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	<title>Referee - Bad Call!</title>
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		<title>Canucks At Predators Recap ; Meh (3-1L)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time in 22 games the Canucks have not scored at least twice occurred tonight. The first regulation loss since January 15th. You&#8217;ll excuse me if I can&#8217;t work up too much angst, though I will give it a shot! Besides, Alain Vigneault had enough for all of us. I must have heard at least three &#8220;are you kidding me&#8221;&#8216;s with the arms in the air, while jumping up on the bench this game. From Tootoo to Gill, to just about anyone in front of Rinne&#8217;s net, they got away with a fair amount, but in today&#8217;s NHL, where we just don&#8217;t know anymore what is and isn&#8217;t a call, you&#8217;ll excuse the Canucks coach his histrionics. He is usually not on the referees that much. But even the coach that asks the team not to &#8220;talk&#8221; is not a perfect man, and should be excused when he does &#8220;work the officials&#8221; like he was tonight. Truth is, the Predators hit two posts when it was 2-1, Roberto Luongo robbed Kostitsyn and especially Shea Weber. The Preds deserved to win. They were the better team. Does not mean I have to like it. ESPN NHL - Mike Fisher had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soccer Coach John Napier on State Cup is a Roller CoasterRide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youth Soccer News: The State Cup Roller Coaster Ride As I was driving back from Lancaster last weekend, trying to get my car heater to its highest point as quickly as possible so I could feel my toes and fingers again, my thoughts were for the parents of those young brave kids that were running around the fields in long-sleeve under armor, gloves, long pants, and in some cases head beanies. I’m sure some of the players would have worn heavy overcoats as well, if the referees would have allowed it. Such is life in Lancaster during Cal South State Cup – you never know what you are going to get. But 30 degrees and a cold bitter wind cutting its way across the playing fields at 9:00 in the morning is just too much. Those parents put so much time and effort into following their kids to all these venues, that it would really have been nice to have some decent weather and superior playing fields for such an important event. But as always, we cannot predict the weather at these locations no matter where they may be. Lancaster just seems to get most of the parent rage. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 storylines to watch at this week&#8217;s NFL Combine in Indianapolis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. The bench press Molk and Martin aren&#8217;t shy guys. So it comes as no surprise they have the aplomb to express their intent not only to out-bench everyone else, but to out-bench everyone else in the history of the combine. Oregon State&#8217;s Stephen Paea set the record last year, repping 225 pounds 49 times, and parlayed the performance into a second-round pick. Molk and Martin would be satisfied with that kind of draft spot &#8212; especially Molk, who benches Saturday. Martin, whose turn is Monday, already has posted 40 reps and that was before undergoing combine training with Mike Barwis, which he says has him in the best shape of his life. But will it be enough to get to 50? Junior Hemingway, shown hauling in one of his two touchdowns at the Sugar Bowl, in one of three former Michigan football players that will participate in the NFL Combine this week. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com 2. Will Hemingway get drafted? It raised some eyebrows when Hemingway was selected for the NFL Combine &#8212; particularly when considering tight end Kevin Koger, a strong candidate to be taken in the later rounds, was not. (It&#8217;s important to note that Hemingway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baylor QB Robert Griffin III has game plan for NFL combine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baylor quarterback hardly sounds like a prodigy content with winning the Heisman Trophy. Here he comes. PHOTOS: See a gallery of Robert Griffin III MORE: Top 64 prospects for the NFL draft &#8220;This is a business trip,&#8221; Griffin, 22, says after a workout in Arizona last weekend. &#8220;I&#8217;m the CEO of Griffin Enterprises. It&#8217;s my job to go sell my product.&#8221; &#8220;RG3,&#8221; the charismatic son of retired Army sergeants, is set to arrive Thursday. He will go through the meat-market gantlet that includes the most comprehensive series of physical exams he has ever encountered (32 teams, 32 doctors, 32 trainers, hundreds of probing fingers) and the NFL version of speed-dating (interviews with up to 32 teams, clocked to be cut off by a buzzer after 15 minutes). He will get timed in the 40-yard dash and other events, such as the wondrous three-cone drill that meshes agility and acceleration. Yet the player honored as the best in college football last season — and arguably the most intriguing prospect in the draft that opens April 26 — still isn&#8217;t sure if he will show off his arm during quarterback drills Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Amid all of the buzz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio State Football: Urban Meyer Setting Bad Example with Michigan Trash-Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Belichick and Urban Meyer are supposed to be buddies, which is why it&#8217;s strange that the new Ohio State football coach is employing such un-Belichickian tactics to get his team fired up for its fiercest rivalry. Reports have surfaced that Meyer not only posted a team schedule that referred to Michigan as &#8220;The Team Up North,&#8221; but he also allowed a sign mocking the majors of Michigan athletes to be posted in the Buckeyes&#8217; football building. The sign boasts that the bulk of Ohio State football players major in either communications (14 percent) or family resource management (10 percent), while Michigan&#8217;s players opt for the allegedly fluffier field of general studies (24 percent). Whether or not the big bad world of communications studies is more mentally grueling than that of general studies is a debate for another day. The real question is, does Meyer really need to resort to this kind of childish ammunition in order to fuel up his players for one of college football&#8217;s most heated rivalries? Calling your opponent stupid is something you might expect to hear on a grade school playground, not in a collegiate locker room—especially when that locker room belongs to one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brady&#8217;s guru dies from heart attack on 66th birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 1 p.m. Tuesday, Tom Martinez, the mechanical muse behind New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s unmatched success, visited the Satellite Dialysis center in Redwood City. Calif. His wife, Olivia, dropped him off at the single-floor facility, just as she had six days per week in the last month, but this one would turn tragically different. She soon received a call from the staff advising her that her husband had suffered a heart attack and was nonresponsive. He died on his 66th birthday. “He just took a deep breath and was gone,” Olivia Martinez said. Martinez suffered through continuous kidney issues and complications from Type 2 diabetes as he continued to be consumed by football and coach protégés ranging from Brady to current college prospects. His health declined precipitously over the summer as he sought a kidney transplant, but the dialysis — a process that alternately weakened and sustained him — left him drained in recent days. “We were convinced the dialysis was slowly killing him,” said his wife of 46 years. “UCLA (Medical Center) just couldn’t be bothered to take someone at such high risk.” He was given a month to live in June, and was rejected by UCLA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIFA panel calls for more on-field handshakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZURICH &#8212; A FIFA panel wants players to exchange more handshakes on the field to improve the game&#8217;s image. Franz Beckenbauer, chairman of the Task Force Football 2014, says it recommends that players meet opponents in the center circle after matches. Beckenbauer says the panel agreed &#8220;it would be a better image &#8230; when leaving the pitch together and not refusing a handshake.&#8221; The German great also says &#8220;we simply have to stop&#8221; instances such as Liverpool striker Luis Suarez&#8217;s recent refusal to shake the hand of Manchester United defender Patrice Evra before a match. Beckenbauer says FIFA should first remind players and coaches of their fair play responsibilities, and warn of sanctions in future. Article source: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/22/4282497/fifa-panel-calls-for-more-on-field.html]]></description>
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		<title>SV upends Lebo boys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You hate to whine and cry,&#8221; said David, &#8220;but when you can&#8217;t stand up that puts you at a distinct disadvantage.&#8221; However, that was the least of David&#8217;s complaints as the &#8220;swing of events&#8221; in the first-round playoff game at Chartiers Valley were deemed &#8220;huge&#8221; and contributed to the end of the road for the Blue Devils, who were state runners-up last year but finished 17-6 overall this winter. &#8220;The fact of the matter is,&#8221; said David, &#8220;the call took the game out of the kids&#8217; hands and put it into the refs&#8217; hands. Let the kids decide the outcome.&#8221; Alex Maxfield did so in Seneca Valley&#8217;s favor. He connected on three of the four technical foul shots. Maxfield finished with a game-high 16 points. Matt Smith supplied 14 for the Raiders, who converted 18 of 31 free throws, nine in the final three minutes. Lebo, meanwhile, attempted only three free throws the entire game. In addition to Anyang, Tyler Roth finished with 10 tallies before he fouled out of the game. Freshman Matt Hoffman came off the bench and pitched in 10 points, too. &#8220;Referees make good and bad calls. Decisions go against us, but I think we were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Parenting: Bad Medicine?</title>
		<link>http://www.refwatch.org/facebook-parenting-bad-medicine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have seen the popular Youtube film circling of the father who put bullets through his teen daughter’s laptop. Tommy Jordan, father to a rebellious teenage daughter posted a public comment and video on Facebook to his daughter and her friends. In this video he is responding to nasty commentary she made regarding her parents via social media. He decided that since other punishments had not worked with a similar prior situation, that it was time to take drastic measures. In the video, this North Carolina father reads his daughter’s Facebook posts and then shoots his daughter’s laptop. Upon watching the video my first thought was “good for him”. Too many parents let their teenagers say and do whatever they want. Many teens have no fear of consequences and no concept of work or responsibility. The economy isn’t the only reason so many young people are still living at home and don’t have steady jobs—it seems as though many are taking much longer to grow up. It is all too common to hear a friend lament about his or her 25-year-old child in their 6th year of college still living at home. I also hear of “adults” whose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Abby: Write happy ending to bad movie script</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60;!&#8211;Saxotech Paragraph Count: 11&#8211;&#62; DEAR ABBY: I dated a guy named &#8220;Jake&#8221; for two years. He was my first love and he meant everything to me. Well, things happened and he broke my heart. After a year of not really talking, Jake is now texting and calling to convince me to be his &#8220;friend with benefits.&#8221; He tries to sweet-talk me by calling me pet names. Of course, I say no over and over each time he asks on the phone. But the minute we come face-to-face or hang out, I just give in. There will always be a soft spot for Jake in my heart, and I don&#8217;t know what to do. I want to stay friends because he&#8217;s important to me, but I don&#8217;t want to be his FWB. It brings back painful memories. How do I say no? Am I overreacting? Should I go with the flow because it&#8217;s not a big deal? I feel like I&#8217;m in a script for a bad movie. &#8211; WANTS TO MOVE ON IN HOUSTON DEAR WANTS TO MOVE ON: Your ex-boyfriend appears to be a super salesman. The best way not to buy what he&#8217;s selling is not to listen [...]]]></description>
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