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A fun piece about where the real nickname came from, via the Players' Tribune. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/muggsy-bogues-nickname

The latest Sports Illustrated has a blurb that links to a old feature from the "SI Vault" that y'all may find of interest. This kid has some potential, it seems. There something about a hurricane too...

Interesting piece on Wake's future kicker and his recruitment. Excerpt: As Boys' Latin junior Dom Maggio impressed the coaches at Wake Forest's kicking camp last June, he had no idea that the Demon Deacons' recruiting coordinator knew his name well. Thirty years ago at UCLA, Bill Rees...

...by the proof of the mighty transitive property. Wake Forest defeated Boston College, which defeated Clemson, which defeated Iowa, which defeated Indiana, which defeated Kentucky. QED :thumbsup: (Derived from the Wall Street Journal, which cited this site...

The NCAA has released a short video: http://www.ncaa.com/video/baseball/2012-02-22/legacy-tom-walter-and-kevin-jordan

Wake is among those ranked "best for money"; I did correct the writer -- who originally said that the Deacs were not in a bowl game. He quickly fixed it. Excerpt: Our list ranks the ten football programs that spent the least per win this season. We limited consideration to schools in the...

From Michigan pub; excerpts: The 6-foot-11 center currently plays for the New Yorker Phantoms from Braunschweign.... As part of the 18-team Beko Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), Visser signed with Braunschweign in 2007.... Now 25 years old, Visser will be the first to tell you his game isn’t...

Can't play the "youth" card. Excerpt: Of the five projected starters, tackles Dennis Godfrey and Doug Weaver and guard Michael Hoag are fifth-year seniors, guardJoe Looney is a fourth-year senior and center Garrick Williams is a fourth-year junior. And it may also be the biggest offensive...

Excerpt: The University of Dayton men’s basketball team will take on Wake Forest in the first round of the sixth annual Old Spice Classic on Thursday, Nov. 24, it was announced today by ESPN. The game between the Flyers and the Demon Deacons will be played at 7:00 p.m. ET and will be televised...

Quick look shows that Texas lost to the Oklahoma team. But the picture linked (second below) of Wake commit Danel Green is heartening. Excerpt from pre-game piece about Green: “At Wake Forest, I’m closer to a big part of my family in North Carolina,” Green said. “I have grandmothers, aunts and...