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Mixed martial arts looks to Southern California hotbed
Mike Low, a mixed martial arts matchmaker, remembers when he had trouble finding enough talent for his local fight cards. Not anymore. "Four years ago, I'd have to look for fighters, gym to gym. Now I get 50 emails a day from people pitching their...
Tags: Mixed Martial Arts, Bantamweight, Heavyweight, Dwayne Johnson, Ultimate Fighting Championship
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McKinnon brothers to compete in international tourney in Israel
Burbank — Brothers Ian and Sam McKinnon are used to a little friendly competition. As baseball players for Burbank High this past season, the brothers got a healthy dose of competition while helping lead the Bulldogs to their first Pacific...
Tags: Summer Olympics, Religion and Belief, College Baseball, Judaism, Sports
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Eagles hire Patchell
Shawn Patchell, a former head coach at BYU, who also guided the U.S. men to a gold medal at the 2012 Pan American Games, has been named men's volleyball coach at Concordia University, the Irvine-based NAIA school announced Monday. Patchell, who played...Tags: University of California, Irvine, Brigham Young Cougars, Dwayne Johnson, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Women go for it on the greens
Winning never seems to get old for golfer Sue Cohn, at least when it comes to the Palm Beach County Women's Amateur Championship. Cohn, who turned 50 on March 29, ran away from the field during the recent event over the challenging Fazio Course at the...Tags: Golf, Florida State University, Awards and Prizes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sports
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Stallworth Invited to USA Basketball Women's World University Game Team Trials
Kentucky women’s basketball junior DeNesha Stallworth is one of 31 top student-athletes in the country who have accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team trials. Trials will take place...Tags: NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Maya Moore, Vanderbilt Commodores, Southeastern Conference, College Sports
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Central Florida athletes are headed to the Ivy League
By stereotypical standards, the Orlando-area athletes about to head off to Ivy League schools do not exactly measure up to the label of being a "geek," the term generally aimed at members of society who might be studious or intelligent or just plain...
Tags: Students, Barry University, Track and Field, Teaching and Learning, Football
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UK Hoops Signee Harper Invited to U19 World Championship Team Trials
Kentucky women’s basketball signee Linnae (La-NAY) Harper is one of 34 top athletes in the country age 19-years-old or younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1994), who have accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World...Tags: Syracuse Orange, Olympic Games, Maya Moore, College Sports, Basketball
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KSD weekend fundraiser supports U.S. basketball team's trip to Deaf Olympics
marsee@amnews.comA series of games and activities this weekend in and around Kentucky School for the Deaf is one of the largest local fundraisers for a basketball team planning to compete this summer in the Deaf Olympics. The Derby weekend event features basketball,...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Basketball, Awards and Prizes, American Legion, Travel
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Digest: Douglass alum Wiley to coach U.S. men's track team at Junior Pan Am Games
Men's track and field Douglass alum Wiley to coach Team USA at Junior Pan Am Games Baltimore native Cliff Wiley has been named the head men's coach for Team USA at the 2013 Junior Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, USA Track & Field announced Friday....Tags: TNT (tv network), University of Maryland Baltimore County, Florida State University, Towson Tigers, Florida State Seminoles
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Papaleo takes over girls' volleyball program
Laguna Beach High Principal Joanne Culverhouse announced Tuesday the hiring of Raúl Papaleo as the school's new head coach of the girls' varsity volleyball team. Papaleo, 41, a native of Puerto Rico, replaces Lance Stewart, who resigned as girls' head...Tags: Olympic Games, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Penn State Lehigh Valley student Matt Baranoski cycles to success in Scotland, Mexico
Matt Baranoski started his spring semester at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and then took off for Scotland two weeks later. Baranoski, the Pennridge High School graduate and budding Olympic track cycling hopeful for 2016, took two weeks off from school early...Tags: Boston Marathon, Keirin, The Pennsylvania State University, Cycling Points Race, Science and Technology
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Dolphins pledge to pay half of stadium renovation project
Steve Ross unveiled an ambitious plan to make aging Sun Life Stadium as good as new and vowed on Monday to pay more than half of the cost. The Miami Dolphins owner is hoping that will be enough to persuade elected officials to put up the remainder...
Tags: Orange Bowl, Elections, Public Officials, Government, Miami Dolphins
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