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U.S. struggles to move at the speed of sorrow

America is a nation of speed and efficiency, invention and progression, industry and ingenuity. Most of all, it is a nation in motion, forging ahead, foot glued to the clutch beneath an "ain't nobody gonna take my pride, ain't nobody gonna hold me down, oh no ... I've got to keep on movin'" mantra. When the horse and buggy no longer sufficed, we cranked out a Model T.


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Eight Wyoming runners killed in crash Eight University of Wyoming track and field and cross-country athletes were killed early Sunday morning in a two-car collision 17 miles south of Laramie, Wyo.


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Coleman Hammers Away

The referee calls a corner. Mason White pushes the ball, Carrie Goodloe stops it and Jess Coleman hammers it into the goal with her favorite shot, a drag flick that goes airborne. Coleman wasn't always a power scoring field hockey forward.


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U.Va. community reacts to cancellations

Announcements this week that all University athletic events through this weekend would be canceled or postponed were met with approval from members of the athletic department and the University community. The University announced that all athletic events through this weekend would be postponed following Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.


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ACC cancels games following tragedy

The ACC made sure yesterday that there will be no cheering on conference campuses to interrupt the nation's stunned silence. In light of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, ACC commissioner John Swofford announced that all conference stadiums and fields will remain dark until Friday. "We are deeply saddened by the tragic events of [yesterday] morning," Swofford said in a press release.


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Picking up the pieces following a day of tragedy

Despite all of the apocalyptic chaos surrounding yesterday's horrific terrorist attack, my editors tell me that the sports page must go on. I'm sure many of you share my same sense of disbelief at the surreal events that took place yesterday morning and can think of little else than the pain the victims of this tragedy have been forced to endure. Instead of reading about Barry Bonds' latest historic numbers, our news publications will be filled with numbers of a much darker significance because of the cowardly actions of some fanatics. Fanatical behavior should be reserved for those individuals brave enough to go topless in the stands of Lambeau Field during a blustery winter day in Wisconsin.


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Taliaferro stands as testament to human triumph

If football is synonymous with war, then Happy Valley is college football's ground zero. It is here - nestled among the Commonwealth's mixture of mountains and valleys - that Joe Paterno has erected a football republic of Spartan fortitude, capturing two national titles and notching five perfect seasons.


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Groh dubs Spinner starting quarterback

Virginia football coach Al Groh announced in a press conference yesterdaythat sophomore Bryson Spinner would be the starting quarterback for this week's match-up against Penn State on Thursday night. Groh quickly added that both Spinner and sophomore Matt Schaub will receive playing time against the Nittany Lions, saying that both quarterbacks have been performing well in practice. "Both Schaub and Spinner are making very good progress," he said.


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Dear Abby: Whittenburg Energizes, Paces Cavaliers

Abby Whittenburg is no stranger to excelling through the rigors of daily competition. Long before she became the starting setter for the Virginia women's volleyball team, Whittenburg was the youngest member of another team, the family of George and Ann Whittenburg.


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Cavaliers avenge NCAA defeat, clip Bluejays 3-2

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 3 men's soccer team exorcised some demons yesterday. A 3-2 victory over Creighton in the first-place game of the Maryland/Fila Classic in College Park, Md., avenge last season's humiliating 3-0 home loss to the Bluejays in the third round of the NCAA tournament. "We've been looking forward to playing [Creighton] ever since we lost to them last year," junior midfielder Ryan Gibbs said.


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Field hockey downs Ohio, SW Missouri State On Saturday, the Cavaliers rallied to tie Ohio at two with 34 seconds left on midfielder Jessie Coleman's goal.

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