Title: Way Too Many Words on the End of the Bench
Date: October 22, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article provided a status update on the six players fighting for the last three roster spots on the Raptors this preseason.
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Title: Thunderbirds Fall to Pronghorns in Canada West Bronze Match
Date: October 21, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 21 Women’s Rugby game between UBC and Lethbridge.
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Title: Thunderbirds Win Overtime Thriller, Win Hoop Fest Tournament
Date: October 21, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 21 Women’s Basketball game between UBC and Alberta.
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Title: I’m Loving Kyle Lowry
Date: October 21, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article looks at Kyle Lowry’s presence and demeanor so far on the Raptors, highlighting him as someone all real basketball fans would likely love to have on their favorite team..
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Title: Thunderbirds Fall to Pronghorns 4-1
Date: October 20, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 20 Women’s Ice Hockey game between UBC and Lethbridge.
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Title: Should the Raptors Use Two-Point Guard Units?
Date: October 19, 2012
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article was in response to Dwane Casey noting that he may utilize two-point guard lineups at times this year, and pulled lineup data from the past five seasons to illustrate that the Raptors have generally been very poor when playing this way.
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Title: Thunderbirds Shutout Pronghorns
Date: October 19, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 19 Women’s Ice Hockey game between UBC and Lethbridge.
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Title: Thunderbirds Lose Canada West Semi-Final to Powerhouse Alberta
Date: October 19, 2012
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: Post-game recap for Oct. 19 Women’s Rugby game between UBC and Alberta.
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Title: The Filthiest Pitches in Baseball
Date: October 17, 2012
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: My latest at Beyond the Boxscore dug into the pitcher leaderboards for various pitches, highlighting the pitchers with the best movement, whiff rate, and pitch value for each of the most common pitches.
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Title: Scalpers struggle during hockey lockout but get little sympathy
Date: October 17, 2012
Original Source: The Thunderbird
Synopsis: This article was for The Thunderbird, which is a UBC School of Journalism online magazine style site that is updated each semester with student articles. My piece looked at the financial impact of the NHL lockout on ticket scalpers and the lack of sympathy fans have for the pariahs of the sports industry.
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Blake Murphy Sports Writing 