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Pomp, circumstance and sports

By DJ Gallo
Special to Page 2

Monday, June 5, 2006

It's graduation season. And if you've attended a high school or college graduation ceremony in recent weeks and didn't witness someone from the sports world giving the commencement address, you're in the minority. Or at least close to it. It seems educational institutions are increasingly bypassing the traditional commencement speakers -- politicians, CEOs, astronauts, best-selling novelists, and the like -- for sports figures. Lance Armstrong, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Adonal Foyle, Phil Martel ...

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