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Don't Look Back

By Tom Friend

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Forty-eight hours after winning the championship, the 6'11" African Viking went to see his coach. Can't go with you to the White House tomorrow, he told Billy D. Can't stomach 19-yearolds coming home in body bags, he told Billy D. Got to stand my ground, he told Billy D. Billy Donovan, his BlackBerry down and his antennae up, envisioned the headlines: "Hoops Star Snubs President. This Time, Bush Loses Florida." So the coach of the Gator basketball team spoke to the face of the Gator basketball ...

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