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SEC commissioner Mike Slive says no reason to publicly criticize game officials for bad calls

Oct. 8, 2009
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive says there is no reason to have a "public hanging" when game officials make bad calls.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler