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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012

AFL opens amid labor unrest

I haven't followed the AFL for long, but I can't imagine there's been a more bizarre day in the league's 25 years than Friday. The labor unrest boiled over into a player strike, according to AFL players union executive director Ivan Soto, just a couple…

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Whits are hungry for Marlin 

I'm in Janesville, Wisconsin, to cover the Whitworth Pirates in the Division III Sweet 16 in nearby Whitewater. Here's a link to my preview of the Pirates' game against Virginia Wesleyan, and a previous story on the role of Whitworth's bench. I arrived at 2…

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