Turncoat U
Wall Street Journal
It's one thing for a paid professional athlete to switch sides in a rivalry. It's quite another when a collegian does it

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5 ways to fix the Reds
Hal McCoy, Dayton Daily News
4. Corey Patterson is hitting .214. Ryan Freel is hitting .321. Who should bat leadoff and play center field - even though both seem to need anchors or ankle bracelets when they run the bases?

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Vol's Lofton quietly faced and beat cancer
ESPN
"I'm not a guy who cries a whole lot around people," said Lofton, who's now cancer-free and as determined as ever to pursue a professional basketball career. "But I cried more this past year than I have my whole life combined.
"I cried a river this past year."
Amazingly, Lofton went through the entire ordeal -- the surgery, radiation treatments, recovery and excruciating emotional distress -- with very few people knowing.

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