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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Remembrances

A Ballet Memorial For A Son Killed At War

Dancer Josh Burnham plays the role of Colin Wolfe in the Manassas Ballet Theatre production Colin.

March 19, 2013 Amy Wolfe's son, Colin, was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq in August 2006. Nearly seven years later, Wolfe paid tribute to her son in an unusual way: a ballet. Wolfe, artistic director of Virginia's Manassas Ballet Theatre, talks about the production and shares memories of her son.

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Monday, March 18, 2013

The Opinion Page

Op-Ed: March Aside, College Basketball Has Lost Its Madness

Longtime sports columnist Dave Kindred says college basketball has changed for the worst.

March 18, 2013 Dave Kindred, a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, says that even though March Madness still generates a lot of buzz around the water cooler, the regular college basketball season has lost its epic stories and, therefore, its charm.

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