{"id":39,"date":"2004-08-20T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-20T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2004\/08\/39.html"},"modified":"2004-08-20T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-20T08:45:00","slug":"39-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2004\/08\/39-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST 15 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lewistownsentinel.com\/articles.asp?articleID=1769\"><b>Mills, Wake elected as PSU captains<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Sentinel, Lewistown, PA<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>Zack Mills and Derek Wake were both voted in as team captains by this year&#8217;s squad. Will Zack finally live up to his potential as was expected two years ago? Will they both be the leaders on the field that Penn State Football has been missing? Let&#8217;s all go to Beaver Stadium and cheer them on!<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"150\" size=\"1\">\n<h2>MORE WAFFLING ON EXPOS<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A13136-2004Aug18.html\"><b>MLB Has Not Made a Decision<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>Bud Selig and the Relocation Committee are taking their good old time deciding where to plant the Expos for next season. The refusal to set a date for the decision to be made is frustrating at best. And, of course, Angelo$ has to have his say. It sounds like he is on the phone nightly with Selig, diluting the man&#8217;s ability to make a decision more than the presence of a team in Washington would dilute the fan base for Baltimore.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"150\" size=\"1\">\n<h2>PENN STATE AT THE OLYMPICS<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gopsusports.com\/pressreleases\/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=6397\"><b>Penn State Represented by Nine Athletes &#038; Coaches at Games of the XXVIII Olympiad<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>goPSUsports.com<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>Penn Staters truly <b>are<\/b> everywhere, even at the Olympic Games. Some are even competing for America. Kerry McCoy is in his second Olympiad for freestyle wrestling, Connie Moore is running for<br \/>\n<br \/>the stars and stripes in the 100 meter and 200 meter foot races.<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"150\" size=\"1\">\n<h2>GIVE THE LADIES A GOLD<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A16027-2004Aug19.html\"><b>Patterson Holds Off Khorkina for Gold<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>AP via The Post<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>Spoiling the Russians&#8217; chances is what we do best. Right? Carly Patterson thinks so, after spoiling Svetlana Khorkina&#8217;s chances for golden dreams. Carly is often being compared to Mary Lou Retton, who won Olympic Gold in 1984, the first Olympics I can really recall. GO USA! .<\/p>\n<hr width=\"150\" size=\"1\" align=\"center\" noshade>\n<h2>QUOTE OF THE DAY<\/h2>\n<p>Weather forecast for tonight: dark.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">George Carlin<\/div>\n<p>Published by Erica Marker, Assistant Managing Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mills, Wake elected as PSU captains &#8211; The Sentinel, Lewistown, PA Zack Mills and Derek Wake were both voted in as team captains by this year&#8217;s squad. Will Zack finally live up to his potential as was expected two years ago? 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