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From a lucky pair of shorts to a special personalized warm-up routine, every athlete has his or her own unique behaviors. For some, these superstitions are so crucial to their routine that it could cause them to perform horribly if one was forgotten.
Do these superstitions really have an effect on how the athlete is going [...]
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Billy: Found drunk in front of a Hooters restaurant, golfer John Daly was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 26, the Associated Press reported. That same day, the AP also reported that eight NFL players had failed drug tests. Many of us have used drugs. Many of us have been drunk, been to Hooters and been drunk [...]
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Before last weekend, it had been nine years since Whitman hosted the Northwest Conference Cross Country Meet. However, last weekend, Whitman opened its fields once again to the northwest teams.
First-year Kirsten Ballinger and juniors Sara McCune and Yasmeen Colis made sure they took advantage of the familiar course. All three finished among the top [...]
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Each semester, the department of sports studies, recreation, and athletics (SSRA) offers several lecture courses on athletics. The courses study “theory, methods and philosophy of physical education,” according to the college’s 2008-2009 catalog.
“Sports studies is a general term used to describe studies about sports, whether they be cultural studies, whether they be physical studies, [...]
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The spread offense may be in fashion now, but a consistent running game and strong defense is all What Bitch? needed to beat Delta Gamma 6-0 for its third consecutive women’s intramural football championship on Sunday, Nov. 2. Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) defeated Sigma Chi 20-7 for the men’s title earlier in the day.
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