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Source: NFLPA tabs outsider DeMaurice Smith as director

Mar. 15, 2009
Washington D.C. attorney DeMaurice Smith has been elected as the new executive director of the NFL Players Association, a source said Sunday night
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler