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<item><title><![CDATA[ Harrington's Run Is Good for Golf ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081100850.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081100850.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:33:45 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It is very difficult today to not write about Michael Phelps. There is very little doubt, even at this early stage, that he is going to be the star of the Beijing Olympics. Only a missed turn or a relay teammate failing to come through is going to keep him from winning eight gold medals -- and he may set world records in all five of his individual events.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Harrington's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Run]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Wie Still Living in Her Own Bubble ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080402088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080402088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:41:39 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The sad saga of Michelle Wie continues. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Wie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Still]]></category><category><![CDATA[Living]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Her]]></category><category><![CDATA[Own]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bubble]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Campbell Should Be Allowed to Pursue His Dream ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072803242.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072803242.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:53:20 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In case those of you who attacked Army graduate Caleb Campbell for wanting to play in the National Football League missed it, here's another target for you: Oliver Drake. Until last week he was a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy who happened to be a talented pitcher. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Campbell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Should]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allowed]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pursue]]></category><category><![CDATA[His]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dream]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ British Brilliance Proves There Is Life Without Tiger ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/20/AR2008072002367.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/20/AR2008072002367.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:27:19 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As it turns out, there is LWT in golf.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125658157" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125658157" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[British]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brilliance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proves]]></category><category><![CDATA[There]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tiger]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Filling the Void ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071401583.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071401583.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:37:42 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  There may not be a more boring week in sports than baseball's All-Star week. Baseball shuts down for three, or in some cases, four straight days and those of us who live to turn on the television at night and watch our team play, or flip from game-to-game, feel bereft and adrift. One of the things that makes baseball so great is that it is always there from March through October.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Filling]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Void]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Brundred's Legacy Leaves Permanent Mark ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063000013.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063000013.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:36:10 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There will be thousands of words spilled this week about the absence of Tiger Woods at his signature golf tournament. The second annual AT&T National -- Hosted by Tiger Woods -- will go on without the host at Congressional Country Club and people will wonder: If a golf tournament crowns a champion and he isn't Tiger Woods, is it really a golf tournament? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Brundred's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leaves]]></category><category><![CDATA[Permanent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ No Need to Wonder: Tiger Will Come Back Strong ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062501761.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062501761.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:01:24 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There is no athlete on earth who inspires more comment -- regardless of what he is doing -- than Tiger Woods. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Need]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wonder:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tiger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Come]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strong]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Once Again, Woods Proves He Is Superior ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061701039.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061701039.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:25:38 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Maybe they should make Tiger Woods start playing with one hand tied behind his back. After all, he proved that he's better than everyone else in the world playing on one leg. Maybe the next step is to make him prove he can win playing with one hand. <br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125702258" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125702258" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Once]]></category><category><![CDATA[Again,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woods]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proves]]></category><category><![CDATA[He]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Superior]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ McKay Set the Standard for Sports Broadcasters ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902143.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902143.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:07:33 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    It is difficult to know where to begin a column on Jim McKay. That's because he was so many things to so many people. He was ABC's Wide World of Sports. He was the voice of the Olympic Games. He was the premier voice of golf for so long that he was part of another announcer's signature line: Whenever roving reporter Bob Rosburg declared a shot to be impossible he would always say, "that one's dead Jim." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[McKay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Set]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category><category><![CDATA[Broadcasters]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Until the NCAA Toughens Up, Expect More Mayos ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052701325.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052701325.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:59:18 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There has been a lot of hand-wringing going on in the past few weeks after accusations surfaced that O.J. Mayo was being paid by a street agent while playing both high school basketball and during his one and only season at The University of Southern California. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Until]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[NCAA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toughens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Expect]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mayos]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Take From the Weekend ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051901929.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051901929.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 17:23:17 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Some thoughts from a rare weekend spent at home...  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weekend]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Books -- John Feinstein's 'Living on the Black' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/05/16/DI2008051602578.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/05/16/DI2008051602578.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sports writer John Feinstein was online Monday, May 19 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his new book, "Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember," a chronicle of the ups and downs pitchers Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina experienced during the 2007 season.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125703467" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125703467" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[--]]></category><category><![CDATA[John]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feinstein's]]></category><category><![CDATA['Living]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black']]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ So Close to a Great Tale ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051201614.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051201614.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:39:38 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The first time I met Paul Goydos was in 1993 at the Buick Open. I was working on my first golf book and was killing time in the late afternoon before going to meet a player for dinner. Goydos had shot the only low round of the afternoon and the PGA Tour media officials working the tournament decided to bring him into the interview room because they thought it would be good experience for a rookie.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[So]]></category><category><![CDATA[Close]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Great]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tale]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The BCS Blows Another Chance to Fix Itself ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050501868.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050501868.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:39:57 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This is not normally the time of year to be writing about the travesty that is the Bowl Championship Series. That's for November and December, when we go through the annual ritual of having computers, biased coaches and people who know nothing about college football pick two names out of a hat someplace and declare them the last remaining contenders for the national championship. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[BCS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chance]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fix]]></category><category><![CDATA[Itself]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Celtics In the Midst of a Season Auerbach Would Have Loved ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802066.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802066.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:13:46 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There really isn't much doubt about which two teams the NBA would like to see survive the endless march to June and the finals, or, as the league so modestly calls them, "The Finals," as if no one else stages a final.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Celtics]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Midst]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Season]]></category><category><![CDATA[Auerbach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loved]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ As American Pro Soccer Forges Ahead, Its Past Deserves a Nod ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042101365.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042101365.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:01:28 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I really want to like soccer again.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125705346" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125705346" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[American]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soccer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahead,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Past]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deserves]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nod]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Golf Will Survive Without a Grand Slam by Woods ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402166.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402166.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:39:29 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It is almost tempting to joke today about the fact that Tiger Woods got to within four victories of winning the 2008 Grand Slam. Or, to put it another way, Trevor Immelman is one win closer to a sweep of the major championships than Woods.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Survive]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grand]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slam]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woods]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ NBA, NCAA Plan to Make Plans ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040801708.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040801708.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:15:29 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN ANTONIO -- On the afternoon of the 2008 national championship game a powerful and influential group of basketball officials sat on a podium -- two of them actually -- in front of a packed hotel ballroom to make a very important announcement about the future of youth basketball. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[NBA,]]></category><category><![CDATA[NCAA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Make]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plans]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Plenty of Twists, One Final Turn ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040800094.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040800094.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN ANTONIO ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Plenty]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Twists,]]></category><category><![CDATA[One]]></category><category><![CDATA[Final]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big 12 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas Jayhawks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conference USA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Derrick Rose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis Tigers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Missouri Tigers]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Calipari]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Self]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Douglas-Roberts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Antonio Anderson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joey Dorsey]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Ohio State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of California-Los Angeles]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ When Unfair Perceptions Meet Reality ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/06/AR2008040602092.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/06/AR2008040602092.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN ANTONIO<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125710128" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125710128" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[When]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unfair]]></category><category><![CDATA[Perceptions]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reality]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big 12 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conference USA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas Jayhawks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis Tigers]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Calipari]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of California-Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Self]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dean Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roy Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Douglas-Roberts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allen Fieldhouse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Walton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brandon Rush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dana Kirk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Danny Manning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Derrick Rose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joey Dorsey]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Thompson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Larry Brown (Basketball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Portland (Oregon)]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilt Chamberlain]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It's One and Done, but They Still Made It Fun ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/05/AR2008040502781.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/05/AR2008040502781.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN ANTONIO ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[One]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Done,]]></category><category><![CDATA[but]]></category><category><![CDATA[They]]></category><category><![CDATA[Still]]></category><category><![CDATA[Made]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category><category><![CDATA[Derrick Rose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin Love]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conference USA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis Tigers]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Calipari]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Basketball Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of California-Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alamodome]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Douglas-Roberts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Gordon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grant Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joey Dorsey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Beasley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moses Malone]]></category><category><![CDATA[O.J. Mayo]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Ol' Roy Has Earned The Right to Relax ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040403553.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040403553.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN ANTONIO Ol' Roy was pretty relaxed on Friday afternoon. He didn't snap at anyone who asked him about playing Kansas or about playing NCAA tournament games a bus ride away from Chapel Hill. He even joked about being thin-skinned. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ol']]></category><category><![CDATA[Roy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Has]]></category><category><![CDATA[Earned]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Relax]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dean Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roy Williams (Basketball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chapel Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Krzyzewski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big 12 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas Jayhawks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adolph Rupp]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Self]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Knight]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Wooden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matt Doherty]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syracuse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia Institute of Technology]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina Tar Heels]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Final Four ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/03/31/DI2008033101866.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/03/31/DI2008033101866.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Writer John Feinstein, a regular contributor to The Washington Post, was online Friday, April 4 at 11 a.m. ET to take your questions about the NCAA men's college basketball tournament. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Final]]></category><category><![CDATA[Four]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Coach Finds Himself Where His Dreams Came True ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303579.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303579.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN ANTONIO Jim Larranaga has always been someone who writes things down: goals, plans, things to remember, statistics, memorable things he has heard people say.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125713423" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125713423" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Himself]]></category><category><![CDATA[Where]]></category><category><![CDATA[His]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dreams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Came]]></category><category><![CDATA[True]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Larranaga]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jay Larranaga]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big East Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Providence Friars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lou Bufaro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan Merten]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Driscoll]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dunkin' Brands Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lou Lamoriello]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Pitino]]></category><category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Rotella]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bowling Green]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Shanley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Mullaney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Welsh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom O'Connor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Dulles International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Providence College]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Still Time to Get the Ending Right ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033101848.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033101848.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:13:12 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The NCAA men's basketball committee needs to hire the Washington Nationals scriptwriter. God knows, with the billions it gets from CBS, it can afford one.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Still]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Get]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ending]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Power of Ones, And Davidson ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/30/AR2008033002201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/30/AR2008033002201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One week from tonight, someone will win the NCAA men's basketball tournament and cut down the nets in San Antonio. We know now that it will be a power school, a team that has been dominant throughout this season. Consider this: Kansas and UCLA, at 35-3, have the worst records in this Final Four. North Carolina is 36-2 and Memphis, the only school in the group without a national title, is 37-1. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ones,]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[Davidson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big 12 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas Jayhawks]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Curry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of California-Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Self]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roy Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas State Wildcats]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louisville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pacific-10 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[UCLA Bruins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category><category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Howland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big East Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Walton]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gonzaga, Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jason Richards]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Calipari]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Wooden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lord Voldemort]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Basketball Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina Tar Heels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tulsa]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[USC Trojans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova University]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Tournament Needs a Touch-Up ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032803715.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032803715.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CHARLOTTE ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tournament]]></category><category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Touch-Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Hockey League]]></category><category><![CDATA[NHL Eastern Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[NHL Southeast Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Capitals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><category><![CDATA[60 Minutes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idaho]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big East Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boise]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louisville Cardinals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Pitino]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yvon Labre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sweet Sixteen ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/03/24/DI2008032401787.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/03/24/DI2008032401787.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Can Stephen Curry and Davidson keep winning? Can any team slow down North Carolina? Writer John Feinstein, a regular contributor to The Washington Post, was online Friday, March 28, at 11 a.m. ET to take your questions about the NCAA men's college basketball tournament.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125714562" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125714562" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sweet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sixteen]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Tar Heels Look Awfully Good ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032800058.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032800058.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CHARLOTTE North Carolina is making March look like November. It has played three NCAA tournament games now, and the walk-ons have gotten a chunk of playing time in all three of them. Only the opponents aren't Iona, South Carolina State and Nicholls State. They're NCAA tournament teams, and the Tar Heels are now one step from the Final Four without having played a game that was even close to being close. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Look]]></category><category><![CDATA[Awfully]]></category><category><![CDATA[Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina Tar Heels]]></category><category><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of California-Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roy Williams (Basketball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kentucky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pacific-10 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington State Cougars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aron Baynes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tony Bennett]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ty Lawson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tyler Hansbrough]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ole Miss Rebels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeastern Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova Wildcats]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte Bobcats Arena]]></category><category><![CDATA[Daven Harmeling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Derrick Low]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Wooden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louisville]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicholls State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Nevada-Las Vegas]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ March Is Better Than Expected, Thanks to the Unexpected ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR2008032402428.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR2008032402428.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The NCAA men's basketball tournament got its mojo back this past weekend. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[March]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Better]]></category><category><![CDATA[Than]]></category><category><![CDATA[Expected,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thanks]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unexpected]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of California-Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Curry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duke Blue Devils]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big Ten Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michigan State Spartans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Belmont]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louisville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gonzaga University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wisconsin Badgers]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Billy Packer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greg Oden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Alexander]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Krzyzewski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phoenix]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roy Hibbert]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Izzo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ty Rogers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mississippi State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina Tar Heels]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Ohio State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vanderbilt University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big East Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pacific-10 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[UCLA Bruins]]></category><category><![CDATA[UConn Huskies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova Wildcats]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia Mountaineers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Curry, Davidson Are What This Tournament Is All About ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR2008032401514.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR2008032401514.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:18:27 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  There is something truly special about witnessing the coming out party for a transcendent new star during the NCAA tournament.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Curry,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Davidson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[What]]></category><category><![CDATA[This]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tournament]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Savoring His Second Chance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/22/AR2008032202387.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/22/AR2008032202387.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was almost exactly a year ago that Billy and Kathi Hahn sat in a friend's apartment in Seabright, N.J., and watched the first weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125715923" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125715923" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Savoring]]></category><category><![CDATA[His]]></category><category><![CDATA[Second]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Billy Hahn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathi Hahn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic 10 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[La Salle Explorers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia Mountaineers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flo Larkai]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Huggins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary L. Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Neal]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Cahill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas State]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category><category><![CDATA[Akron]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Dooley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cincinnati]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doc Sadler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duke Blue Devils]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Pastilong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jersey Shore]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Miller]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lionel Simmons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Krzyzewski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pat Driscoll]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phoenix]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ray Perone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Towson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stanford University]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ If You're Not 1 of 65, Please Don't Whine ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032103267.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032103267.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Let us begin today with a very simple statement: The NCAA men's basketball tournament does not need more teams. If anything, it needs one less team, removing the horrific play-in game that forces one team to go home without getting to go to an actual tournament site. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[If]]></category><category><![CDATA[You're]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[1]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[65,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Please]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Belmont]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Knight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seth Greenberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Tech Hokies]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big East Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syracuse Orange]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coppin State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Coke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big Ten Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iowa Hawkeyes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESPN Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The DIRECTV Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cassell Coliseum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte Bobcats Arena]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cincinnati Bearcats]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duke Blue Devils]]></category><category><![CDATA[Erik Estrada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary L. Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Boeheim]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Krzyzewski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Temple]]></category><category><![CDATA[Travis Ford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Valparaiso]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vic Bubas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wachovia Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wayne Duke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charleston Southern University]]></category><category><![CDATA[DirecTV's NCAA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gonzaga University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ivy League]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Football League]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rutgers University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeastern Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas Tech University]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of North Carolina at Asheville]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big South Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northeast (Washington, DC)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ NCAA Tournament ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/03/19/DI2008031901739.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/03/19/DI2008031901739.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Will Georgetown reach the Final Four again? Is George Mason this year's George Mason? Which No. 1 seed will lose first? Writer John Feinstein, a regular contributor to The Washington Post, was online Friday, March 21, at 11 a.m. ET to take your questions about the NCAA men's college basketball tournament. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[NCAA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tournament]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Even in Loss, Drews Appreciate Gains ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003949.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003949.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ On the face of it, yesterday was not a very good day for the Drew family. Scott's Baylor basketball team was blown out of Verizon Center, 90-79, in the first round of the NCAA tournament by a Purdue team that was quicker, stronger and tougher at virtually every position. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Even]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loss,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Appreciate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homer Drew]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baylor Bears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big 12 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Horizon League]]></category><category><![CDATA[Valparaiso Crusaders]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bryce Drew]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Jenkins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aaron Bruce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Bliss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patrick Dennehy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Purdue University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott Drew]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carlton Dotson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamie Sykes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott's Baylor]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Mississippi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wichita State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Butler Bulldogs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Accounting For Every Hour ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903266.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903266.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ They were lined up to talk to Dennis Felton yesterday. As his Georgia basketball team left the court after practice at Verizon Center, there were fans who wanted autographs, camera crews who wanted a minute and old friends who just wanted to say hello.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125716783" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125716783" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Accounting]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Every]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hour]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia Bulldogs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeastern Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dennis Felton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Harrick]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Mercer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Barnes]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kentucky Wildcats]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexander Memorial Coliseum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrews Air Force Base]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlanta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Billy Humphrey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darius Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Bliss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia Dome]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeremy Jacob]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Thompson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Riley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince George's County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rashad Singleton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sundiata Gaines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zac Swansey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bluefield State College]]></category><category><![CDATA[College of Southern Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia Institute of Technology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mississippi State University]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Let the Insanity Begin ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031701512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031701512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:43:31 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The biggest question on Selection Sunday, once we have waded through all of CBS's, "corporate champions," and the commercials and the analysis of the four No. 1 seeds -- "the committee did an excellent job," (for the record, my cat could have picked the four No. 1's this year) -- and the 65-team bracket is finally unveiled, is where to begin.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Let]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Insanity]]></category><category><![CDATA[Begin]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ They've Tied It All Together ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502178.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502178.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CATONSVILLE, Md. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[They've]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tied]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[Together]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jay Greene]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randy Monroe]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]></category><category><![CDATA[America East Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hartford Hawks]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Hodges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Knight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cavell Johnson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frankie Allen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Krzyzewski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ray Barbosa]]></category><category><![CDATA[UMBC Retrievers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Catonsville]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Madison]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matt Spadafora]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coppin State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[East Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ivy League]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northeast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retriever Athletic Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big South Conference]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Wait Is Lifted ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031404207.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031404207.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Jeff Jones couldn't stop the tears. He was trying but he couldn't do it. He sat slumped on his team's bench, completely exhausted while the wildest celebration in the history of American University was going on around him in the maelstrom that was Bender Arena. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wait]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lifted]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colgate-Palmolive Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Jones]]></category><category><![CDATA[Garrison Carr]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Derrick Mercer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Gilmore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emmett Davis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kyle Roemer]]></category><category><![CDATA[American University Eagles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patriot League]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alex Woodhouse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bender Arena]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bryce Simon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comcast Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Tapscott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Borden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary L. Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Lynam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jordan Nichols]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kermit Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Miles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Young]]></category><category><![CDATA[American University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Cavaliers]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Doomed by a Familiar Act ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031304159.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031304159.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CHARLOTTE<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125717479" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125717479" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Doomed]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Familiar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Act]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Coast Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland Terrapins]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Gist]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary L. Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bambale Osby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greivis Vasquez]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tyrese Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adrian Bowie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Russell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Duke Blue Devils]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Hayes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Josh Southern]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patrick Ewing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rakim Sanders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston College]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Full Spectrum Of Emotions ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031100012.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031100012.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND There really is no other joy in college basketball quite like that which comes with winning a game that punches your ticket to the NCAA tournament. In the big-time leagues, they celebrate winning a conference tournament because someone hands them a bunch of hats with corporate logos on them and tells them to cut down a net. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Full]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spectrum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Larranaga]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will Thomas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Folarin Campbell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tony Shaver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colonial Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason Patriots]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Bronx]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[William & Mary Tribe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Russell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Magic Johnson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond Coliseum]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of North Carolina at Wilmington]]></category><category><![CDATA[VCU Rams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drexel Dragons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northeastern Huskies]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Harvard Won't Admit It's Now Playing the Game Like Everyone Else ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002189.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002189.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:32:43 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ever since Kelvin Sampson was forced to resign in disgrace as Indiana's basketball coach a couple of week ago, people have wondered how Rick Greenspan has kept his job as IU's athletic director. Apparently Greenspan is going to survive because Indiana has another one of those gutless presidents that litter the college basketball landscape. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Harvard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Admit]]></category><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Now]]></category><category><![CDATA[Playing]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Game]]></category><category><![CDATA[Like]]></category><category><![CDATA[Everyone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Else]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Patriots Confront a Tribe's Quest ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030902027.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030902027.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patriots]]></category><category><![CDATA[Confront]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribe's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Quest]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colonial Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[VCU Rams]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason Patriots]]></category><category><![CDATA[Folarin Campbell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Larranaga]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tony Shaver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will Thomas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilmington]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vladimir Kuljanin]]></category><category><![CDATA[UNC Wilmington Seahawks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia State Panthers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benny Moss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Schneider]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dre Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Maynor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamal Shuler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Valvano]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Vaughan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Anderson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nathan Mann]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond Coliseum]]></category><category><![CDATA[William & Mary Tribe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Williamsburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ask Michigan State]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of North Carolina at Wilmington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northeastern Huskies]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ After a Change of Heart, Donovan Feels Right at Home ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802344.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802344.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ GAINESVILLE, Fla.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125720461" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125720461" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heart,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donovan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Home]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida Gators]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Basketball Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBA Eastern Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBA Southeast Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[Orlando Magic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeastern Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Billy Donovan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Digger Phelps]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kentucky Wildcats]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gainesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESPN Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dwight Howard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Larry Shyatt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rashard Lewis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mississippi State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Florida]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Savoring Dodgertown ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302297.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302297.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:25:23 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  VERO BEACH, FL.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Savoring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dodgertown]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Massimino Is Still in the Game Because It's Still in Him ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030101569.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030101569.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Massimino]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Still]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Game]]></category><category><![CDATA[Because]]></category><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Still]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Him]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rollie Massimino]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Smoliak]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cleveland State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Raftery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Billy Cunningham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Daly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Danny DeVito]]></category><category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Bond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jay Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Havlicek]]></category><category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palm Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Point Lookout]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Palm Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big East Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edward Waters University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida Sun Athletic Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northwood University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown Hoyas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Providence Friars]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ And the Johnny Goes To... ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022600134.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022600134.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:53:26 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Now that the Academy Awards are mercifully over -- they are over aren't they? -- it is time to hand out the awards that dozens of you have been waiting for: The Johnnies. All winners will receive exactly what they deserve.  So here we go... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Johnny]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goes]]></category><category><![CDATA[To...]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ For Navy and AU, Plenty Is on the Line ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/23/AR2008022301712.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/23/AR2008022301712.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's that time of year. Selection Sunday is three weeks from today. The bracketologists are going through their annual orgy of who is on and who is off the bubble, RPI breakdowns, strength-of-schedule analyses and predictions on which leagues will receive the most bids. It is loud now and will get louder and louder as March 16 draws closer.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125721374" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3311125721374" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[AU,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plenty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Line]]></category><category><![CDATA[Billy Lange]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Jones]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patriot League]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colgate-Palmolive Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bender Arena]]></category><category><![CDATA[American University Eagles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Harris]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Robinson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don DeVoe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fran O'Hanlon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greg Sprink]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kaleo Kina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lafayette]]></category><category><![CDATA[Navy Midshipmen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ralph Willard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Romeo Garcia]]></category><category><![CDATA[American University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holy Cross Crusaders]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Pathetic Display on Capitol Hill ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/18/AR2008021801514.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/18/AR2008021801514.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:50:42 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In a sense, adding to the millions of words already spilled on Roger Clemens, Debbie Clemens, Brian McNamee, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch, not to mention the members of the United States House of Representatives, is a complete waste of time. As a friend said the other day, "the hell with all of them, how does Johan Santana look?"  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pathetic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Display]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capitol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stalling Game Helps Indiana -- and the NCAA ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021602655.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021602655.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Here we go again with the NCAA's unique brand of justice. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Feinstein]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stalling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Game]]></category><category><![CDATA[Helps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category><category><![CDATA[--]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[NCAA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big Ten Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indiana Hoosiers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kelvin Sampson]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Greenspan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kentucky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Gordon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerry Tarkanian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cleveland State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alberto Gonzales]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Knight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Wade]]></category><category><![CDATA[CBS Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.J. White]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Bliss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dick Cheney]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael McRobbie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Myles Brand]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category><category><![CDATA[California State University-Fresno]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Basketball Association]]></category></item>
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