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Beer Pong drinking game going pro; ESPN coverage next?

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 7:01am

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- After Austin Lanham injured his knee playing rugby at the University of Maryland in 2004, he devoted his attention to another big "sport" on college campuses.

Not football or basketball, but beer pong.

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Caleb Gardiner, 9, (left) plays Pokemon against his cousin, Daniel Sargent, 11, at Daniel’s home in Roy recently. The two competed against each other in the Pokemon state championships and Daniel placed first and Caleb placed second.

Cousins battle for Pokemon title

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 7:26am

ROY -- Daniel Sargent was furiously switching out cards in his longtime battling partner's deck, right before the 2012 Utah State Pokemon Trading Card Game Championship kicked off.

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(ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner) Mary Ray, of Layton, lets a ball headed out of bounds go by as she plays the intermediate doubles championship match with her partner, Nadine McKay, during the Ogden Pickleball Association’s summer tournament last weekend at Mount Ogden Park in Ogden.

Love of pickleball quickly growing in Top of Utah

Stephanie Chambers Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 11:36pm

OGDEN -- Pickleball is becoming a big deal around here, with a growing Ogden Pickleball Association, dedicated courts and the area's first pickleball tournament held last weekend.

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Sixth-grader Hayden Bruns gets sprayed in the face with a garden hose during the annual field day on Thursday at Bluff Ridge Elementary School in Syracuse.

Arrrrr! Student 'pirates' get wet on field day

Ruth Malan, Standard-Examiner correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 11:32pm

SYRACUSE -- Thursday was a great day for Logan Heinze.

The third-grader walked into the Bluff Ridge Elementary School office with a friend and said, "I can't wait until field day."

A few minutes later, activities filled the playground behind the school.

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Dorothy Schabeck invented "'G.G.'s Red/Blue Electoral College Game" to help students. (SHNS photo by Amy Voigt / The Toledo Blade)

Grandmother, 94, creates Electoral College game

Erica Blake, Toledo Blade

Last updated Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 4:13pm

Dorothy Schabeck said she realized she didn't really understand the long-standing process of electing presidents in the United States when she saw states on a televised map lighting up red or blue while awaiting the 2008 presidential election returns.

"That's what intrigued me, seeing the colors on the map," Schabeck, now 94, said. "I just didn't know what the Electoral College was, so I started to read about it and learn about it."

She figured she wasn't alone.

Although a fundamental in U.S. history and a basic aspect of elections, the concept of the Electoral College is often not well understood. So, why not create a game for two teams that includes a map, questions about elections, and red and blue markers to fill in the states?

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Creators say dogfighting game meant to educate about cruelty

Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 9:19am

LOS ANGELES -- The creators of a dogfighting phone game that has been criticized by animal-protection groups and police said Monday that the game was meant to educate the public on the evils of animal cruelty.

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