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Who Says You Can’t Go Home?
Eastern Oklahoma
The old saying is that you can’t go home. But former Booker T. Washington and current Oklahoma Thunder quarterback Rico Watkins may argue that. Watkins’ career has come full circle starting as a high school player at S.E. Williams Stadium playing for Booker T. Washington Hornets to now playing in the same stadium for the Oklahoma Thunder.
In high school, Watkins engineered the Hornets to the semifinals in his... More 
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Where are they now?
Western Arkansas
Clark Moore, one of the best football players in Van Buren history, is ecstatic to remain connected to the program.
For the last two years, the former Arkansas Razorback linebacker has been the radio color commentator on Van Buren broadcasts.
“I enjoy that so much,” Moore said. “I get so riled up doing it. I’m a real competitive person and Van Buren football is really important to me.”
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Rajon Rondo
Louisville, Kentucky
Much of the credit for the Boston Celtics turnaround season has rightfully gone to veteran acquisitions like Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. But a fair amount of credit for the biggest one-season improvement in NBA history is also going to their second-year point guard, Louisville native Rajon Rondo.
Doug Bibby has only lost to one of his players over the years in games of one-on-one. The first time... More
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Where Are They Now…..
Reading, Pennsylvania
Peter Shollenberger fell in love with the game of baseball as a little boy. From t-ball to little league, it was a constant source of joy for the Exeter resident. “I loved it,” he says with a smile. “I played all year ‘round. Inside the house, outside.”
His lanky build and fastball made him a formidable threat on the mound and helped the Exeter Eagles secure a division... More
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Where Are They Now?
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
It’s probably fitting that Tom Williams is a coach. He starred in three sports in high school, played college football at Stanford under Dennis Green and Bill Walsh, and began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under the Hall of Famer Walsh. Williams isn’t exactly Hall of Fame coaching material yet, but don’t put it past him. His record of achievement doesn’t rule anything out.
In his days... More
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Well Traveled
Central Indiana
Even as the RCA Dome’s Teflon roof is prepared for deflation, Jerry Oliver feels no sense of, well, deflation.
“No, I look back and think, hey, I was a part of that,” says Oliver. “And I still have pictures and memoirs and a lot of really good memories.”
More on that in a moment.
That’s because Oliver, now 77, is perhaps best known as the coach of... More
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Where Are They Now?
Western Arkansas
A painting hangs in Derrick Richardson’s house that invariably makes him smile. It reminds him of special friends, of a talented team, and a wonderful season.
It’s a scene from the 1985 Southwest Conference Tournament at Arkansas’ George Cole Field. Neither the SWC nor Cole Field exists today but the final play of that tourney – the first league championship won by the baseball Razorbacks – remains fresh in Richardson’s... More
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Well Decorated
Central Indiana
Twenty-two years later, it remains the most dominant and incredible performance in Indiana high school track and field history – boys or girls.
Three events. Three victories. And three state records which still stand.
“Yes, that was a great moment in my career,” recalls Maicel Malone, now the head women’s track coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. “And I like to re-live it from time to time.”
Representing North... More
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Where Are They Now?
St. Paul, MN
As St. Paul Central played in the Girls Class AAAA State Basketball Tournament this year, two of the most distinguished faces in the crowd were former Minutemen themselves. Linda Roberts and Lisa Lissimore were members of the Central team that won the first-ever Minnesota girls basketball State Tournament title in 1976 and have earned many achievements since their high school days.
Although the two women grew up in... More
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Catching up with: Former Norman North Soccer Player Dominic Cervi
Central Oklahoma
In December, University of Tulsa goalkeeper Dominic Cervi looked at his future after four years of college soccer.
He figured he would complete his last two semesters, apply to physical therapy school and move into a career.
Then he got an e-mail that put him on a path to a professional soccer career and possibly to the Olympic Games in China this summer.
Cervi, a Norman... More
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Wesley Cox
Louisville, Kentucky
It’s not hard to find the man who was the 18th pick in the 1977 NBA Draft. Wesley Cox, the man who led Male High School to the 1971 Kentucky State Championship and the Louisville Cardinals to the 1975 Final Four goes to work every day in the Jefferson County attorney’s office in downtown Louisville.
If all goes well, Cox says he’ll retire in December after 27 years in local... More
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From Winslow to Mexico
Western Arkansas
Bubba Carpenter traveled an unusual path in his baseball career, beginning in Winslow and finishing in Mexico.
Along the way, he became a star for West Fork and the Arkansas Razorbacks before enjoying 12 seasons as a professional, nine in the New York Yankees organization.
Carpenter’s future didn’t look so promising when he was forced to redshirt as an Arkansas freshman in 1987, although those talented... More
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Still Having A Ball
Central Indiana
This feature is titled, “Where Are They Now?”
With Mildred Ball – the first woman to be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame – you don’t to ask. All you have to do is look. She’s everywhere. In magazines. In newspapers. On billboards.
Her smiling face is being featured in a campaign promoting women’s heart health and awareness by Indianapolis-based Clarian Health.
That came about... More
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Robb Quinlan
St. Paul, MN
He was born in Maplewood, Minnesota, attended Hill-Murray School and then graduated from the University of Minnesota. Robb Quinlan is now having success at the Major League level playing for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Quinlan comes from a very close family. He is the youngest of three siblings. His parents, Tom Sr. and Marilyn, also raised his two brothers Tom Jr. and Craig, who were exceptional athletes... More
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Olympic Medalist Swimmer Now Making Waves with Third Grade
Reading, Pennsylvania
Kristy Kowal hasn’t been in the pool much lately. You might find that hard to believe for an eight-time NCAA champion and Olympic silver medalist swimmer, but a class full of third graders will keep you busy.
Kowal is now a teacher at Whitfield Elementary, the same school where she once walked the halls as a sixth grader. What happened between the sixth grade and becoming a teacher can... More
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Fort Worth - Denton, Texas -- Every athlete that takes part in sports wants to play, but there are only so many minutes in a game....
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How to Call a Game
by: Bill Huddleston
Eastern Oklahoma -- "Facing third and 12 from the Muskogee 29 yard line, the Roughers lineup in the shotgun with an empty backfield...three...
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