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The Mudville Nine: McCabe’s life with lacrosse, Bowdoin, service, and Common Good
This upcoming weekend will be a challenging one for the Bowdoin men's lacrosse team. They hope to advance to their third-ever NESCAC Tournament finals and earn a spot in the national collegiate tournament. It's even more important because it might be the last game for coach Tom McCabe. After 22 years as head coach, he will retire at the end of the season, as he and his wife will be entering the Peace Corps.
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The Mudville Nine: Faster, higher, stronger...cheaters?
With the Summer Olympics just a few months away, Nike and Adidas have begun unveiling some of the new apparel for athletes competing in London. Both companies have tried to improve their equipment by focusing on sustainability and making the uniforms out of recycled fabrics, but I wonder if some of the other innovations are crossing the line.
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The Mudville Nine: 26 Seconds: LeBron becomes latest education spokesman
LeBron James, as part of his partnership with State Farm Insurance Company, has started supporting the company's 26 Seconds campaign to help raise awareness about the number of high school dropouts in the country. The operation calls young people to action to address a hard-hitting statistic: every 26 seconds in the United States, a student drops out of high school.
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The Mudville Nine: Defining winners following mantra of Vince Lombardi
Usually, the week after the Super Bowl is a big let-down. The closest thing we have is D-I spring football practices, but they're just a poor substitute that holds us over until the NFL starts back up in September.
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The Mudville Nine: Cutting ties with teams in trying times
We're in the home stretch of the fall semester, and I'm excited. Of course, it's not the daunting prospect of finals week that I look forward to. Rather, it's the dramatic buildup to the upcoming indoor track season that has me in such high spirits. My good mood was quickly dampened when I read about the University of Maryland's decision to "fix" its budget crisis by cutting eight varsity sports teams, track and field among them.
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The Mudville Nine: On the passing of Joe Frazier and attaining perfection in boxing
I have never been in a fight, though there are moments I wish otherwise. Whenever I see a boxing match on TV, I make sure to watch it because the entire notion behind the sport seems absurd. Two people enter a ring, each with the foreknowledge that the other is trying to knock him out within five, 10 or 15 rounds. It's ridiculous—but also thrilling.