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Tag: Sports

Pac-12 football players

We Are United: Pac-12 players unveil list of demands of conference and school officials

August 2nd, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

“Because unjust rules prevent the 98% of college football and basketball players who won’t go pro from capitalizing economically on what would otherwise be the most valuable years of our lives, including many Black players from low-income homes, #WeAreUnited.”

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Why the U.S. should support the Netherlands for the rest of the World Cup

July 2nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Like the Netherlands or not, I think you can legally claim victory in any case if we win. Your grandparents freed our grandparents seventy years

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Steve Ballmer pledges to keep Clippers in Los Angeles

May 30th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

I love basketball. And I intend to do everything in my power to ensure that the Clippers continue to win — and win big —

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Robinson Cano surprises Yankees fans while they’re booing him

April 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Unscheduled Programming

From The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Yankees fans think they’re booing a cardboard cutout of Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano – until the

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Boston Marathon 2014: For twenty-six miles, the cheers filled the air

April 21st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense

Boston Marathon 2014: For twenty-six miles, the cheers filled the air The Boston Globe’s Eric Moskowitz reports on the 2014 Boston Marathon, which drew the

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Justin and Dustin keep the hits coming in Game 2

April 1st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The team… it’s like they figured out [how] to hit. They’re all willing to watch pitches, but they’re being aggressive too. — Lookout Landing commenter

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Mariners, Seattle fans off to rockin’ start

March 31st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Mariners, Seattle fans off to rockin’ start Art Thiel looks at the the highlights of Opening Night 2014 for Sportspress NW. The Seattle Mariners defeated

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The most-liked MLB teams by county, according to Facebook

March 31st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming
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Congratulations, Sounders!

March 8th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The Seattle Sounders won their home opener today against Sporting Kansas City thanks to Clint Dempsey and Chad Barrett, who teamed up to score the game’s

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Haunting photos of abandoned 1984 Winter Olympics facilities

February 22nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, World Community

Haunting photos of abandoned 1984 Winter Olympics facilities A collection of photos collected by Viral Forest show the pathetic condition that Sarajevo’s Olympic facilities are

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Winter has returned to Sochi

February 20th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture
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Night view of Sochi, Russian Federation

February 20th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture
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Team USA’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White win Olympic gold in ice dancing

February 17th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Team USA’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White win Olympic gold in ice dancing Michigan natives Meryl Davis and Charlie White secured the United States’ first

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Seattle Seahawks…. The story of the 2014 NFL Champions

February 15th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

This video chronicles how the Seahawks defied the naysayers in the media to win their first Super Bowl championship against the Denver Broncos.

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T.J. Oshie leads USA to thrilling shootout win over Russia

February 15th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

I think I aged two years in that shootout. — U.S. men’s hockey coach Dan Dylsma, after T.J. Oshie led Team USA to an incredible

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