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Arizona taps assistant Pennell to replace Olson

Oct. 24, 2008
Arizona is expected to name assistant coach Russ Pennell to replace the retiring Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, according to multiple sources.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic