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What's in a name? A lot.
Dark clouds — both the real and the metaphorical varieties — cast a pall Saturday over Jim Thorpe's annual birthday celebration of the borough's namesake. "Myself, my brother, my family, we are behind this town 110 percent," declared John...
Tags: Asa Packer, Music, High Schools, Olympic Games, Albrightsville
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Bittersweet end to Warrior Games provides inspiration for next year
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)The closing ceremony was the official end of the Warrior Games but not for the inspiration it provided for the competitors or their loved ones. "Closing means the end but this is about beginnings," Juanita Phillips, mother of Army athlete Michael...Tags: Awards and Prizes
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HS Sports: Goodman takes first in pentathlon at N-O meet
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.Angela Goodman won the pentathlon with a score of 2,083 -- 207 more than second place -- to lead the Wilson boys and girls track teams in the All-Niagara-Orleans meet that took place Wednesday and Thursday at Roy-Hart. Goodman was the lone first-place...Tags: Track and Field, Sports, Mike Patterson, Baseball, Lacrosse
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Know Your Madisonian: Glenn Rindfleisch
The Wisconsin State JournalWhen Glenn Rindfleisch attended the Madison City Track and Field Championships on May 7 at Lussier Stadium, he counted anywhere from eight to 10 of his former athletes who were competing. Rindfleisch, 67, is in his 30th year of running the Madison...Tags: Track and Field, Pentathlon Running
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Jim Thorpe ruling portends disturbing questions about Ira Hayes
There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...
Tags: Punishment, Pittsburgh, Whitehall, Fines, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Cooperstown tennis nipped by Mount Markham
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.Jimmy Anania earned a 6-3, 6-3 victory at first singles over Warren Salo, but the Cooperstown tennis team suffered its second loss of the season with a 3-2 setback against Mount Markham on Monday. Max Clinton and Andrew Von Tsurikov accounted for...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Track and Field, Sports
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Waverly, Tioga compete at Parkhurst Invitational
The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa.Waverly girls took eighth overall at the Parkhurst Invitational over the weekend. They scored 35 points while Tioga was 12th with 24. Vestal won with 71. In the 4x400 relay Waverly inched closer to the state standard as a team of Samantha Goble,...Tags: InterActiveCorp, Horse and Harness Racing, Track and Field, Sports
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Sheranko belts HR, leads PM East to win
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Zach Sheranko went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs to lead Pocono Mountain East to a 7-2 victory over Pocono Mountain West in Mountain Valley Conference baseball on Friday. PM East is the No. 3 seed in the upcoming MVC playoffs and will travel to...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Track and Field, East Stroudsburg University, Sports, Baseball
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UMaine track star shooting for elusive spot in NCAA championships
Bangor Daily News, MaineJesse Labreck has one more chance to qualify for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. On Friday, the fifth-year senior from Oakland begins the most important competition of her career during the first day of the heptathlon at the...Tags: America East Conference, Track and Field, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Colleges and Universities
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WHS's Olney jumps into multi-tasking
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.Matthew Olney is shifting his focus this season. The Watertown High School junior and defending Frontier League high jump champion is training for the pentathlon. "I like to multi-task," Olney said. "And if I do badly in an event, I can make up for it...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Watertown, Track and Field, Summer Olympics
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UMD's Miller takes heptathlon in stride
Duluth News TribuneAn impromptu prayer gathering came at the request of Chanel Miller on April 29 at Swisher Athletic Complex in Aberdeen, S.D. Thirteen women were to run 800 meters, the final event of the two-day, seven-race heptathlon at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate...Tags: Track and Field, Pentathlon Running, College Sports, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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A Renaissance man at 14: St. Anthony's Catholic School student Jimmy Zhu
Merced Sun-StarJimmy Zhu says he wants to make the most out of his life and be the best he can be. Those around him have no doubt the 14-year-old eighth-grader is capable of many things. The St. Anthony's Catholic School student was named Student of the Month for...Tags: Social Sciences, Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Culture
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