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The Daily Press has been my newspaper home since 1984 after previous stops in Fayetteville, N.C., Lynchburg, Va., and Ocean City, Md. I grew up in Baltimore, graduated from James Madison University in 1981 and still type with two fingers. My wife, Jill, is the family's most accomplished athlete and astute sports observer.

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Teel Time: Swofford says his faith in ACC's stability unshaken by Florida State-to-Big 12 rumblings 5/16/2012
Four days of meetings and a Wednesday flurry of interviews rendered John Swofford’s voice weak. But the ACC’s veteran commissioner insisted, despite speculation to the contrary, that his conference remains strong.

Strange Florida State-ACC-Big 12 saga continues as ESPN executive clears air 5/15/2012
With fans, media and an ill-informed board chairman parsing the ACC’s new media package with ESPN, a network executive chimed in Tuesday.

FSU president Barron details ACC-Big 12 issues in unusual, lively statement 5/14/2012
Twitter erupted Monday afternoon when Florida State president Eric Barron, in a statement regarding the Seminoles’ conference affiliation, called the Big 12 “academically weaker” than the ACC.

Florida State to Big 12 dust-up, TV deal with ESPN dominate ACC spring meetings 5/14/2012
Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage told me Wednesday that he expected this week’s ACC spring meetings to be routine. The chairman of Florida State’s Board of Trustees nuked that notion Saturday.

Johnson not surprised by Harrell's decision, projects Virginia Tech lineup 5/11/2012
For 6:34 a.m., and for a rookie head coach whose program lost two key players this week, Virginia Tech’s James Johnson sure was chipper Friday morning.