Archive for July, 2011

Sports in Brief: ACC honors go to Wissahickon grad | Philadelphia Inquirer … – Philadelphia Inquirer

July 29, 2011
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Sports in Brief: ACC honors go to Wissahickon grad | Philadelphia Inquirer ...Philadelphia InquirerOklahoma admitted that it committed two major rules violations in its men's basketball program as it asked the NCAA for leniency. The NCAA approved a...

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ACC’s Top-100: No. 58 Akil Mitchell, Virginia – Big Duke Balls

July 29, 2011
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ACC’s Top-100: No. 58 Akil Mitchell, Virginia – Big Duke Balls

Big Duke BallsACC's Top-100: No. 58 Akil Mitchell, VirginiaBig Duke BallsThis is a kid who couldn't make his middle-school basketball team, but here he is in the ACC. Something tells me he can handle a challenge. TO SEE THE REST OF THE LIST (SO...

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Makusha earns ACC Male Athlete of the Year – Tallahassee.com

July 29, 2011
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Makusha earns ACC Male Athlete of the YearTallahassee.comHe joins join track performer Walter Dix (2007) and Charlie Ward, a football and basketball standout (2003, '04). "This is an amazing honor when you consider this encompasses all the spo...

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What A Day In Chapel Hill – Duke Basketball Report

July 29, 2011
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What A Day In Chapel Hill – Duke Basketball Report

TSNWhat A Day In Chapel HillDuke Basketball Reportby DBR, July 29th, 2011 | ACC | Quite a Wednesday in Chapel Hill as Chancellor Holden Thorp and AD Dick Baddour held a press conference to discuss the firing of Butch Davis, during which Baddour announc...

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Jacobs: Thorp Makes The Right Move – ACCSports.com

July 29, 2011
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Jacobs: Thorp Makes The Right Move – ACCSports.com

Yahoo! Sports (blog)Jacobs: Thorp Makes The Right MoveACCSports.comBaddour replaced John Swofford, now the ACC commissioner, in 1997. Almost immediately Baddour had the unenviable task of finding a replacement for Dean Smith, the little-known replaceme...

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Good sport – Laurinburg Exchange

July 29, 2011
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Good sportLaurinburg ExchangeThe ESPY is about the most useless thing in sports, with the possible exception of the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. Pretty much, the network uses a July night when they no nothing else is going on to parade a bunch ...

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Tech to appeal vacated ACC title – Atlanta Journal Constitution

July 28, 2011
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Tech to appeal vacated ACC title – Atlanta Journal Constitution

13WMAZTech to appeal vacated ACC titleAtlanta Journal ConstitutionThe school also didn't include in the appeal form other penalties besides the vacated title — including four years' probation and a $100000 fine — or the “impermissible try...

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2011-12 ACC Men’s Basketball Prospectus

Over the past 11 years (2001-2011), the ACC has won an NCAA-best five National Championships ... the Big East is second with three.

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ACC Male Athlete Of The Year – Seminoles.com

July 28, 2011
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ACC Male Athlete Of The Year – Seminoles.com

Seminoles.comACC Male Athlete Of The YearSeminoles.comMakusha, a junior from Zimbabwe, edged Duke basketball standout Nolan Smith 17 votes to 16 to become the 58th winner of the McKevlin Award. In the past year, the 2008 Olympian built on an already im...

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2011 Big Ten QB Power Rankings: Preseason Edition – The Sports Bank

July 28, 2011
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2011 Big Ten QB Power Rankings: Preseason Edition – The Sports Bank

The Sports Bank2011 Big Ten QB Power Rankings: Preseason EditionThe Sports BankWilson finished second in voting for ACC Player of the Year. But again, that was the ACC, where football is a mediocre afterthought until basketball starts. But hey, at leas...

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