How To Use Preseason In A Sentence
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He battled on with temporary replacements, which kept getting dislodged in training and preseason games.
The Sun
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United then fly out for a preseason tour of China on Tuesday.
The Sun
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He has arthritis in the shoulder and didn't play in the final three preseason games but is expected to play in the opener.
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Roman is lightning quick and improving every day in practice, and Bean showed playmaking ability in the preseason.
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Jones sat out spring minicamps, training camp, the preseason and two games, but he still was voted a Pro Bowl starter.
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Months earlier, in the preseason, Barton intercepted two passes and returned a fumble for a score - all in one quarter - against Arizona.
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He said part of his offensive progress can be attributed to the fact that his teammates are learning his tendencies, this after he had an abbreviated preseason and training camp with the team after coming over as a big-ticket free agent from the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks in December.
The Unlikely Scoring Threat
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Sometimes these globe-trotting preseason tours are about winning hearts and minds.
Times, Sunday Times
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Chelsea's preseason has already demonstrated an interesting fluid style of play, utilizing the fullbacks as an attacking quantity, very similar to Bielsa's highly successful Argentinean side in the recent Copa
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It was back to the club and getting stick for missing preseason training for them!
Times, Sunday Times
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He hasn't played since the third preseason game because of a sprained knee.
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He was impressive in the preseason opener and has solid skills for the position.
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That momentum needs to continue into training camp and preseason games.
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I needed to have a good preseason, that was important for me.
Times, Sunday Times
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They had better preseasons than Davis, who struggled with injuries.
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They could have been even shorter, except encouraging signs have been so hard to come by for the Warriors this preseason.
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The national chief's future is under the spotlight after a planned preseason training camp in Dubai was cancelled.
The Sun
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John Wall has pulled off some amazing plays throughout the preseason, and Thursday night was no different, as the No. 1 overall pick recorded the first double-double of the meaningless portion of the schedule.
Forty seconds of funk
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The program, done for six to eight weeks in the preseason, consists of strength-training to build underdeveloped muscles, agility training to learn how to land correctly, plyometrics and other exercises.
New Steps to Help Prevent Knee Injuries in Teen Sports
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Where on earth are clubs to fit in highly profitable foreign tours after preseason training?
The Sun
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It would be their first venture to the west coast for preseason drills.
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We're going with a quarterback who's never really played, other than preseason games.
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In his second year he fractured two ribs in the third preseason game, sidelining him for a number of games.
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Last summer, Warner had a decent preseason, leading some to believe he had found his groove again.
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He has tried to talk to the club's hierarchy about preseason training for next season and been given very short shrift.
The Sun
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The US side's management will cast an eye over the striker and defender when they visit for a preseason camp next month.
The Sun
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Simon is working on his stamina after missing the preseason as the Eagles' unsigned franchise player.
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When you're rewinding a preseason celebration multiple times, you know it's worthy of a blog item.
Wizards celebrate last-second win
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Don't just run in the preseason. Do some cross training by biking, or swimming at the local pool. Play some games like basketball, soccer, or ultimate frisbee.
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He played well in training camp and has looked good in the preseason.
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But he looked rusty and his timing was off after spending most of the preseason on the sideline.
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He was sent home from the preseason tour and now trains with the reserves.
The Sun
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‘It's good to know that I've had two solid preseasons, and people around the league feel I can play,’ Dickenson says.
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There's no doubt that our preseason Player of the Year will be one of the hottest hoopsters to watch all season long.
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Burnley were one of the preseason favourites for relegation.
The Sun
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But he will not be fit for any training before preseason begins.
The Sun
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Teams want the preseason to evaluate players, and the last thing they want to have happen is a number of injuries.
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The Colts' offensive line has surrendered 14 sacks in the preseason.
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Yes, this was a preseason game, but both teams' regulars were getting heavy minutes.
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As a rookie, he suffered a serious shoulder injury making a tackle in a preseason game and later hurt a knee.
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If it hadn't been for Jackson zinging Rider, which Jackson did regardless of whether he was asked, Rider would have been invisible all preseason.
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He has played well in preseason games, but it's time to decide whether he can be the top backup.
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He likely will practice only once a day and won't play in the first two or three preseason games.
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He has tried to talk to the club's hierarchy about preseason training for next season and been given very short shrift.
The Sun
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The headline of this preseason was obviously the return of our young center, Andrew Bynum.
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He made a couple of small mistakes, but nothing like the touchdown bomb that beat him in the preseason opener.
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He isn't going to participate fully in practice in the early weeks of training camp or play much in the preseason.
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He still needs to learn to play with consistency and must avoid the penalties that plagued him in the preseason.
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The regular season kickoff is not until Sept. 10, when Tennessee takes on the Steelers in Pittsburgh, but the marketing has begun with an ad campaign airing in preseason games.
NFL intensifies ad efforts, urges sponsors to get in the game
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He hasn't shown a lot of promise the past two preseasons, but the team has a lot of future money invested in Lewis.
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The last two weeks is more in line with what preseason projections of the Eagles expected.
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Then we also had the preseason trip to the USA.
The Sun
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Such preseason work will pay off through the grind of a long season.
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When others were saluting Boise State's top-five preseason college-football ranking last August, sanctimoniously cheering the possibility of a small school's reaching the title game, we penned a diatribe headlined "The Boise State Nightmare.
Honk If You Had This Game in Your Bracket
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Before you know it, the holidays will be over and we'll be back in Phoenix and Las Vegas for preseason testing.
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I couldn't agree more that the preseason is too long and should be shortened.
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But if a deal cannot be agreed before the players report back for preseason training, Peace will remain at the helm.
The Sun
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Check your owner's manual and perform the recommended preseason lubrication and service on your tractors.
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Michael missed the entire preseason with a shaky knee and now that same knee has hobbled him onto the injured list.
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Neither the offense nor the defense has found rhythm in the preseason.
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He hasn't been impressive in the preseason, but a strong outing could endear him to his teammates and the coaching staff.
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In the 1999 campaign preseason, the amount of network evening news airtime was only half of that in 1995.
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The growing pains he experienced during the preseason are a thing of the past.
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Barkley suffered a strained thigh muscle late in the preseason.
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Things will even out now that teams are playing more teams outside of their divisions, and the preseason expectations will look more viable.
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Perhaps the most important find of the preseason came in the final game.
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Fleury ended up missing a week of preseason games and practice due to the contract issue.
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He was penalized five times in his last four quarters of preseason play.
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In terms of training camp and preseason experience, McIntosh isn't even that advanced.
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The England striker is closing in on a first-team return following an ankle problem he picked up in preseason training.
The Sun
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With the regular season about to begin, the Warrior men split their final two preseason games.
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In two preseason games, he returned a fumble for a touchdown (before a penalty nullified the play), and he blocked a punt for a safety.
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The fuss over how much Vick should play in the preseason is unnecessary.
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Owners decided that coaches would fill the additional schedule time produced by the elimination of two preseason games with additional intrasquad scrimmages.
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He has started in each of the Raiders' first three preseason games and is expected to be in the lineup tonight.
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Barlow has been bothered by a strained quadriceps muscle, which he hurt in the preseason and re-aggravated recently.
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A defense that appeared to be showing signs of age in the preseason is playing as well as ever.
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The sentiment comes loud and clear from 28-year-old Raul Villarino, slurping "kalimotxo," a local brew that mixes red wine and Coca-Cola, ahead of a preseason game with Barcelona.
Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
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It follows claims he refused to do rehab after a shoulder operation or attend preseason training.
The Sun
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Personnel changes on defense showed positive results during training camp and the preseason.
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Owners might be concerned about lost revenues if the preseason were shortened, but losing a marquee player certainly doesn't help the league put its best product on the field.
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Where on earth are clubs to fit in highly profitable foreign tours after preseason training?
The Sun
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Edmonton LW and captain Ethan Moreau has yet to play this season because of a left ankle contusion from the preseason. ...
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Former defensive end Bob Dee recovered a fumble in the endzone in the Patriots' first preseason game on July 30, 1960.
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Now, Hunter has an entire preseason to mull his new, headier responsibilities.
The Added Pressure of Being Named a Starter
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Sure, the official first game of the season took place, but so did four preseason games and another contest where the Rangers phoned it in against their Oklahoma City affiliate.
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Hall, who had four quarterback sacks in the first preseason game, will play several roles.
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If the regular season doesn't mean all that much, then it's kinda pointless to get in a lather over the preseason.
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Murphy said an 18-game season has been discussed by owners for some time and is linked to what he called the deterioration of the quality of the four-game preseason schedule.
JSOnline.com
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Then he jarred his knee in preseason training and played only five times for Leicester last season.
Times, Sunday Times
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In a preseason game against Jacksonville, Doleman used another move to sack the quarterback that left the Jags' Boselli chagrined.
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He sat out the end of last season with a knee injury, and preseason reports on the knee aren't overly optimistic.
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In the preseason, defenses don't disguise what they are doing to the degree they do in games that count.
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Hopefully your child's coach held a preseason meeting with all the team athletes and their parents.
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But he won a starting job late in preseason and has been a hard-hitting ballhawk (four interceptions).
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Although they have been fairly solid (though unspectacular) in camp and in the preseason, neither will draw a double-team away from him.
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Michaels says he's an "Olympic freak" — on curling, he says, "you can't stop watching it" — but wasn't interested in joining NBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Games, which were held during the NFL preseason.
NBC's Michaels making Olympic Games comeback
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The Irish, unranked in the preseason Associated Press poll, are 5-2 with upcoming home games against Air Force and Boston College followed by season-ending trips to Rutgers and USC.
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Where on earth are clubs to fit in highly profitable foreign tours after preseason training?
The Sun
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Gibbs, three weeks ago at a preseason game in St. Louis, walked briskly to the podium to open a postgame press conference.
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They are being flogged until tomorrow, then given a week off before going back in again for a preseason trip to Portugal.
The Sun
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Games arrive to rescue college football from the most off of off-seasons Alabama, No. 1 in preseason football rankings, a healing force in Tuscaloosa Eight Miami players must sit out games and repay benefits, NCAA rules Arizona and Arizona State deal with rash of odd injuries College football is much better in on-season with corny Lee Corso in headdress, Ralphie on stampede, Beano Cook on podcast and Nevin Shapiro in prison.
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Barkley suffered a strained thigh muscle late in the preseason.
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He began his pro career in 2001 with the Los Angeles Galaxy, starting the season opener after impressing in preseason.
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The Friars have authored one of the best stories of the season, going from unranked in the preseason to contending for the Big East championship.
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Coaches are scared about losing key players to preseason injuries, so they keep them off the field.
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In a preseason game against Jacksonville, Doleman used another move to sack the quarterback that left the Jags' Boselli chagrined.
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Remember, he didn't have a training camp or a preseason because of a knee injury.
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The team committed a whopping 58 penalties in four preseason games and failed to reduce the problems from week to week.
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Gilbert Arenas was held out of practice on Friday after sustaining a mild groin strain in the preseason loss to Milwaukee.
Andray Blatche trying to get fit, and in the low post
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I will accompany my team - mates to the Algarve and then take part in preseason training.
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But if you need reminders of why any game between the two locals is more than that, look no further than their last meeting—also an August preseason contest—in which Jets linebacker Calvin Pace drilled Giants quarterback Eli Manning during a sack, bloodying his forehead like he'd been in a ring rather than on a field.
Meaningless Game, Yet Major Hype
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The QB rarely will pick up a football until training camp and will play sparingly in the preseason.
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It brings a great end to what has been a really good preseason for us.
Times, Sunday Times
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On the final preseason cutdown, cornerback Cris Dishman was released by the Chiefs.
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Although only a preseason, but it is Sun Yue a different meaning, he a historic breakthrough.
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The two were superb last season and during the preseason, when the Culpepper-to-Moss bomb was the best part of an otherwise rusty offense.
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He chucked us off the preseason tour within 24 hours of our arrival.
The Sun
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Lost in the headlines that focused on the fact that Eli is a bit of a bleeder was the performance of Victor Cruz, who became the first player to score three touchdowns in a preseason game since Terrell Owens in 1998, with San Francisco.
Redskins find a place for cut block, a Shanahan staple
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If you believe the preseason predictions, this could be an epic mismatch.
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The most important thing would be to shorten the preseason down to two games.
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Under any circumstances, the preseason Power Rankings are a crapshoot, an alchemistical jumble of hard data and gut instincts.
CNN.com
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He hasn't played since the third preseason game because of a sprained knee.
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Thursday night's Redskins-Cardinals preseason game will be his final broadcast as a full-timer, although he'll continue to do some freelance stuff for the network.
Ernie Baur, unsung hero of D.C. sports, retires
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Individual photo and Jr. Sea Gal team photo (taken on 8 / 15) 2 game tickets for the 8 / 22 preseason game*
Undefined
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We were away at the time on the preseason tour when I saw the bid in writing.
The Sun
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Club coffers were also swelled last year by a lucrative preseason tour of the Far East.
Times, Sunday Times
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Like Stanford, Loyola jumped into the top - 25 after being unranked in the 2004 preseason poll.
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And he will be aiming to make a big splash when he returns for preseason training early next month.
The Sun
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Coach Rick Barnes initially considered redshirting Taylor but changed his mind when he saw Taylor's offensive ability and when guard Kenton Paulino was injured in preseason practice.
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He had a hernia operation last spring and missed the preseason with a hip injury, never recapturing his form.
