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The Slice archive for March 12, 2012

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012


Divided loyalties 

Spokane's Chuck Huggins grew up in West Virginia, near Wheeling. But he has multiple family ties to Gonzaga University and normally cheers for GU. So who will he root for when the Zags play the Mountaineers? "I'm a hillbilly West Virginian," he said. Plus, he…

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NCAA divided loyalties, et cetera

Well, I didn't hear from any West Virginia alums living in Spokane. Nor were there any messages from couples where he is a Montana grad and she went to Wisconsin. And so on. But one colleague, online producer Alison Boggs, noted that her brother is…

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Almost a home game for West Virginia

You don't need to know much about geography to realize that GU's game with West Virginia is practically a home game for the Mountaineers. All you need is a familiarity with the 1983 Tom Cruise movie "All The Right Moves." Set in a dying Pennsylvania…

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