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Retro THF: The Spelling Bee

Note: Originally posted June 2nd, 2006.

A 13 year old girl from New Jersey has won the Scripps Spelling Bee. Katharine Close spelled some word which she will probably never again use in her life but hey it was good for the gold last night. Close beat out Finola Mei Hwa Hackett of Canada [...]

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Vote for the THF Billboard

Actually I think there are others which are funnier than the one I did but feel free to drop by The Wizard of Odds and cast your vote for my billboard in the contest over there.

 (Hat tip to reader Dan)

UNC Baseball #3 Seed Overall

The NCAA Baseball Tournament bracket is out and UNC begins the road back to Omaha as the #3 overall seed. Vanderbilt is #1 and Rice #2 ahead of UNC who is followed by Texas, Arizona State, Florida, Arkansas, and San Diego. This basically means UNC can stay in Chapel Hill all the way [...]

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UNC Baseball: ACC Champs

The Tar Heel baseball team, who came very close to winning it all last season, picked up some hardware in Jacksonville today winning the ACC Championship knocking off Wake Forest 3-2. The Heels also received word that they would be one of the NCAA Tournament regional sites for the first round of games beginning [...]

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Georgia Tech: Ruh-Roh!

At least I can imagine that is the general feel for Yellow Jacket Nation as Javaris Critteton makes the monumental mistake of leaving his name in the NBA Draft.  Looking at some of the mock drafts out there no one has him in the lottery and at least two have in at 22nd.   NBADraft.net had [...]

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Apparently There is a Hanging on the Net Epidemic

Winning the Turnover Battle(hat tip Deadspin) delved into the Google Patent Search and found some fabulous sports inventions which will never see the light of day including a “no hang basketball net” which apparently will prevent thousands of playground basketball hoops from having their nets ripped down my wayward youth. Obviously the lack [...]

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Now We Know Who Will Playing Point After Lawson Goes Pro

UNC got it’s first class of 2008 commitment with PG Larry Drew opting to dawn the Tar Heel blue. This is a good catch during a recruiting period which had seen Delvon Roe change his commitment at the last minute. Drew’s father is an assistant coach which the Atlanta Hawks and based on [...]

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