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We're going to reach all four corners of the country. We're going to be able to follow Mountain West sports the way no one else has been able to follow Mountain West sports before. Craig Thompson
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We're going to have a big dance floor, a nice, upper-scale restaurant, and private cigar rooms with stained French doors where people can smoke, dine and watch TV. That's downstairs. Upstairs we'll have a sports bar with pool tables. Danny Smith
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What he did was the right thing for him. Unfortunately, it has a negative influence on a lot of other people. Going into professional sports and making the money he's made does not close the option for him to still get a formal education. It does close the option for a kid that does not make it. If I'm some kid from the inner-city who has used athletics to motivate myself and I miss, I have no more options. John Thompson
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What have we got to lose? The kid threw a bullet and he just beat it. That's the hardest run to make in sports ? inside the park.
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We found ourselves in a big hole in the beginning. We had four penalties before SPASH had one, and they were able to score a couple of goals. It was a pretty big swing in the game.
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We bought WCW because it would be great way to propel our core business, the sports entertainment genre, to new height,
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We've always worked directly with the owners of content to make that content available. In our experience, that has not slowed us down too much, and it has helped us to build strong relationships that have helped us in other parts of our business.
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We've always made it a point to be strong from the goal out. Defense is always a priority, but these kids have offensive talent that can't be denied.
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We've always known we were strong up top, and (Thursday) we got a chance to see it. We needed them to step up, and they did.
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We've always had it in us. I think the men's team will continue to get stronger and stronger and we'll be winning many gold medals in the future.
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We've always had a School Committee member or two on these committees, and I feel very strongly that should continue. We need to know what we're bringing in.
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When we were up by 10, I thought we had it, but we couldn't get it together. We had the mental lapse that we normally have.
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