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...has its limitations, even when it comes to Tom Izzos close relationship with Dane Fife. So when it was time for Izzo to sign his name to several basketballs at an IPFW fundraising event Monday at the Fort Wayne Country Club, the Michigan State coach was sure...
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100824/SPORTS0305/308249989/-1/SPORTS12
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SethDavisHoops Interesting Izzo says he's at MSU "for life" because his dissatisfaction w/ certain things there factored into his consideration of Cavs.
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ESPNAndyKatz Izzo apologizes for the process. He says he agonized over decision which
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Illinois Loyalty
http://www.illinoisloyalty.com/GoIllini/20100615_tom_izzo_staying_at_michigan_state
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...State University men's basketball coach Tom Izzo points jokingly up to members of the media watching after a youngster at his basketball camp asked him his future coaching plans during his camp at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich., Monday, June 14,...
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...LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Tom Izzo wouldn't even tell one of his young campers if he wants to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers or stay at Michigan State. Izzo was at his basketball camp Monday when a boy tried to get the scoop, inquiring about the coach's interest...
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KIVITV.com
http://www.kivitv.com/global/story.asp?s=12648409
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...after winning the 2000 NCAA championship, Tom Izzo prepared to make one of the toughest decisions of his life. For almost a month, the Atlanta Hawks tried to lure Izzo from the college ranks, offering him a five-year deal reported over $20 million after incentives....
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20100614/SPORTS07/6140318
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EAST LANSING - The interest on one side is clear. On the other side, not so clear - but it appears Tom Izzo is considering an opportunity to leave his Michigan State University men's basketball program for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
MSU athletic
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Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100608/GW0201/6080319/1023/GW
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...want Tom Izzo to say he isnt interested in the Cleveland Cavaliers, or anybody else. You want him to say he flirted with the NBA 10 years ago and he has been open to offers since, but now he is 55 and will be a Michigan State Spartan for life. Izzo cant say...
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20100607/COL22/100607046/1048/RSS03
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East Lansing -- For three hours, Tom Izzo sat in a conference room and bared his soul.
He sat at a table where he and his assistants make the most important decisions regarding Michigan State basketball.
But on a snowy afternoon, he no longer was one
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Detroit News Online
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091230/SPORTS0202/912300352/-1/rss
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As the dean of Big Ten coaches, Tom Izzo understands his role as a valuable voice on issues.
So, in Monday's Big Ten teleconference, Izzo addressed one of the growing issues in college basketball, especially in the early season.
"I don't think we've
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20091215/SPORTS07/912150346/1048/rss03
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East Lansing -- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo wanted to see his team put an opponent away. He got his wish Sunday against Valparaiso.
The Spartans rolled to a 90-60 victory at Breslin Center, less than 48 hours after Izzo blasted his players for a
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Detroit News Online
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091123/SPORTS0202/911230337/-1/rss
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EAST LANSING -- When seeking an emotional stimulus, Tom Izzo replays the videos of Michigan State's Final Four trip to Detroit. He brought four cameramen with him to capture the images around the city that he couldn't immediately appreciate.
He was a
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20091112/COL08/911120361/1048/RSS03
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EAST LANSING -- Michigan State played another exhibition game without some of its top players, again denying coach Tom Izzo the chance to get a gauge on his team's progress before the start of the 2009-10 season.
Senior forward Raymar Morgan (ankle)
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Detroit Free Press
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Legendary Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo went out on a limb and told the media that this is the year Northwestern qualifies for their first NCAA Tournament in school history. In this video, he explains why he thinks the Wildcats will make their
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Sports Blogs
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EAST LANSING - While Michigan State coach Tom Izzo wasn't quite sure what to make of the Spartans' 76-45 exhibition win over Northwood Sunday, the bottom line was simple - first half bad, second half good.
Up just 33-30 entering the break, MSU quickly
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Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091102/GW0201/911020330/1023/GW
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East Lansing -- It didn't take long for Michigan State to experience its first string of injuries.
Less than a week after coach Tom Izzo's team earned a No. 2 preseason ranking, the Spartans have become what Izzo called a "M.A.S.H. unit."
"Adversity
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Detroit News Online
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091102/SPORTS0202/911020313/-1/rss
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When they talk about rich getting richer in college basketball anymore, they're talking about Michigan State, too.
Add another coveted piece to a machine that has churned out five Final Fours in 11 years and on Thursday debuted at No. 2 in the
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Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20091030/GW0201/910300338/1023/GW
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Rosemont, Ill. - Tom Izzo has witnessed Big Ten Conference basketball from the Michigan State bench for the past 27 years.
After time as a graduate assistant coach and full-time assistant to Jud Heathcote, Izzo has been the Spartans' head coach the
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Des Moines Register
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091029/SPORTS020504/910300342/1003/
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EAST LANSING -- In past years, Michigan State's men's basketball team has had little time to rest after participating in Midnight Madness. Coach Tom Izzo usually had players up early on Saturday for a full-fledged practice.
This year, Izzo said he was
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20091018/SPORTS07/910180503/1048/rss03
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Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo makes his entrance in a race car during NCAA college basketball midnight madness festivities. "Now that I know what it's like to drive an Indy car, I just hope I know what it's like to play again in Indianapolis,
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomSports-TopStories/~3/Lsq4sCkBQtY/2009-10-17-michigan-state-madness_N.htm
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Mike Garland already envisions the conversation next spring if Michigan State is fortunate enough to meet high expectations and win an NCAA championship.
His boss, Tom Izzo, will call him into his office and ask: "How can we get another?"
"He's never
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Detroit News Online
http://www.detnews.com/article/20091015/OPINION03/910150370/-1/rss
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The Twins are favorites but remember, it is ONE GAME…..anything can happen in one game.
Ugh. Tolbert at third. He’s a good utility player but the ghosts of Gary Gaetti and Corey Koskie are offended.
Baker looks pretty good so far….a couple of lazy
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Sports Blogs
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Tom Izzo can expect to make a $1-million bonus each year he remains in his position as Michigan State's men's basketball coach under a contract signed Sept. 4.
The contract also increased Izzo's base salary to $375,000 per year from $320,000, and his
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090920/SPORTS07/909200476/1055/rss20
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SUTTONS BAY -- Dwaun Anderson had an interested observer at a workout Monday night.
Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo was in Suttons Bay to watch the 6-foot-4 junior.
Izzo is taking a serious look at Anderson, who averaged 20 points, 4.5
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Detroit Free Press
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Well, you knew Tom Izzo was outstanding in his field ... so he's been honored with a six-acre corn maze in his image.
Katrina Schumacher, co-owner of Westview Orchards and Adventure Farm in Washington Township, said Izzo and Michigan State's Final Four
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090904/SPORTS07/909040316/1202/RSS
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As the proverbial saying goes; “All good things must come to an end.”
And for the Michigan State Men’s Basketball Team, those words echo all too clearly.
One year removed from an improbable title-run, State will be without star-center and
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/244141-michigan-states-two-recruits-hope-to-fill-vacated-center-spot
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Michigan State coach Tom Izzo a perpetual rumor for things like this doesnt see himself wearing a Pistons cap.
Im not throwing my hat in the ring, and I dont think theyre throwing their hat at me, Izzo said. Im just hanging tight here. I want to win
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090701/SPORTS07/90701005/1118/RSS
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Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo will be the keynote speaker for the 2009 Michigan Downtown Conference on Sept. 16 at the Lansing Center.
Izzo will close the conference with a speech about the importance of Michigan as a whole, and the roles
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090622/SPORTS07/90622058/1118/RSS
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Tom Izzo had somewhat shorter hair when he arrived Wednesday at the Frederik Meijer Gardens for Michigan State's "Coaches on the Road" tour.
Alas, it was just a trim, not the completely bald look that he'd promised to students at an
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090528/SPORTS07/905280477/1118/RSS
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A formal dinner would've been the easy way out.
Those things are simple, too.
Tom Izzo rehearses hard for his lead role in 'Izzo Goes to Broadway.' (Matthew Mitchell/MSU Athletic Communications.)
But Tom Izzo almost never goes about
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EAST LANSING -- The tormentor finally gets a taste of the suffering he has inflicted upon others all these years, much to the delight of Tom Izzo's players.
The basketball coach is now the chorus line dancer whose kick clearly lacks precise rhythm,
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090506/COL08/905060320/1118/RSS
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In 2008, the Big Ten sent only four teams to the NCAA tournament. None reached the Elite Eight The Big Ten toiled down with mid-majors in conference RPI and were nationally maligned as the "Average 11." This past season, however, the league enjoyed a
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AOL Sports
http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2009/05/04/nations-best-coach-in-big-ten/
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In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo, right, and his and wife Lupe rehearse in East Lansing, Mich. Izzo will participate in a Broadway-style show, "Izzo Goes to Broadway" as a fund raiser for the
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The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050100596.html?wprss=rss_sports/wires
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So Tom Izzo won't shave his head until after his "Izzo Goes to Broadway" charity thing? Well, he could do:
If the bald look was good enough for Yul Brynner, why not Coach Izzo?
That's right, Daddy Warbucks. He might not make Matthew Stafford money, but
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090428/SPORTS07/904280314/1048/rss03
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Detroiters havent forgotten how Tom Izzo and Michigan State boosted the citys spirits for a few days earlier this month with their trip to the Final Four at Ford Field.
As Izzo walked into Comerica Park, where he was scheduled to throw out the first
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090427/SPORTS07/90427102/1118/RSS
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Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Monday's Tigers game against the Yankees at Comerica Park.
Izzo will be next door to Ford Field, site of this month's Final Four, where his Spartans beat Connecticut
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090424/SPORTS07/90424071/1048/rss03
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This week's photo of Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo at the NCAA championship game drew 166 replies. Our favorites follow:
"Jud said, Donnelly to Kelser to Magic is a sure two points. Why isn't this working?"
"Drat! I must have grabbed one of
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090412/OPINION05/904120465/1068/RSS06
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Michigan has been good to Tom Izzo lately, but that was not always the case. He has had his moments of wondering if it might be time to call some other place home.
No one walked out on Michigan State. The party had long since run out of chips and
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Sporting News
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=536883
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Viewers of the men's NCAA basketball finals probably have already forgotten North Carolina's 89-72 victory over Michigan State and Coach Tom Izzo, unless they are fans of one of the two schools or, like Barack Obama, they won on their bracket
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Associated Content
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A capsule look back at each of the Spartans' 38 games this season, highlighted by the team's first outright Big Ten title since 1999 and the third-most victories in program history.
Game 1: MSU 100, Idaho 62 (Breslin Center) - Sophomore guard Chris
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Lansing State Journal
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Can Cinderella's pumpkin get a bailout?
"I think destiny ran into a buzz saw here," CBS analyst Seth Davis said. "So much for destiny."
That was at halftime, when Michigan State was trailing North Carolina, 55-34 -- a record halftime deficit and points-
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Detroit Free Press
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DETROIT - The emotion and inspiration of the past few days, the outpouring of support from an ailing city and state draped in green, have been overwhelming for Tom Izzo and his Michigan State team.
How about two more days of it?
Saturday night at Ford
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Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090405/MARCHMANIA/904050631/1023/GW
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Each week, Steve Schrader hands out "Stevies" to the best, the worst and the weirdest from the week that was in sports. This week's Stevies:
To Tom Izzo, who said on ESPN's "PTI" that he'd live up to his vow -- to shave his head if MSU won the Big Ten
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090405/SPORTS18/904050541/1055/rss20
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Another myth crashed, along with another Big East No. 1 seed.
The perception that Michigan State either doesnt like to run or cant run sprouted thick, deep roots because the Spartans bore the sins of its conference.
We got tired of hearing that stuff,
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090404/SPORTS07/90404055/1118/RSS
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DETROIT Ever since Michigan State clinched its improbable birth in this Final Four, Coach Tom Izzo has felt a different vibe. It has showed up at practices, at the team hotel and even on the bus ride to Ford Field as the team drove through some rough
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/sports/ncaabasketball/05uconn.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Jay Wright was leaning against a wall somewhere deep inside Ford Field on Thursday afternoon when Tom Izzo, trailed by a bevy of security people, walked up and interrupted a story about Wright's days as an assistant coach at Rider.
"Having fun, kid?"
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The Washington Post
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When Jud Heathcote coached Michigan State to the 1979 national title, it probably seemed a little easy. And with Magic Johnson, it was. The Spartans won five games by an average of 21 points and never played one to single digits.
"One of my great
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/budwithers/2008975273_withers03.html?syndication=rss
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EAST LANSING - Lupe Izzo has watched her husband cut down the nets five times after securing trips to the Final Four.
Jubilation marked Tom Izzo's first two trips up the Final Four ladder, in 1999 for his first trip and in 2000 - at The Palace of
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Lansing State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090402/MARCHMANIA/904020346/1023/GW
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In the summer of 2006, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo already had secured Orchard Lake St. Mary's Kalin Lucas for his recruiting class and Durrell Summers of Redford Covenant was about to join him.
"We're putting together a class," Izzo said with a
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20090402/SPORTS07/904020419/1118/rss
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EAST LANSING — How big is UConn center Hasheem Thabeet? “Right now we’re adding a screen to our video room so that we can get him on the whole thing,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo joked. “The one we had, he doesn’t fit.”
All kidding aside, the
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The Oakland Press
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/04/01/sports/doc49d337de7364f789314309.txt
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In the more than two years I've worked at The Leaf-Chronicle I've stayed away from exposing my roots to the reader.
I've stayed away from writing about the University of Louisville.
I had planned on "letting the cat out of the bag" when my Cardinals
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Leaf Chronicle
http://theleafchronicle.com/article/20090331/COLUMNISTS19/903310340/1006/rss04
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