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Duke women's lacrosse to wear 'innocent' bands
ESPN.com news services ^ | May 24, 2006

Posted on 05/24/2006 7:36:30 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

The Duke women's lacrosse team retains strong ties to the men's team currently embroiled in rape allegations.

The women plan to wear sweatbands that say "innocent" when they play Northwestern in the Final Four on Friday in Boston, The Durham Herald-Sun reported Wednesday.

"Obviously we want to win a national championship for ourselves, but definitely also for the university and the men's team," junior Leigh Jester told the paper. "They don't really have a chance to play their season, which is a shame.

"We'd love to bring it home not only for ourselves, but also for them."

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: duke; lacrosse; rape
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1 posted on 05/24/2006 7:36:31 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

What'll you bet the university somehow finds this "inapprpriate" and forbids it?


2 posted on 05/24/2006 7:41:43 AM PDT by D.P.Roberts
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
That's really sweet of them. They're putting their own safety aside for the sake of their friends.

I think the stripper and her criminal boyfriend just wanted to scam money from the team, but the situation got spun out of control by a power hungry DA who wanted to seal up the black vote. He won at the expense of three innocent (and wealthy) white boys. The race baiting opportunity was Satan's gift to him.
The DA is a democrat. The end justifies the means.

3 posted on 05/24/2006 7:46:47 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

That's a pretty ballsy move for a bunch of chicks. Good for them.


4 posted on 05/24/2006 7:47:52 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: D.P.Roberts
What'll you bet the university somehow finds this "inapprpriate" and forbids it?

Probably. If the stripper can't get any money from the boys, she'll go for the civil suit and try to scam millions from the big kahuna. Her civil lawyers will go after the University, because that's where the big money is.

5 posted on 05/24/2006 7:52:35 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: concerned about politics; D.P.Roberts; dead

Here is the roster of the Duke women's lacrosse team:

http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&KEY=&SPID=1832&SPSID=22430


6 posted on 05/24/2006 7:53:44 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: concerned about politics
That post....is an example of the reason FR is a fantastic place.

Totally perfect summation.

7 posted on 05/24/2006 7:55:22 AM PDT by spankalib
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I randomly clicked on the name Catherine Krom from that roster.

Total hottie, member of the mathematics National Honor Society, and has a brother on the Duke men's lacrosse team.

8 posted on 05/24/2006 7:59:45 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

You go girls!


9 posted on 05/24/2006 8:38:36 AM PDT by crabapple joe
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To: Howlin; Peach

Interesting article.


10 posted on 05/24/2006 8:48:34 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: dead

That's a pretty ballsy move for a bunch of chicks. Good for them.

___

I agree!


11 posted on 05/24/2006 8:50:36 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: D.P.Roberts
What'll you bet the university somehow finds this "inapprpriate" and forbids it?

If Duke doesn't the NCAA might. The Women's Lacrosse team should have kept quite & just done it. Also, I'm wondering if by 'sweatbands' they mean 'headbands'? Since lacrosse players wear helmets with face cages, I'm wondering who will see them? Players standing on the sideline would likely be without headgear, but TV will probably not show that.

12 posted on 05/24/2006 8:54:29 AM PDT by Tallguy (When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
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To: snarkytart
Oh, good for them! Finally, some women with an ounce of common sense. Because the female commentators on television have been an embarrassment.
13 posted on 05/24/2006 8:56:44 AM PDT by Peach (DICC's - doing the work for the DNC)
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To: Peach

They certainly show up the faculty - 88 of whom came out immediately to claim the boys guilty.


14 posted on 05/24/2006 9:01:52 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane
They certainly show up the faculty - 88 of whom came out immediately to claim the boys guilty.

The liberal faculty would support Stalin over his victims, too. Sad, isn't it?

15 posted on 05/24/2006 9:30:16 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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To: dead

Two kids at Duke, one at Penn, and one at Johns Hopkins, which the Duke web site misspelled. That's pretty impressive.


16 posted on 05/24/2006 9:45:47 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: Tallguy

I hate Myles Brand!


17 posted on 05/24/2006 9:46:23 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Bravo girls! Good luck on the game.


18 posted on 05/24/2006 10:35:42 AM PDT by constant
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To: Tallguy

The women don't wear the helmets since it's a non contact sport for women. Kind of like no checking hockey.


19 posted on 05/24/2006 10:51:40 AM PDT by sharkhawk
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To: sharkhawk

Thanks for the correction. As Gilda Radner used to say on SNL, "Never Mind!"


20 posted on 05/24/2006 10:54:47 AM PDT by Tallguy (When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
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