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    <title>Sports Columnists &gt; Paul Woody for Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
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          <title>Richmond&#8217;s kicker and snapper win vindication</title>
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Things had gone so badly for Andrew Howard that when the game was on the line, even he was surprised to hear his name called. Howard is the kicker for the University of Richmond football team. Yesterday against William and Mary, he made his first field goal from 42 yards. Then, he missed badly from 28 yards and not so badly from 40 yards, all before halftime.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Can the Spiders do it again?</title>
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It&#8217;s deja vu for columnist Paul Woody as he goes back to the the University of Richmond to handicap the football team&#8217;s chances against William &amp; Mary Saturday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: Graduation is the rule for W&amp;amp;M, UR football players</title>
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Cynicism comes easily when the topic is college athletics. So much money is in play. Coaches who earn seven-figure salaries talk about &#8220;student-athletes,&#8220; but their primary interest is the &#8220;athlete&#8221; and contract bonus clauses. Then, there are those &#8220;student-athletes&#8221; who show up at a gas station armed with a pellet gun or get involved with the community through late-night fights in bars.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Woody: Some do side with Belichick</title>
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Poor Bill Belichick. His coaching career has come to this: He has two defenders, Al Groh and me. Groh and Belichick have been on several NFL staffs together, so that figures. As for me, that&#8217;s a hard one PAUL WOODY to believe, isn&#8217;t it? I&#8217;m no great fan of Belichick and the way he runs his team. He treats the smallest piece of information as if it were a state secret. He pushes the rules to the limit and beyond.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Betts proves he&#8217;s worthy of starting role</title>
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Everyone was beginning to wonder. The Washington Redskins beat Denver 27-17 yesterday, the first time this season the Redskins have surpassed the 17-point barrier. It also was the first time this season the Redskins beat a team with a winning record. All it took was a solid running game, no turnovers, decent blocking by the offensive line and the Redskins&#8217; punter and holder, Hunter Smith, throwing a touchdown off a fake-field goal play.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Runners&#8217; moments turn into memories</title>
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Ten yards from the finish line, LaRee Etter checked her watch, looked up at the race clock and a smile came across her face. Ten yards later, when she crossed the finish line, Etter raised her arms in exultation and said to anyone within hearing distance, &#8220;I qualified. I qualified. I need a hug.&#8220; But when you are single and come here from Rochester, Minn., specifically to run in the SunTrust Richmond Marathon, no one is at the finish line to offer that hug.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:01:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>PAUL WOODY COLUMN: CAA at&#45;large bids at stake now</title>
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Hope springs eternal at the start of the college basketball season, and nowhere is hope springing more eternal or with greater expectations than the Colonial Athletic Association. The CAA is loaded. Old Dominion returns all its starters, led by potential player of the year Gerald Lee. Northeastern, VCU and James Madison each return four starters.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Bloopers edition</title>
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If you think Paul Woody breezes through every taping of the World of Woody, think again.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:30:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: NFL must act; it&#8217;s a no&#45;brainer</title>
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RICHMOND, VA&#8212;Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis suffered a concussion Sunday against Atlanta. He was knocked unconscious. A day later, he still had a headache and no memory of the play.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:01:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Redskins are losing their poise as well as games</title>
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ATLANTA Losing is one thing. Losing with a distinct lack of class is another. Yesterday in the Georgia Dome against the Atlanta Falcons, the Washington Redskins, 2-6 this season and losers of 12 of their past 16 games, entered the &#8220;another&#8221; zone. They played in the first half without discipline, organization, emotion and class.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Villanova was winner in battle of big plays</title>
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Fortune is supposed to favor the bold, and University of Richmond coach Mike London made a bold decision late in yesterday&#8217;s game against Villanova that should have won the game for the Spiders. Spiders quarterback Eric Ward is supposed to be the coolest of the cool when the game is on the line, and he was exactly that yesterday. So, how do you explain Richmond&#8217;s 21-20 loss at UR Stadium?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Daylight savings time edition</title>
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Paul Woody hates daylight savings time because the sun sets before he can finish his golf game. But then, nobody can see his hooks and slices.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:00:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Even to their fans, Redskins are a joke</title>
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In the past 30 years, the Washington Redskins have seen the best of times&#8212;three Super Bowl victories&#8212;and the worst of times, one playoff appearance between 1994 and 2004, including a 0-7 start in 1998 and a 0-5 start in 2001. Never did the players or the fans lose hope. The fans were steadfast in their belief things would improve.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Woody: College presidents hold key to salary problem: Pay less</title>
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Many talk about reforming college athletics, but for the past 20 years, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics is one of the few organizations that actually PAUL WOODY tries to do something. The Knight Commission conducted a survey of Football Bowl Subdivision school presidents. They preside over colleges formerly known as Division I-A&#8212;the power conferences.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: Hokies&#8217; goals go from national title to 10 wins</title>
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BLACKSBURG AVirginia Tech football season that began with national championship dreams, then changed its focus to Atlantic Coast Conference title aspirations has come to this. Can the Hokies make it to the Champs Sports Bowl? The Music City Bowl? If things really go badly in the remaining weeks, will they have to take a bus ride to the Eagle Bank Bowl in Washington?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>PAUL WOODY COLUMN: Invisible area unfair to hoops officials</title>
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A new no&#8212;contact zone is left to officials to precisely outline. The invisible rectangle is 18 by 24 inches, from the front of the rim to the front of the backboard.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Georgia Tech deserves higher ranking</title>
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Sometimes the other team is just better. Yesterday, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were better in every regard than the Cavaliers. And just as with the TCU game six weeks ago, the Virginia program was exposed for how wide the chasm is between it and the top 15 teams in the country. The question isn&#8217;t why Georgia Tech is so much better than Virginia. The question is why are the Yellow Jackets, with just one loss, only rated as the 12th-best team in the country, according to the first BCS standings.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Skins&#8217; instability starts at the top</title>
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Almost everyone has an idea on how to fix the Washington Redskins, and many begin with firing Vinny Cerrato and hiring a &#8220;real&#8221; general manager. That idea misses the point. Cerrato, the executive vice president of football operations, is not the problem. Replacing him with a &#8220;real&#8221; general manager will not solve anything.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:01:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Bingo anyone?</title>
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A former Bingo caller is now the Redskins&#8217; play-caller. Columnist Paul Woody wonders why, oh why, did coach Jim Zorn agree.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:56:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>GMU&#8217;s Larranaga hit high point at lower level</title>
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&#8220;We have a new cafeteria that is the most incredible eating facility you&#8217;ve ever seen on a college campus,&#8220; Larranaga said. &#8220;You walk in, pay one price and there&#8217;s a salad bar, a fruit bar, a hamburger and hot dog grill, a pizza place, wraps. It&#8217;s got a cappuccino machine. &#8220;My wife and I went there for Sunday brunch, and they not only serve omelets, they make them right there.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:36 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: How long can the Skins go with Zorn?</title>
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LANDOVER, Md. No NFL team is out of the playoff picture six games into the season. But with a 2-4 record and consecutive losses to clubs that had been winless, the Washington Redskins are in serious trouble. And while they are not yet eliminated from the playoff race, it is clear they have eliminated themselves from the points race.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:01:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Cavs lucky and good against Terps</title>
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Sometimes, a team is so good it can overcome bad luck. The best combination is to be lucky at the right times and good at the right times. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the resurgent Virginia Cavaliers. Yesterday at Maryland, on a raw, rainy day, the Cavaliers had luck on their side. For example, wide receiver Kris Burd caught a pass while on his back, barely in bounds. It appeared there would be an interception on the play. Instead, the Cavaliers gained 28 yards and the catch set up a field goal.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: Flying Squirrels? It could have been worse</title>
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The Flying Squirrels? Hmmm. It will take some getting used to, but it could have been worse. No, really, it could have. Richmond Rhinos? Nah. Richmond Rock Hoppers? What would the mascot have been, a frog? Who wants a frog for a mascot? A princess in search of her Prince Charming, perhaps, but no one else. Richmond Flatheads? That&#8217;s an ugly fish or a screwdriver or an indictment of the way people think. Doesn&#8217;t work.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:01:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: Groh and his team may be saving each other</title>
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Just when it seemed U.Va. fans could let the soothing thoughts of the upcoming basketball season wash away another bad gridiron experience, here comes Al Groh, with his contract-renewal offense and hope-for-tomorrow game plans. The Virginia football team should be done. The Cavaliers were embarrassed at home by William and Mary, handled at home by TCU and ran out of gas at Southern Mississippi.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:01:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: Troubles continue to mount for Zorn, Redskins</title>
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CHARLOTTE So it&#8217;s true that no good deed goes unpunished. Byron Westbrook, who spent two seasons on the Washington Redskins practice squad and worked so hard to make the 53-man roster this season, was just doing his job, trying to protect punt returner Antwaan Randle El. And then Westbrook&#8217;s world, as well as that of the Redskins, turned upside down. Or right side up. Or every which way but loose. This much is certain: it was not sunny-side up.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Richmond&#8217;s experience paid enormous dividends</title>
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Youth will be served, but more often than not, experience carries the day. With 1:07 left in the game and victory just six yards away for the James Madison Dukes, redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Thorpe took the snap, stepped back, then darted up the middle. He was almost around Richmond nose tackle Martin Parker and things were looking good for the Dukes, except for one thing.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Who&#8217;ll fill our need for speed?</title>
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Full Throttle, an &#8220;energy drink&#8221;, is the sponsor of the National Hot Rod Association, and a more perfect combination of product and sport could not be found. Everything about the NHRA is full throttle. There is no following another driver for a couple of laps, or a couple of hundred laps, before making a move. In the NHRA&#8212;Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock or Pro Stock Motorcycles&#8212;the idea is to blast off, reach full speed as quickly as possible, maintain it and hope the parachute opens at the end of the quarter-mile track.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Wizards, Arenas offer fans hope at sold&#45;out Siegel Center</title>
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Gilbert Arenas shows he&#8217;s back as Wizards defeat Memphis 101-92 in exhibition game in which the Grizzlies miss the services of an injured Allen Iverson.           ]]></description>
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          <title>In Skins&#8217; win, not very good was good enough</title>
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LANDOVER, Md. That huge sigh of relief that was heard all the way to the Outer Banks yesterday at 3:47 p.m.? That was Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn, happy to have a victory, pleased to have an entire week&#8217;s worth of job security, content not to have lost to one of the worst teams in the NFL. &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to watch it,&#8220; Zorn said. &#8220;It was a great effort.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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The first rule of any game is &#8220;Don&#8217;t beat yourself.&#8220; The William and Mary Tribe football team no doubt was thinking about that rule on the long drive home to Wil liamsburg last night. The Tribe was caught looking on Villanova&#8217;s first play from scrimmage yesterday and trailed 7-0 when the game was just 19 seconds old. From there, things went downhill for the Tribe in a 28-17 loss.           ]]></description>
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Walk into any crowded room and you will find someone who has experienced the ravages of cancer, either first-hand or through PAUL WOODY a family member or friend. Cancer never is far from anyone&#8217;s mind. No one is surprised to receive the diagnosis. Shocked. Saddened. Frightened, perhaps, but not surprised. The disease is too prevalent, an equal-opportunity scourge.           ]]></description>
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The Olympics are the greatest of the world&#8217;s sports events, and the site for the 2016 Summer Games will be Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo. The International Olympic Committee votes Friday. The vote here is for Chicago. Imagine athletes from every part of the globe riding the &#8216;L&#8217; in Chicago. Imagine mixing and mingling on Michigan Avenue with high jumpers from Australia and hammer throwers from the Ukraine.           ]]></description>
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          <title>To save season, job, Zorn must be bold</title>
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After losing to the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Washington Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell kept his usual stiff upper lip. He said the Redskins will keep working hard because you never know when the game will come that turns around the season. Oh, yes we do. That game in Detroit turned around the Redskins&#8217; season - for the worse.           ]]></description>
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The Marching Virginians, 330 strong, weren&#8217;t allowed to march and play their music on the Lane Stadium field. Instead, they performed from their end zone seats out of deference to a field that was all but underwater. And speaking of submerged, how about those Miami Hurricanes? They came here as a team on the prowl. Young. Quick. Fast. Potent. Hungry. They came here 2-0 and as a prime topic in the national sports conversation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:01:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>PAUL WOODY: Cooperation key to future of baseball and Diamond</title>
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The difference between major-league ownership of a minor-league team and semi-local ownership of a minor-league team was readily apparent yesterday. The Atlanta Braves, owners of the former Richmond Braves, weren&#8217;t willing to invest much in The Diamond. The semi-local ownership of the new Richmond minor-league team will sink $1.5 million into upgrading The Diamond.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:01:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>PAUL WOODY: Skins placing too much emphasis on potential</title>
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Of all the things said in the Washington Redskins&#8217; locker room, none is more annoying than: We have the talent to excel. Wide receiver Santana Moss said it Monday. Running back Clinton Portis says it frequently. Head coach Jim Zorn, after a season-opening loss to the New York Giants, said the Redskins are going to be a good team.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>PAUL WOODY COLUMN: From the coaches, infusion of confusion</title>
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LANDOVER, Md. For all you young people hoping one day to coach in the NFL, or anywhere else, don&#8217;t try this at home. On fourth and 1 at the opponent&#8217;s 2-yard line, when a field goal means your opponent has to score a touchdown in the final 1:55 to beat you, and that oppo nent has no timeouts and has scored just one touchdown in eight quarters this season, don&#8217;t go for the first down.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hollywood ending suits Blacksburg</title>
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BLACKSBURG The Virginia Tech Hokies were out of offense, out of timeouts and, seemingly, out of hope. &#8220;When you&#8217;ve got a Tyrod, you&#8217;ve always got a chance,&#8220; said Hokies coach Frank Beamer. Yes, but it looked like the Hokies had blown their last, best chance with 2:07 left in the game. Needing nine yards on fourth down, the pass of Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor hit wide receiver Dyrell Roberts in the hands, and the ball fell harmlessly to the ground.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:01:32 EST</pubDate>
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How do you stay No. 1 in the country when every opponent wants to beat the top-ranked team? How do you stay No.1 when it&#8217;s human nature to become full of yourself, to believe all the accolades and think you can turn on a winning effort the way you turn on a faucet? You hope you have a team full of players such as Kevin Grayson.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:01:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Motherhood edition</title>
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What do motherhood and tennis have in common with sports columnist Paul Woody? He goes to the court and a playground to find out.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:22:40 EST</pubDate>
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All week long, Denny Hamlin said it was time. He said a driver can&#8217;t lead as many laps as he has at Richmond International Raceway and not win the race. All week long, Hamlin talked the talk. Last night, he walked the walk. Last night, he drove the car. Last night, Hamlin won the Chevy Rock &amp; Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:01:03 EST</pubDate>
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Kyle Busch acknowledged the crowd at Richmond International Raceway in May after one of his four Sprint Cup victories this season. Busch sits in 14th place in Cup points. Kyle Busch and Mark Martin belong in the Sprint Cup championship chase. There, I&#8217;ve said it. Busch and Martin have won more races, four, than any drivers on the circuit this year, and winning is the point of racing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:01:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Should mercy be on the field?</title>
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What possible connection could there be between Shakespeare, a church, and a punch thrown in a college football game? Only Paul Woody knows, but he can&#8217;t wait to explain it to you.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:43:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>WOODY COLUMN: Tech&#8217;s offense must do its fair share</title>
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ATLANTA Good defense and exceptional special teams will keep you in almost every game. That combination even will help a team win a number of games. But against a top-ranked opponent, defense and specialteams will take you only so far. The offense has to do its part, or at least do something. The Virginia Tech offense did not do enough last night against Alabama. When the Hokies&#8217; attack finally got untracked, it was too little, too late.           ]]></description>
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When the Virginia Tech football team walks into the Georgia Dome tomorrow night to play Alabama, the Hokies will be involved in a game that means everything. And they will be involved in a game that means far less. &#8220;We&#8217;re fortunate to be in the game, and fortunate so much attention is being paid to it,&#8220; Hokies coach FrankBeamer said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:01:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Georgia Tech in ACC, Eagles in NFL will be champions</title>
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This is not what anyone in Boston, Tallahassee, Fla., Chapel Hill, N.C., Miami and especially Blacksburg wants to hear. Georgia Tech will win the 2009 ACC championship. And with the right combination of victories, luck and computer rankings, the Yellow Jackets are a darkhorse team to play in the BCS title game against . . . well, we&#8217;ll get to that in a minute.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:01:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Top FCS teams have closed gap on FBS</title>
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The stadiums are big, the crowds will be large and the odds long that Richmond, William and Mary or James Madison will pull off upsets in their season-opening football games. But the odds are not as long as they once were that on Saturday, Richmond will defeat Duke or William and Mary will beat Virginia. And JMU should not be counted as an automatic &#8220;W&#8221; for Maryland on Sept. 12.           ]]></description>
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After making plays for Jay Cutler and Mark Sanchez in the offseason, it is clear Redskins owner Dan Snyder doubts Campbell&#8217;s ability to take the team to the playoffs and beyond. It is equally clear Campbell&#8217;s teammates stand behind him. &#8220;I think Jason took a lot of heat last year when we didn&#8217;t do a great job in pass protection,&#8220; offensive tackle Chris Samuels said. &#8220;He got hit a lot, and when you&#8217;ve got 330and 340-pound guys running into you, it takes a toll.           ]]></description>
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When columnist Paul Wody previews college football, why&#8217;s he standing with goats and talking Hokies, and in a cornfield for the Cavaliers?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Burress gets no special treatment</title>
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In New York City in 2008, 75 people with no prior criminal records were charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. All agreed to plea bargains that reduced the charge to at tempted possession of a weapon in the second degree. According to statistics from the New York state Division of Criminal Justice Services, 56 received two-year jail sentences. The rest received longer terms.           ]]></description>
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S100 batting helmet The first major-league baseball game I saw in person was the Cleveland Indians vs. the Washington Senators in 1965. When Rocky Colavito came to bat for Cleveland, I noticed he was wearing the same cap to hit as he wore in the field. I pointed this out to my father, who said Colavito probably had a plastic liner in his hat.           ]]></description>
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Do the University of Richmond Spiders have what it takes to hold on to their football title? Sports columnist Paul Woody gets a lift from a few players while he considers that.           ]]></description>
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Do the University of Richmond Spiders have what it takes to hold on to their football title? Sports columnist Paul Woody gets a lift from a few players while he considers that.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:59:39 EST</pubDate>
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All the games Brett Favre has played, all the touchdowns he has thrown, all the toughness he has shown will sound great at his Hall of Fame induction. That will take place five years after Favre&#8217;s NFL retirement. If he ever retires. At the moment, Favre is on the verge of becoming a laughingstock. He is the man who can&#8217;t let go of professional football, even when it is clear he should.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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You wouldn&#8217;t know it to hear him talk, but sports columnist Paul Woody is a voracious reader of classic books&#8212;as long as they&#8217;re about hockey or basketball.            ]]></description>
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Sorry, golf is not an Olympic sport. Any sport that has its own channel, has a country club aura and is on television almost every weekend does not fit the description of an Olympic sport. Badminton, now there&#8217;s an Olympic sport. Tomorrow, the International Olympic Committee will announce the two sports it will add for the 2016 Summer Games.           ]]></description>
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Columnist Paul Woody says when practice gets tough, the tough better hydrate. One Redskins safety drinks more than three gallons a day, and high school athletes should take warning.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:37:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Coaches&#8217; salaries say it all</title>
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My first thought after hearing about Urban Meyer&#8217;s new contract was, &#8220;Whew. Now he can give up that part-time job at the convenience store.&#8220; My second thought was that $4 million per year must be the top salary in the country for a college football coach. My first thought was a weak attempt at humor. Been watching too many Seinfeld DVDs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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The quote, &#8220;Millions for defense, not a cent for tribute,&#8220; often is attributed to Thomas Jefferson. In fact, it was said by someone else&#8212;Washington Red skins owner Dan Snyder. Actually, it was said by Robert Goodloe Harper, a South Carolina congressman, in 1798. It&#8217;s a better fit for Snyder. The Redskins were No. 4 among 32 teams in the NFL in defense last season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>It should be about swimmers</title>
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International swimming holds the attention of sports fans once every four years, during the Olympics. So, it was a bit of a shock to watch the Beijing Games and see men and women stand on the starting blocks wearing slick black wet suits. As a fashion statement, it was da bomb. As a competitive statement, it was troubling. In the 2008 Olympics, 25 world records were broken in men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swimming. Since then, 21 more world records have been set.           ]]></description>
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Sports columnist Paul Woody handicaps the Hall of Fame chances of baseball great Pete Rose and the newly retired (again) Brett Favre. Also, expect a cameo by &#8220;The Mezmorizer.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Bobby Bowden knows missed tackles, fumbles or superior opponents could send the Florida State Seminoles to defeat. But he never thought a course in music history would cost him so many victories. In the fall of 2006 and spring and summer of 2007, 61 Florida State athletes from 10 sports cheated in their course work. Twenty-five were football players.           ]]></description>
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Two years of speculation and the seemingly endless debate are over. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has reinstated Michael Vick. Vick has been given a gift, and he should be thankful. Instead of sitting out eight games or an entire season or the rest of his life, Vick has the possibility of playing in the sixth week of the 2009 regular season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Don&#8217;t sell 5&#45;9 Hall short as Virginia QB</title>
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Hall understands that. &#8220;If you&#8217;re not 6-5, people are always going to question what you&#8217;re going to do,&#8220; Hall said. &#8220;I try to have a lot of &#8216;buts&#8217;&#8212;he&#8217;s 5-9, but he&#8217;s fast. He&#8217;s 5-9, but he&#8217;s strong.&#8220; Hall also is here for the ACC Football Kickoff event, and coaches do not generally send backups to meet the press. After three seasons on defense, and one game on offense, Hall is a strong candidate to start at quarterback.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Scoundrels no strangers to baseball shrine</title>
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Late in the 1919 baseball season, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and several other players made an agreement on the outcome of the next day&#8217;s contest. All except Cobb placed bets on the game. It wasn&#8217;t that Cobb was a paragon of virtue. He just was not able to get his money down in time. When Ban Johnson, president of the American League, learned of this several years later, he suspended all players involved.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:01:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Indoor football: two for the show</title>
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Aregion that has shown it will not support one minor-league indoor football team now has two minor-league indoor football teams seeking support. That&#8217;s a tough sell, and everyone knows it. Both teams plan to begin playing here in 2010. If both are operating in 2012, it will be surprising. &#8220;Logic would support that,&#8220; said Steve Burton, CEO and chairman of SportsQuest, the owner of the Indoor Football League team that will play its inaugural season at the Arthur Ashe Center.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Presidential pitch edition</title>
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Columnist Paul Woody doesn&#8217;t care that President Obama wore jeans when he threw that first pitch, but he was shocked to see a blooper ball.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:25:34 EST</pubDate>
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Michael Vick now is free to move around the country, provided he checks with his probation officer. Vick is far from free to join an NFL team. He remains suspended indefinitely by Commissioner Roger Goodell. A decision on Vick&#8217;s football future needs to be made as quickly as possible, not for Vick&#8217;s sake, but for the sake of closing the debate on Vick&#8217;s future.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:01:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>As a sports town, Richmond is just D&#45;ifferent</title>
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If you are interested in tightening your abdominals or improving your sex life, Men&#8217;s Health magazine has plenty of advice for you. Every issue, or so it seems, has stories on those topics. That&#8217;s all well and good. But there is one thing about Men&#8217;s Health that is not so good. In the July/August issue, the magazine ranked America&#8217;s most sports obsessed towns.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>BCS performance was a capitol offense</title>
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The ideal place for government involvement in sports is on the sidelines. The ideal rarely is met. Politicians use public funds to build stadiums. Government officials woo professional franchise owners with tax breaks and other subsidies. Without government involvement, Major League Baseball probably would not have been inspired to improve its testing for the use of steroids.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Do you have Tour de France Fever?</title>
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Paul Woody talks about his (storebought) yellow jersey and his addiction to watching guys pedal fast over beautiful countryside.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:01:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Off the field, athletes&#8217; flaws are sometimes fatal</title>
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Charles Barkley is right. Sadly. Barkley, a former NBA star and current TNT basketball analyst, long has insisted athletes should not be viewed as role models. Still, we cling to the idea, the hope, that these men who are capable of such amazing performances on the field are equally amazing off the field. Yet off the field, they are just like the rest of us, imperfect and prone to bad decisions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tight racing on fast tracks a recipe for disaster</title>
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At its best, NASCAR superspeedway racing is a captivating combination of speed, power and strategy. At its worst, superspeedway racing with restrictor plates on the engines is a dangerous en deavor, a catastrophe waiting to happen. The Coke Zero 400 at Daytona on Saturday night was the best and worst of NASCAR. The last four laps were spellbinding. Tony Stewart battled to hold his lead but lost it on a bold pass by Kyle Busch.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>World of Woody: Empty nest edition</title>
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Columnist Paul Woody says being an empty-nester is a bittersweet blessing. At least he cuts fewer tennis balls with his mower.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:10:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Smoother race was less interesting than last year</title>
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As omens go, the start of the SunTrust Indy Challenge seemed to have a very bad one. Jacques Lazier ran into the wall before completing the first lap, bringing out a caution flag. During his interview soon after that&#8212;a guy who doesn&#8217;t finish a lap gets interviewed?&#8212;Lazier managed to say how sorry he was to let down the Novicomm LED Lighting Technology team.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>If NASCAR beckons, Patrick should respond. Immediately</title>
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Two big-time racing circuits, IRL and NASCAR, would benefit greatly from Danica Patrick&#8217;s presence in 2010. Patrick seems intrigued by the challenge presented by NASCAR. Danica Patrick is not just a driver on the Indy Racing League circuit. She is &#8220;a brand.&#8220; And that brand is . . . &#8220;Determined. It&#8217;s feminine and, hopefully&#8212;I feel awkward talking about myself like this,&#8220; Patrick said recently, &#8220;it&#8217;s something beautiful, something fast and exciting and inspiring and something iconic that&#8217;s never been done before.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Smart runs a different fast break</title>
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Shaka Smart was hired as VCU&#8217;s basketball coach after Anthony Grant left for Alabama. When Shaka Smart took the job as the men&#8217;s basketball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, he knew he had to hit the ground running. But he never imagined he would go so fast. Yesterday at Richmond International Raceway, Smart donned a fire suit and helmet, signed the waiver absolving anyone of blame should things go badly and jumped in the back seat of a specially designed, two-seat Indy-racing car.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Is Roger Federer the greatest tennis player ever? Columnist Paul Woody joins the volley of discussions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:59:35 EST</pubDate>
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WILLIAMSBURG Jay Cutler tossed soft passes to the young campers at the Colonial All Pro football camp at William and Mary yesterday. That was in sharp contrast to the hard words he threw at the Denver Broncos this spring. When the Broncos drafted Cutler out of Vanderbilt in 2006, he was their quarterback of the future. Last year, he gave the Broncos a glimpse of that future when he threw for 4,526 yards and 25 touchdowns.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dads should give a push, not hold on</title>
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Late Sunday afternoon, on the field at Maybeury Elementary School in Henrico County, a man went through one of the rituals of fa therhood. He stood behind his son, who was seated on a bicycle. The father gave the bike a push, and his son began pedaling. The little boy rode for about 20 yards, then felt it imperative to stop. Instead of hitting the brakes, he took his feet off the pedals and used his shoes to bring the bike to a running halt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:04 EST</pubDate>
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Don&#8217;t get dad another necktie, unless it makes a truly bold statement. Columnist Paul Woody advises you to pass on power ties and go straight for &#8220;The Mesmerizer.&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:51:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Firing Acta not the solution for Nationals</title>
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The old saying goes that success has many fathers while failure is an orphan. Look at the success of the Los Angeles Lakers. Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher, Mitch Kupchak, Jeanie Buss, even Jeanie Buss&#8217; dog, the one she dresses in Lakers gear, all share credit for the Lakers&#8217; NBA championship. Now, look at the failure of the Washington Nationals.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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The sports landscape is littered with young stars who never met their potential as adults. Some could not handle too much success too early. Others let their talents go fallow, weary of the relentless cycle of practice and competition, coupled with the expectations of the adults around them. Then, there is the 13-year-old Chesterfield County golf phenom with the rhinestone belt buckle that says &#8220;Lyberty&#8221; and a golf game that is years ahead of her age.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:01:24 EST</pubDate>
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Smashing is a good way to describe Kyle Busch&#8217;s celebration after winning the Nationwide race in Nashville. Appalling is a better way to describe Busch&#8217;s celebration. Childish is the best way to describe what Busch did. He received a beautiful trophy, a hand-painted Gibson guitar, for his victory. Busch should have held it high, admired it and said the work of art, lovingly painted by Sam Bass, always would occupy a special place in his home.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE Building an athletic program requires a coach with a clear vision, an administration to support the coach and players who buy into the coach&#8217;s ideas. Brian O&#8217;Connor arrived at the University of Virginia six years ago as a man with a plan for the Cavaliers&#8217; baseball teams. He wanted to build a fan and donor base. Check.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:01:51 EST</pubDate>
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In a perfect world, even the most talented basketball performers would spend four years in college. They would grow as players and people, read the classics, study economics and perhaps learn another language before pursing a professional career. But the world of college and professional basketball is imperfect, made more so by the rule that says players must be 19 years old&#8212;American players also must be out of high school for a year&#8212;before they are eligible to play in the NBA. The NBA instituted this rule in 2005.           ]]></description>
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So, to make sure that thick turf lasts for the upcoming eight weeks of racing, the five races scheduled for grass last night at Colonial Downs were moved to the dirt track that surrounds the turf. Make that the mud track that surrounds the turf. Slop was the operative word. &#8220;A soup sandwich,&#8220; said Tyler Picklesimer, Colonial Downs&#8217; director of racing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:01:53 EST</pubDate>
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Sports columnist Paul Woody recalls the famous blunder when a player picked up a fumble in the 1929 Rose Bowl&#8212;and ran the wrong way. There has to be a lesson there, somewhere.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:51:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>PAUL WOODY COLUMN: Road assignments offer opportunities for Cavaliers</title>
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Everyone knows you need to be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. Few realize you also need to be careful about your complaints. You might look a little silly when all is said and done. When the University of Virginia baseball team received its bracket pairing for the NCAA tournament, the Cavaliers&#8217; supporters listed complaints that outnumbered compliments.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:01:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>In a track meet, the waiting is the hardest part</title>
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Athletes at a track meet always are waiting for something. They wait for their event to begin. The runners in the fast heat must wait, pacing and pacing as they do, for the slow heat to finish. After the jumpers and throwers participate in the preliminaries of the field events, they wait to see if they are going to the final.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:01:35 EST</pubDate>
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T-D Sports columnist Paul Woody weighs in on Brett Favre and his recent Hamlet performance: To retire or not retire? Think tailgating, brats and Bill Lohmann. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:17:34 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Short Pump offers better site for stadium</title>
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The question comes frequently these days. Should a baseball stadium be built in Shockoe Bottom or on the Boulevard? The answer? Neither. The Short Pump area in Henrico County makes the most sense for the region. The stadium in Shockoe Bottom is supposed to serve as the anchor around which condominiums, a hotel, retail shops and restaurants will be built.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:01:11 EST</pubDate>
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Consistency has become too important to NASCAR. The holy grail in NASCAR is the Sprint Cup points championship. In order to compete for the grail, drivers must rank among the top 12 after 26 races. They then spend 10 races running for the Cup while the others get in the way. Too much emphasis is placed on top 10 finishes in Races 1 through 26, and not enough is placed on winning.           ]]></description>
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Paul Woody thinks the suspension of Manny Ramirez is good for baseball because it shows drug cheaters do get caught. But then, Paul also thinks he could hit a major-league fastball.            ]]></description>
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When Michael Vick applies for reinstatement to the NFL, he must hope Commissioner Roger Goodell does not have a nearby copy of the indictment that was filed in U.S. District Court in July of 2007. If Goodell is reminded how the dogs at Bad Newz Kennels were treated&#8212;drowned, electrocuted, strangled, shot, slammed to the floor&#8212;he never will let the quarterback step on an NFL field again.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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In the sports world, the famous often are praised for their exploits on the field. Sometimes, it is difficult to find reason to praise them for what they do off the field. Jason Taylor deserves to be praised for an off-the-field deci sion. Taylor chose family over money, something not often seen in the sports world. Taylor was to earn $8 million, plus $500,000 in bonus money from the Washington Redskins for the 2009 season.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 00:01:48 EST</pubDate>
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Ryan Zimmerman&#8217;s 30-game hitting streak was impressive. When it ended Wednesday, the third baseman for the Washington Nationals was one of only seven players to have a hit in at least 30 straight games in this decade. But as impressive as it was, the former University of Virginia star&#8217;s streak pales in comparison to the major-league record.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:01:05 EST</pubDate>
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WILLIAMSBURG IIf 90 percent of success is showing up, and if success really is a matter of hanging on after everyone else has let go, Cristie Kerr is on her way to the top. Kerr showed up for all 18 holes yesterday in the final round of the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill. Her closest competitors did not. Kerr seized an opportunity to win when it pre sented itself.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:04:20 EST</pubDate>
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Last year, Reilley Rankin forgot. This year, her memory is clear, and it has made a great deal of difference in her game. As she was practicing in preparation for the 2009 season, hitting every conceivable shot from every conceivable angle&#8212;uphill lies, downhill lies, sidehill lies&#8212;a thought came to Rankin. It&#8217;s a thought worth remembering no matter what your job.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:01:32 EST</pubDate>
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Often wrong, never in dount. Paul Woody tries to explain how he could have been so wrong about Tiger Wood at the Masters.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 00:01:44 EST</pubDate>
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