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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: NCAA rolls over yet another hurdle]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The NIT sued the NCAA -- and settled for millions -- another sign that the biggest bull in the ring always wins.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 17, 2005 11:06:41 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hawks'  turmoil provides off-court entertainment]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While Joe Johnson waits, the Hawks' ownership group battles in court, providing entertainment money can't buy.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 10, 2005 03:48:42 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Johnson heads to Atlanta, never to be heard from]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Joe Johnson must have some good reasons for wanting to play in Atlanta. Ray Ratto just can't think of any.]]></description>
			<pubDate>August 01, 2005 07:14:26 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: At 75, Steinbrenner still sets standard]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[George Steinbrenner turned 75 July 4th, firmly in control of his team and his place in history, writes Ray Ratto. 
&#8226; OTL]]></description>
			<pubDate>June 30, 2005 06:22:32 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: Excuses, excuses]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Those jockey who don't have the fastest horse in the Kentucky Derby better have a good excuse.]]></description>
			<pubDate>May 06, 2005 05:58:40 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: The punch line that's no joke]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Temple's basketball "goon" looks to put a hurtin' on opposing players on the football field next season.]]></description>
			<pubDate>April 07, 2005 07:36:08 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: Ode to the old-schoolers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From Mikan to Magic to Marbury, music of varying genres has long been a staple of NBA players who've danced to the beat of their own generation.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 22, 2005 10:05:10 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The ones responsible remain unscathed]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Funny that the people who caused the NHL to cancel the season are the ones who seem to be suffering the least.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 16, 2005 11:36:26 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[After five months, the obvious becomes official]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Not only couldn't they figure out how to solve their own problems, but NHL owners also couldn't figure out how to cancel the season correctly.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 16, 2005 06:55:11 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: How desperate were they?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[John Madden, not Terrell Owens, was the first pick to be paired with Nicollete Sheridan in the infamous Monday Night Football tease.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 03, 2005 12:40:48 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: Summary judgment]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Neither George Steinbrenner nor Donald Trump would have the guts to fire someone during a game like Sally Anthony did her Nashville Rhythm's coach.]]></description>
			<pubDate>February 01, 2005 08:55:26 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: The real marketing 'genius']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More than just the NBA's maverick owner, Mark Cuban knows how to get his money's worth from league fines.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 09, 2004 06:16:00 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ratto: The head cheerleader]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rudy T might want to grab some pom-poms with the way he's been kissing up to Kobe Bryant.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 04, 2004 08:02:10 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pain sets in on second night]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Memorable moments that never happened mar the opening week's inaction of the NHL season that isn't.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 14, 2004 05:00:12 PDT EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What have you done lately?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Coach Bob Ladouceur surely will have to take the fall after De La Salle's football team lost its first game in 12 years.]]></description>
			<pubDate>September 07, 2004 09:17:30 PDT EST</pubDate>
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