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UCI's Smith honored
UC Irvine senior women's tennis player Kristina Smith won the Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award for the Southwest Region of the Intercollegiate Tennis Assn. The award which dates back to 1982, goes to NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and...Tags: Big West Conference, Tennis, National Collegiate Athletic Association, UC Irvine Anteaters, College Sports
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Vikings fast track to county title
Damion Thomas couldn't have picked a better year to start running track at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School. The eighth-grade standout won the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter dash before helping the 4-by-400 meter relay team take second place as the...Tags: Lauderdale Lakes Middle School, Lakes and Ponds, Florida Gators, Charles Johnson (football, defensive end), William Dandy Middle School
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Jimmy Connors gets defensive in memoir
St. Louis Post-DispatchThe St. Louis area has produced several world-class tennis players, including Wimbledon champions Arthur Ashe (who attended Sumner High School) and the doubles team of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (who attended SIU-Edwardsville). But the player who...Tags: Hobbies, Tennis, Arts and Culture, Wimbledon Championships, Andre Agassi
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Tennis icon Billie Jean King helps open Hunting Park courts
Philadelphia Daily NewsLEROY FISHER recalled the good ol' days for Hunting Park yesterday. "When I was a child, it was a wonderful place," said Fisher, 42, president of Hunting Park United. "It had the carousel, the playground and the pool. It was a nice place to go." But...Tags: Tennis, Moorestown
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Wilt: Alpha mail?
Philadelphia Daily NewsA POSTAGE stamp for Wilt? According to a recent report, the late Wilt Chamberlain, an NBA star who starred at Overbrook High, is on the short list of those being considered for next year's U.S. Stamp Program. In the upcoming May 27 issue of Linn's...Tags: Julia Child, Basketball, Andrew Bynum, African-American History Month, Black History
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Broward ready to convert failing schools
It's official: The Broward school district will overhaul five schools next year – closing some and repurposing others – in what officials call a holistic approach to helping 2,000 students in primarily low-income communities. "We tend to...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Broward College, Sunland Park Elementary School, Dillard High School, Lauderdale Manors Elementary School
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Hawaii's D-II tennis teams have fighting chance
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserHere, any discussion of NCAA Division II tennis begins and ends with Brigham Young-Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific. Nationally, in recent years, it is about Barry and Armstrong Atlantic. The small (2,747 undergraduate students) private Catholic University...Tags: New York Institute of Technology, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Marketing, College Sports, Hawaii Warriors
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Broward approves bonuses for teachers at priority schools
The Broward school district and the teachers union reached agreement to give teachers at "priority schools" (those with grades of Ds and Fs) additional compensation based on performance. The money would come from district grants. Teachers rated...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Youth prevails in Ojai Open finals
Ventura County StarOjai Men's Open winner Mackenzie McDonald and Women's Open winner Noelle Hickey had three things in common. Both have ties to the UCLA tennis program, both lost the first set of their finals match and both used younger legs to rally and defeat their...Tags: Tennis, UCLA Bruins
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Evans Wins VanMeter Community Service Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky women’s basketball junior guard Kastine Evans has been awarded the prestigious Darrell A. VanMeter Community Service Award and will be honored Monday night at the Annual Spring Honors and Recognition...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of Kentucky, Basketball, Ronald McDonald House Charities, College Sports
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Tommie Smith: An Olympic journey of prejudice, then perseverance
The boos and the catcalls echoed as Tommie Smith and John Carlos walked off the medal stand in the summer of 1968, track shoes in their hands to symbolize the poverty of their youth. The noise reached a crescendo as they stepped into a tunnel labeled...
Tags: Mexico City, International Olympic Committee, Justin Gatlin, Mexico, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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That Time of Year
Strawberry nachos in Oxnard? Playing dress-up in your finest big-band-era garb for a weekend of music in Ventura? Toasting Mother Nature at an Earth Day festival in Santa Barbara? Take your pick. The Central Coast is ripe with plenty of escapes this...
Tags: Earth Day, Entertainment Events, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Music
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Apr 8, 2013
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