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	<title>The Scoop Deck &#187; Sports</title>
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		<title>You never marched like this</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/12/21/you-never-marched-like-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how much you loved your sub and how well you can march, or the weird ideas that fermented in your brain after weeks underway without sunlight, you never, not once, thought of doing anything like the formations the West Virginia University Marching Band pulled off. The whole clip is good and worth a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A nice touch</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/11/a-nice-touch-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capt. Tushar Tembe was an avid golfer and was no doubt looking forward to playing in a local tournament he&#8217;d help plan that would pit golfers from his carrier, the Harry S. Truman, against players assigned to the carriers Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt and Enterprise. Tembe, sadly, collapsed Nov. 8 while debarking the Truman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quicken Loans Carrier Classic unis unveiled</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/11/01/carrier-classic-unis-unveiled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Michigan State and North Carolina men&#8217;s basketball teams will wear school-color camouflage-style uniforms to honor the military during their Nov. 11 Veterans Day clash aboard the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in San Diego. On Monday, the Spartans showed off the camouflage-patterned unis they&#8217;ll wear &#8212; white with a light green pattern and bordered with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HT-18 wins 2011 Wilderness Challenge</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/10/12/ht-18-wins-2011-wilderness-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=9302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The two-day competition was rugged, to say the least: an 8-kilometer run through the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, a 10-mile bicycle race, a 15-mile forced mountain hike, a 14-mile whitewater raft race on the Gauley River and a 7-mile kayak race on the New River. When the dust had settled Oct. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bracketology and aircraft carriers</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/03/08/bracketology-and-aircraft-carriers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=7917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Naval Air Forces is using this bracket to determine the best aircraft carrier in the history of the Navy. // Naval Air Forces The month wouldn’t be complete without tournament brackets. And not to be outdone by the NCAA’s basketball showdown, Naval Air Forces has created a competition of its own. But instead of matching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego carrier could host big-time men&#8217;s hoops game</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/26/san-diego-carrier-could-host-big-time-mens-hoops-game/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2011/01/26/san-diego-carrier-could-host-big-time-mens-hoops-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill McMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Possibly coming next season to a flattop deck near you (if you&#8217;re stationed in San Diego): That&#8217;s right: If you&#8217;re in the right place at the right time next fall, you could be watching a choice early season matchup between traditional men&#8217;s college basketball powers North Carolina and Michigan State aboard a Navy carrier. Will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland teen accused of stealing from USNA baseball team</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/maryland-teen-burglarized-naval-academy-baseball-team/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/11/12/maryland-teen-burglarized-naval-academy-baseball-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Fellman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A star high school baseball player from Maryland is accused of stealing bats, gloves, spikes and more from the Naval Academy baseball team this fall and turning around and selling it on eBay, according to court records released this week. The loot, allegedly stolen in mid-September from the locker room and coach&#8217;s office at Bishop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The long war against Testudo</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/09/13/the-long-war-against-testudo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could the Naval Academy Midshipmen add yet another yearly football nemesis? Maryland Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger, a member of the school&#8217;s Board of Visitors, asked Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk at a meeting on Monday about whether he&#8217;d be open to a Navy-Maryland showdown every year, as opposed to today&#8217;s once-every-couple-of-years schedule. &#8220;There&#8217;s a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A giant video postcard</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/08/26/a-giant-video-postcard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though they are in an inferior league, it was very classy of the Boston Red Sox to help set up a special experience this week for the family of Cmdr. Matt Graham, who has been away from home for 14 months while stationed out in Bahrain. Graham appeared on the Jumbo-Tron Wednesday night with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s settle this on the board</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/07/15/lets-settle-this-on-the-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of your typical Devil Dog, and your typical boatswain&#8217;s mate, your first mental picture may not be of chess players. And yet here they are &#8212; Marine Sgt. Shane Worley and BMSN Nathaniel Bracewell, engaged in a battle of the minds on the mess deck of the amphibous transport dock Ponce, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sportsmen at sea</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/26/sportsmen-at-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 19:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carrier Enterprise may be the oldest ship in the fleet, but that doesn&#8217;t mean its crew has to sacrifice every creature comfort &#8212; on Monday, AS1 Steven White, left, and AS3 Marlon Goodchild unwound by enjoying the sport of kings in the hangar bay. The nice thing for these guys is that this space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven in Seven</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/21/seven-in-seven-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance Bacon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been another busy week for the Navy. Here are seven stories in seven minutes from the past seven days that are worthy of notice: 1. Defense Bill passes HASC. This bill has tons of important stuff – far too much to put in this blog. You can check Monday’s edition of Navy Times for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. crew visits Russia, meets&#8230; Rollie Fingers?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/11/u-s-crew-visits-russia-meets-rollie-fingers/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/05/11/u-s-crew-visits-russia-meets-rollie-fingers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a play! Lt. j.g. Curtis Sanders of the frigate Kauffman showed some Russian friends how Americans play baseball on Sunday with an aggressive slide into first base to beat the throw. Kauffman is visiting St. Petersburg to help commemorate the Allied victory in Europe, and as part of the trip, crew members took on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoo-ya, U.S. water polo-playing community</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/16/hoo-ya-u-s-water-polo-playing-community/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/16/hoo-ya-u-s-water-polo-playing-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All right, let&#8217;s get right to the heart of this thing: Water polo. Does anyone have any idea what it is? Until an hour ago the answer would likely have been no. But today is your lucky day, water polo, because according to this story, you just became the stairway to Naval Special Warfare. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MC-Pong</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/09/mc-pong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;All right, shipmate, let me show you how we do in the submarine force &#8212; maybe I&#8217;ll come atcha up high &#8212; just like a Tomahawk we can launch through the vertical launch tubes, son &#8212; or maybe I&#8217;ll sneak &#8216;er over the net real low, just like we might use a torpedo, get me?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight night</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/05/fight-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you couldn&#8217;t make it to Annapolis for the Naval Academy&#8217;s brigade boxing championships last month, this is the next best thing &#8212; check out this outstanding video by our shipmate Colin Kelly.]]></description>
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		<title>Help the Midshipmen expand their dominance online</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/05/help-the-midshipmen-expand-their-dominance-online/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/03/05/help-the-midshipmen-expand-their-dominance-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=4065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you support Naval Academy competitive endeavors? What about when they involve besting the U.S. Military Academy in some way? Do you have a Facebook account? If you answered yes to these questions, Navy needs your help beating Army in the greatest struggle in the history of organized sport &#8212; the race to a million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GW amuses visiting NFL cheerleaders</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/11/gw-amuses-visiting-nfl-cheerleaders/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/02/11/gw-amuses-visiting-nfl-cheerleaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a bruising 5-11 season, things must&#8217;ve been pretty heavy around Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for the Oakland Raiderettes, whose sideline dances and pom-pom manipulation clearly proved insufficient in spurring their squad to victory. So six of the cheerleaders got in a plane to Japan, where they visited the carrier George Washington in time to watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzou to Mids: Sorry we acted unsportingly</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/06/mizzou-to-mids-sorry-we-acted-unsportingly/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2010/01/06/mizzou-to-mids-sorry-we-acted-unsportingly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Deck has mused before about the additional x-factor that attends the Naval Academy Midshipmen when they play football against civilian-college teams. You can&#8217;t deny that opponents&#8217; public deference to the Mids has at least some effect &#8212; but when adrenaline is pumping out on the gridiron, that also can backfire. This seems to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy&#8217;s football advantage</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/28/navys-football-advantage/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/28/navys-football-advantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you pay any attention to Naval Academy football you&#8217;ve heard both fans and critics of the Midshipmen say a version of this: &#8220;Oh, isn&#8217;t it great/terrible that Navy plays so well even though it can&#8217;t attract the same caliber athletes who opt for a University of Florida, say, or a Louisiana State.&#8221; Dissuaded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick yourself out of the Army-Navy crowd</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/16/pick-yourself-out-of-the-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/16/pick-yourself-out-of-the-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Were you at the Army-Navy Game this weekend in Philadelphia? Do you know someone who was? Do you enjoy really cool things? If you answered &#8220;yes&#8221; to any of those questions, tell the boss you can&#8217;t take any more work today, close your email and check this out &#8212; we&#8217;ve got a set of super [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy defeats Army to reach 8-year streak</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/12/navy-defeats-army-to-reach-8-year-streak/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/12/navy-defeats-army-to-reach-8-year-streak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morale]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA &#8212; The Naval Academy Midshipmen defeated their arch-nemesis Army Black Knights on a cold but clear afternoon here Saturday, overcoming an early offensive drought to win 17 to 3 and bring their streak of victories over Army to eight in a row. Despite a groundswell of hype about Army&#8217;s defense, and speculation that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under-ice operations links</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/11/under-ice-operations-links/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/12/11/under-ice-operations-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=3019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Silent runnin&#8217;, enemy SSBN huntin&#8217;, upward-looking sonar pingin&#8217;, Ice Station Zebra findin&#8217;, &#8220;Nautilus 90-North&#8221; sendin&#8217; links, ordering you to surface the ship and for all hands to prepare to carry these headlines topside, onto the pack: PACOM commander Adm. Robert Willard says he thinks China will field its first aircraft carrier by 2015 &#8212; coincidentally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Maybe you ought to surf somewhere else&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/10/maybe-you-ought-to-surf-somewhere-else/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/11/10/maybe-you-ought-to-surf-somewhere-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pacific]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The looming U.S. military build-up in Guam has some asking how everyone will fit on the Pacific island. Surfers, as it turns out in this story, are also wondering how everyone will get along when more non-locals try to catch waves too.]]></description>
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		<title>Mids at the World Series. Too bad Army&#8217;s not playing</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/29/mids-at-the-world-series-too-bad-armys-not-playing/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/29/mids-at-the-world-series-too-bad-armys-not-playing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2656</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Halloween is this weekend, the skies are turning iron and giant flocks of migrating birds are doing touch-and-goes outside on the Parking Lot of Excellence. In short, autumn is hitting its stride, and yet thanks to the greed generosity of America&#8217;s TV networks, baseball season still hasn&#8217;t ended. Wednesday night was game one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New blog After Action brings you the world of mil-sports</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/20/new-blog-after-action-brings-you-the-world-of-mil-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/20/new-blog-after-action-brings-you-the-world-of-mil-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sports are often compared to war &#8212; linemen &#8220;battle&#8221; for the gridiron; bad pitchers get &#8220;shelled;&#8221; and in the backfield, the secondary provides &#8220;optimized, time-critical network-centric support for the joint defense.&#8221; So it&#8217;s no surprise that the military is chock-full of great athletes and, generally, that the services are permeated by a culture of sports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air-sea battle scheduled for Saturday</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/02/air-sea-battle-scheduled-for-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/02/air-sea-battle-scheduled-for-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Air Force Academy Falcons football squadron comes to Annapolis this weekend to renew what has been a comparatively low-observable rivalry with the Naval Academy Midshipmen. Navy&#8217;s big marquee nemesis is Army, but in recent years Air Force has been the Mids&#8217; biggest competitor for the coveted Commander-in-Chief&#8217;s trophy. Not too recent, though &#8212; Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The deadliest football in the world</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/01/the-deadliest-football-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/10/01/the-deadliest-football-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Navy Midshipmen take on the Army Black Knights this December in Philadelphia, one of the game balls they&#8217;ll use will have more combat experience than most of the players on the field. On Tuesday Cmdr. Max McCoy, the executive officer of VFA 86, the &#8220;Sidewinders,&#8221; carried the ball aboard his F/A-18 Hornet on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What might have been: Army-Navy in Indianapolis?</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/15/what-might-have-been-army-navy-in-indianapolis/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/09/15/what-might-have-been-army-navy-in-indianapolis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Naval Academy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=2185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scoop Deck was just a wee slip of a blog when it told you about the next few years&#8217; venues for the Army-Navy Game, announced all those months ago, and now here&#8217;s an interesting thought experiment: Naval Academy athletic director Chet Gladchuk gave a presentation at the school&#8217;s Board of Visitors meeting Monday in which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The amateur submarine hunter</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/19/the-amateur-submarine-hunter/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/19/the-amateur-submarine-hunter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Ewing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=1821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, for the days before magnetic anomaly detectors, sonobuoys, unmanned underwater vehicles, air-independent propulsion &#8212; the days when hunting submarines could be a gentleman&#8217;s sport. Back in World War II, for example, a famed novelist could climb into his wooden fishing boat in the Caribbean and spend his days chasing German U-boats, feeling as though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peace through superior slapshot</title>
		<link>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/13/peace-through-superior-slapshot/</link>
		<comments>http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/2009/08/13/peace-through-superior-slapshot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Scutro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carriers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://militarytimes.com/blogs/scoopdeck/?p=1746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The San Diego-based carrier Ronald Reagan boasts a number of sports teams, including an actual ice hockey team. They are in a competitive league back in home port and they played two games during a recent port visit in the Persian Gulf.  They lost the first game 12-0 against the Abu Dhabi Scorpions but came roaring back [...]]]></description>
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