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BLACKSBURG — Today’s spring game at Lane Stadium will be one of the first true indicators of the impact of Virginia Tech’s recent coaching changes.
The on-field action is one thing. Many fans will get their first glimpses of quarterback coach Mike O’Cain’s play-calling ability, though expecting offensive fireworks in a spring scrimmage might only lead to disappointment.
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ATLANTA -- The ability to work together as a unit is one factor that’s stressed by every football coach in the country. But perhaps the area where it is truly the most important is on the offensive line, where several 300-pound men are expected to move in tandem without getting in their own way.
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Two men instrumental in the success of racing greyhounds were saluted by their peers during Wednesday’s National Greyhound Association banquet at the Elks Club. Tim Leuschner, general manager/simulcasting at Jacksonville Greyhound Racing, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., and president of the American Greyhound Track Operators Association, was the banquet honoree and Herb “Dutch” Koerner, Hays, a breeder, owner and kennel operator, receive the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award. Koerner was long-t...
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The football team has hired Kevin Farr as its new defensive backs coach, the Athletics Department announced yesterday. Farr comes to Tufts following a nine-season stint as the defensive coordinator at Saint Lawrence University, where he helped lead the Saints to the Liberty League championship and a first-place conference ranking in four defensive categories, including total defense.
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Recruiting: Several top prospects make unofficial visits to East Lansing | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Michigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio was able to host numerous top prospects on unofficial recruiting trips last week. Several of the players on campus have the Spartans high on their list, and it is possible that a decision could come in the near future.
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The Sioux Falls Pheasants announced Friday that they have strengthened their starting rotation with the signing of American Association all-star Chris Salberg and Florida Marlins draft pick Brad Stone.Salberg returns to Sioux Falls after a stellar 2010 season in which he finished second in the league with an 11-1 record and a 3.26 ERA. The South Beloit, Ill., native fanned 81 batters in 127 innings. The 26-year-old lefty is a 2006 draft pick of the Baltimore Orioles and spent the first three years of his pro career playing in the Orioles' system.Stone is a 2006 draft pick of the Marlins and spent the past five seasons playing affiliate ball for Florida. The St. Louis, Mo., native spent time last year with Double-A Jacksonville and Triple-A New Orleans. He appeared in 11 games with Jacksonville, going 3-3 with a 3.95 ERA in 41 innings before being promoted to Triple-A, where he went 3-1 with a 4.29 ERA in 35.2 innings. The 26-year-old right-hander holds a career ERA of 3.00 in 170 minor league games.
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In 1999, Wayne Gretzky announced in New York City, where he was playing with the Rangers, that he was retiring from pro hockey after 20 phenomenal NHL seasons. The announcement, at a packed news conference at Madison Square Garden, came less than a day after an emotional farewell game on Canadian soil at the Corel Centre in Kanata, Ont.
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Greg Garmon was in the seventh grade when he learned he might never play football again. Ironic, considering today the 18-year-old junior at McDowell Senior High School is one of the most sought-after football recruits in the country and one of the most recruited players in Erie County history.
Ironic, considering today the 18-year-old junior at McDowell Senior High School is one of the most sought-after football recruits in the country and one of the most recruited players in Erie County history.
But that future wasn't evident when Garmon was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma -- a cancer of the immune system -- while he was a student at St. George School.
Lymphoma is the third most common cancer in children and adolescents, according to the Lymphoma Research Foundation; Garmon was one of about 1,500 children diagnosed with the disease annually. It started in his hip, then moved into his stomach and chest, requiring significant treatment.
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