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Shelley Smith is used to winning, not rebuilding. As a high school athlete at Mount Anthony Union High School in Vermont, Smith captured state titles in soccer, basketball and softball.
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An SEC gameday is nothing to joke about; it鈥檚 often the highlight of fall weekends in college towns across the Southeast.
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After years of watching Gamecock basketball fall short of almost every fan鈥檚 expectations, hope was revived with the hire of Coach Frank Martin from Kansas State.
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