Ed Smith
Ed Smith
Played county cricket for Kent from 1996 to 2004 and Middlesex from 2005 to 2008. He also wrote the book Playing Hard Ball.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth19 July 1977
CountryUnited States of America
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I think in terms of the specific aspects making Washington different than, say, Atlanta, or even Richmond or many other southern cities is the immediate post-civil war period. The fact that you create Howard University in 1867 just two years after the war ends. No other city that has a black community can claim a Howard.
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Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.
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One of the aspects of the Post-Civil War period is that it unleashed in the black community this latent talent that had always been there but had not been manifested in so many different areas of activity.
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It gives them (amateurs) a chance to get acquainted with tournaments.
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We've done a much better job this year with our shooting. I felt like that was the biggest area of improvement we needed.
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I was really happy our effort after a tough game yesterday against LaGrange. We came out with good energy and good intensity.
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Give Tattnall some credit. They played great in the first half. When we hit some shots early in the third quarter, it helped us get into our pressure defense.
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We just didn't come out and played focused tonight. We won't win a state title if we play like this. But I'm confident that we will play better.
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We played a pretty perfect game that night. I don't think it will be easy by any means. But the girls will be excited and ready to go on Saturday.
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We played about 10 minutes of real good basketball. I don't know if it was our best stretch this season, but we played strong.
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