deadspin.com - 4/9/2008
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We congratulate the Tennessee Volunteers — we never like calling women's college teams the "Lady" somethings — for their national championship last night. For some reason, it's a little more touching when the elderly mother of the winning coach comes down on the court when the coach is a woman. We're not sure why.
It's pretty amazing, really, that Pat Summitt keeps winning ...
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OK, I’ll admit it. I’m a bad person. We have not had Word One on our blog about the Lady Vols winning the national championship. Pat Summitt is amazing, and this team was one of the best defending teams I’d ever witnessed in women’s basketball. There is simply no excuse for not commending them, so here’s a links package on its own from Govolsxtra.com to make up for it. Sort of. Here and here are a couple of jewels.
OK, I laughed out loud at ...
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