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Cody Campbell's snit with the Big 12 commissioner over Texas Tech playing a home game against Houston under Friday night lights — a violation of "holy ground," as Joey McGuire put it this week — was a bit much. I mean, it's not like the Red Raiders haven't done it before. As recently as Nov. 24, 1941, in fact. A 7-0 barnburner over Hardin-Simmons. The reason for the heresy back then was the ...
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Greene County Office of Emergency Services will host a free Basics SKYWARN Class Sept. 24, 2026, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stanardsville Volunteer Fire Company.
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Blue Ridge Bobcats sign forward Nikolai Dulak for the 2026-27 FPHL season after his junior stint with New Mexico and NCAA career at Hamline University.
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Blue Ridge Bobcats sign 6-foot-4, 220-pound Russian defenseman Pavel Grishin for 2026-27, adding size, mobility and physical play to their blue line.
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