Ohio State men’s basketball coach Thad Matta still is revered in hometown after 26 years

Ohio State men’s basketball coach Thad Matta still is revered in hometown after 26 years
In 1985, Hoopeston, Ill., knew what it had in its high school basketball team and what it had in Thad Matta.Twenty-six years later, Hoopeston still knows what it had back then. Because now it’s gone, as Matta tries to lead the Buckeyes to a national title.
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Road Report from Chicoutimi
Greetings from Chicoutimi, where according to our hotel, “Les Maniacs de Lewinston” are set to play their final game of the 2010-11 regular season at 4:00 against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.
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Weekend Deals: Oddworld and Darksiders
A number of retailers have just added The Oddboxx , a collection of four Oddworld games. Coinciding with its release, both the Oddboxx and its individual contents have been discounted by 50% for a week on Steam, Direct2Drive, Good Old Games, and GamersGate, making it an ideal time to catch up with the series if you’ve never played it before. Steam also has Darksiders for 75% off; it’s just $ 10 …
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Out of Frame: I Saw the Devil
In most movie plots described as cat and mouse games, there’s a whole lot of chasing, a few close escapes, and eventual capture. But have you ever watched an actual cat play with a mouse? The catch happens pretty quickly. Then the cat stuns or injures the mouse to ensure that real escape is virtually impossible. What follows is an impossibly cruel game of hardly sporting catch, maim, release …
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