron James and his teammates easily shoved Angola aside. Now come the teams that can push back.           ]]></description>
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As the summer comes to a close and school looms on the horizon, we start the annual transition from summer sports into our fall activities. Some kids are trading in their baseball gloves or maybe goggles for high tops and cleats.            ]]></description>
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Michael Phelps is taking care of all unfinished business while he pursues Olympic history.            ]]></description>
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There&#8217;s nothing wrong with a little competition. 

But what if it&#8217;s against a childhood friend? Many would frown about the notion of going against a pal for hardware.
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If Kyle Busch has a weakness, it&#8217;s apparently going to be awfully difficult to find. 
After rivals Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon said during the week they thought he was slipping following two straight lackluster finishes, Busch answered by making NASCAR history on Sunday. He led 52 laps from the pole and won the Centurion Boats at The Glen at Watkins Glen International to become the first driver in NASCAR&#8217;s history to win three road course races in one season.

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In one heartpounding minute in the first half, LeBron James dunked off a nifty underhanded feed from Dwyane Wade. Then Kobe Bryant flew in and jammed. Then it was Chris Bosh&#8217;s turn to rattle the rim.

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Joe &#8220;The Hammer&#8221; Leavell endured a wild Summer Nationals 50-lap Late Model feature Saturday night, coming away with the top $2,000 to win prize.

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Less than a year after getting ousted by Stuarts Draft in the Region III semifinals, the R.E. Lee football team looked solid as it controlled the tempo of its scrimmage against Heritage-Lynchburg on Saturday night at Gypsy Hill Park.           ]]></description>
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After a slow start in his quest to win a third straight Sprint Cup title, Jimmie Johnson is coming up to speed as the Chase for the championship looms. Now, if he could only master a road course.

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CLEVELAND &#8212; Brett Favre held up his new green jersey, hoping he made the right decision. 
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For the Skyline 18-and-under softball team, Wednesday was just another day of practice. Fielding, hitting, gossiping, it&#8217;s all the same &#8212; just a normal group of girls, besides the fact that they are a state championship team on its way to compete in the 2008 National Invitational Tournament in Toms River, N.J. this weekend.
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