Thomas eager to prove he’s UGA’s top running back
ATHENS — Georgia’s leading returning rusher from last season autographed anything and everything fans put in front of him Saturday at the sixth annual “Countdown to Kickoff” — T-shirts, pennants, footballs, a book. Carlton Thomas showed he can multi-task as well, signing and talking at the same time about a Bulldogs tailback position reshaped after the departures of top two rushers Washaun Ealey …
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Thomas ready for expanded role
Georgia’s leading returning rusher from last season autographed anything and everything fans put in front of him Saturday at the sixth annual “Countdown to Kickoff” — T-shirts, pennants, footballs, a book.
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Ebbetts Pass juniors are run-scoring machine at District 15 tourney
The Ebbetts Pass Little League juniors division all-star team shows off its District 15 championship pennants.
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Photos: Tommy Lasorda At AT&T Field
Dodgers’ great Tommy Lasorda has been in town this week to watch the Chattanooga Lookouts team (Dodgers Double-A team).
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Review | Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block at the Sprint Center
Nostalgia was thick in the air Saturday night inside the Sprint Center, where two of the bigger names in boy-band history drew a near full-house. Close to 14,500 fans showed up to see and hear the New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys revive the sounds of their teens and childhoods.
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Tech Beat: Technology competition encourages young minds to think big
The ninth annual Imagine Cup finals, hosted by Microsoft kicked off Friday to the tune of streamers and speeches from the tech world’s leading innovators. Adam Balkin has more.
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Grande, Time Warner in Internet arms race
Grande Communications and Time Warner Cable continue to rev their Internet engines, trying to reach megabit speeds that will leave their chief competitor eating dust.
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Mets will get what they ‘pay’ for in Beltran deal
There was surprise in the major league landscape. Not that the Mets had traded Francisco Rodriguez, but that they did so while ostensibly in a pennant race and yet the uproar was, at best, tame from the New York fans and media. “I was waiting for some screaming that never…
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MLB Trade Rumors: Starting Pitchers on Market for Teams with Postseason Dreams
Starting pitching seems to always be at a premium these days, no matter if it’s in the heat of a pennant race or the dead of winter. That fact will continue to ring true with the approach of the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline in Major League Baseball, as a host of teams with legitimate October aspirations, including the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, are on the …
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New Road Runner & Coyote Shorts from Warner: The Matt O’Callaghan Interview
(Matt is the Director of the three new CGI/3D Road Runner/Coyote shorts; this interview focuses on Fur of Flying which is currently in theaters accompanying Legend of the Guardians.
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PRINCETON: Area activities honor our independence
Many people braved the heat and humidity to participate in area celebrations of the nation’s 235th birthday.
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‘Road to Ground Zero Flag Tour’ Coming to Smokies Park
KODAK, Tenn. – Throughout 2011, the Heroes of the Diamond will complete the “Road to Ground Zero Flag Tour.” On Thursday, July 21, the Tennessee Smokies and Smokies Park have been granted the honor of being part of this historic tour on the same night that the team will recognize police officers, firefighters, EMT’s and other first responders for their selfless acts serving our local communities.
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‘The future of Jones County’
The city flag that hangs on a pole in the board of aldermen room at the Ellisville City Hall delivers the message city officials want to share with those in Jones County and elsewhere.
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Death By Cuteness: Smartphone Mangled By Baby, Raccoon, Otter, Dolphin, and Elephant
It was Tuesday night, and my five-month-old daughter woke up yowling. She was teething, and she needed something to chew. So I plucked the Casio G’zOne Commando out of the freezer and handed it over. Several contented gnaws later, baby was happy. Over the course of the evening, the phone — which
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Riders make Bike Week special for businesses
The first blocks of North and South Potomac Street were lined with long rows of motorcycles Friday evening as bikers packed the area around The Maryland Theatre for Hagerstown Center City Bike Night. The event, centered around the theater’s “Wind Down Friday” outdoor concert, was part of Hagerstown Bike Week, a four-day event in and around Hagerstown that began Thursday evening and continues …
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Winner of Sacramento waiters’ race credits his fake mustache
With his lanky frame, beret and a glued-on mustache he had bought at a costume shop, restaurant waiter Anthony Sharrow instantly stood out from his opponents in the Second Annual Bastille Day Race.
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Watson comes up aces at British Open
Tom Watson made a hole in one on the sixth hole Friday, took a bow and said, “They’re all lucky when they go in.”
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More British Open magic from Tom Watson
Notes: Tom Watson during Friday’s second round of the British Open.
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Black Feather Big Chief Lionel Delpit dies
A Mardi Gras Indian procession will follow his funeral on Saturday
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Diving into it
Robert Berry of Chico enjoys a dive with his son Andrew, 15, in the Feather River below the fish barrier on Tuesday.
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Sign ordinance gains unanimous approval from Sebastian Council
SEBASTIAN — City officials approved a commercial sign ordinance Wednesday that specifies the locations that “A-Frame” or “Sandwich Board” signs and feather flags can be placed, based on the location of the business.
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Patriotic pennants strung across Cape May County diner deemed a distraction
Star-Ledger file photoRio Grande township officials say decorative flags, pennants or banners, similar to the ones shown above, cannot be strung across parking lots because they distract passing motorists. One diner owner, who has strung up small American flags, is…
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Cooperstown students plant pennants at garden
Lined along the top of the wooden fence at Kid Garden are pennants made by Cooperstown thirdgraders.  The students in Kathleen Galland- Bennett’s class won this year’s scarecrow contest with their “outside of the box” idea.
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Hall of Fame manager Williams dead at 82
Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams, who won two World Series titles with Oakland and led two other franchises to pennants, died Thursday, July 7 at age 82. Williams died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm at a hospital near his home in Henderson, Nev.
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By The Numbers: Is Derek Jeter The Greatest Yankee Ever?
For some time now, various lists have been compiled ranking or rating the greatest of Yankees. In light of Jeter’s landmark accomplishment, we would like to look into where he ranks among the Yankee immortals.
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