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John Blanchette

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John Blanchette: Jack Thompson got the ball rolling in our pass-rich history

From Luke Falk to Matt Linehan to Gage Gubrud to Ian Kolste, there’s an all-conference passer at each of the area’s colleges, every level. Throw in a Pac-12-caliber talent like Coeur d’Alene’s Colson Yankoff atop the high school heap. Over the mountains, there’s Russell Wilson and Jake Browning, headliners both.
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John Blanchette: As spectacle, expect Bloomsday to stand the test of time even as running world continues to evolve

There is spectacle – and Bloomsday is certainly that – and there is stunt, which is often spectacle without the charm. And on the eve of Bloomsday XLI, the buzz among the swift runners imported for Sunday morning’s front-end entertainment was the curiosity of reigning Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge coming up just 26 seconds shy of running a sub-2-hour marathon.