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<title><![CDATA[In NCAA pools, hearts can get in the way of heads]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:27:04 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Who you think will win the NCAA tournament is often very different from who you want to win it all. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vinny Cerrato and his life after the Redskins]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:08:10 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Vinny Cerrato, formerly the top decision-maker for Redskins aside from owner Daniel Snyder, still performs GM-like duties - for no team in particular. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NCAA tournament 2011: For D.C. teams, same old song and dance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:28:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ On the eve of the NCAA tournament, many local teams will be in a familiar spot: on the outside looking in. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greivis Vasquez is honored at Comcast Center, but current Maryland Terrapins can't live up to nostalgia]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:15:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Greivis Vasquez was in the house, Chris Wilcox, too, with several members of Maryland's 2001 Final Four team in tow. There was a jersey raising and carnations pinned on lapels and 10-year reunions.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653309886" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653309886" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lakers' Ron Artest needed help, and promotes youths getting the help they need]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:55:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Lakers star Ron Artest, a troubled soul himself who finally received the help he needed, is working to promote youths having access to mental health services at their schools. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[George Mason's Cam Long stays in for the haul]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:39:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After considering a transfer two years ago, Cam Long decided to stay at George Mason, a decision that has benefitted both parties. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Antawn Jamison heads into Wizards-Cavaliers game on another disastrous team]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:27:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Antawn Jamison is not cursed. Bad karma, he maintains, has nothing to do with why he keeps ending up on bad basketball teams that used to be good. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Antawn Jamison finds himself on another disastrous team]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Antawn Jamison is not cursed. Bad karma, he maintains, has nothing to do with why he keeps ending up on bad basketball teams that used to be good.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653313267" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653313267" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jerry Sloan steps down as Utah Jazz head coach, and the NBA is lesser for it]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:56:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the NBA's great old-school coaches, Jerry Sloan, resigns as coach of the Utah Jazz after 23 seasons. Sloan wasn't knocked out of the game by a younger generation; he just got tired of teaching them to grow up. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Packers Aaron Rodgers wins Super Bowl MVP in battle with Steelers Ben Roethlisberger]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:29:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Aaron Rodgers has built a legacy all his own with a victory in Super Bowl XLV. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Packers Aaron Rodgers wins Super Bowl MVP in battle with Steelers Ben Roethlisberger]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ ARLINGTON, TEX. After their stark differences were embellished the past two weeks - loutish bad boy vs. humble choir boy, immovable beer truck vs. sleek scrambler - Ben Roethlisberger actually possessed a quality Aaron Rodgers needed Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium. The ability to gather his team... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLV: Aaron Rodgers has the monkey on his back for the Packers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Of all the Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks who reached out to Aaron Rodgers the past two weeks - Bart Starr and Kurt Warner among them - he had to feel the most kinship when Steve Young spoke to him.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653315540" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653315540" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLV: Aaron Rodgers has the monkey on his back for the Packers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Of all the Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks who reached out to Aaron Rodgers the past two weeks - Bart Starr and Kurt Warner among them - he had to feel the most kinship when Steve Young spoke to him. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Wizard Gilbert Arenas returns to Washington a fallen hero]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:44:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As Gilbert Arenas makes his first appearance in Washington since being traded to the Magic, will the Wizards fan base boo him for the embarrassment he caused? Or embrace him for what he achieved in D.C.? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Duke basketball deserve respect, not hate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:32:01 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Coach Mike Krzyzewski and his Duke basketball program often inspire envy and hate, but their record of accomplishment deserves nothing but respect. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ben Roethlisberger's redemption on the field doesn't mean he's a changed person off it]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:51:03 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Steelers quarterback has not proven to anyone that he's a better person, only that he has led his team to the Super Bowl.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653320036" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=121653320036" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nick Young, Mustafa Shakur take different routes to the NBA with the Wizards]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:06:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nick Young smiles a lot for a player who has not won an NBA road game this season. But he's not mocking 0-21. On the contrary, it's a knowing, assured smile, as if the Wizards' fourth-year guard is perpetually telling himself and others, "This is the night. We got this one. I know it. I can feel ... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[It's time to address our concerns: The state of our sports in Washington is not strong]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:13:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Speaker of the House Portis, Vice President Ovechkin, members of the billionaire boys club, indistinguishable players, and fellow beaten-down District of Columbians and fans of Greater Washington: ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Wise]]></dc:creator>
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