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If you look at the actual Top 8 this year, it means the winner of ND-OSU plays (probably) Clemson. It means undefeated teams — including UCF — get a chance, but have to prove themselves against another quality opponent. That alternative to tonight’s result seems better to meby Noah Frank via twitter 12/30/2018 12:25:44 AM -
Notre Dame earned their spot in the Top 4. But I don’t know how anyone expected anything other than a result like thisby Noah Frank via twitter 12/30/2018 12:05:15 AM
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Just saw a Dave & Buster’s ad that said: “Now open at 10 a.m.”
Who could have possibly asked for that?by Noah Frank via twitter 12/29/2018 6:59:00 AM -
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When it’s a 4-day weekend and you got nothin to do https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvkD7bYXQAAlFdy.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 12/29/2018 6:18:27 AM -
Look what I just found kicking around the @WTOP studios https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dvh3e1pWkAAwwXn.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 12/28/2018 8:04:34 PM -
To be fair, curveballs are what shut most of us who don’t end up playing college/pro ball down, tooby Noah Frank via twitter 12/28/2018 1:48:21 PM
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This is basically exactly what I would have written about this game, right down to the opening of the lede, so I'm glad @redford did it for me and spared me having to re-watch and compile all the lowlights deadspin.com/a-non-exhausti…by Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 8:17:30 PM
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Let's check in on the old football team's fan base https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvcsOlrUcAALCWA.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 7:57:38 PM -
And I have to say, as the lone voice of color in @WTOPSports , words can't express how much I appreciate that I don't have to be the one that writes that column. Bravo, @NoahFrankWTOPby Rob Woodfork via twitter 12/27/2018 5:38:52 PM -
Yup. Just one of the many reasons the materials for my class are all articles accessible for free, online. Being a student is expensive enoughby Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 4:15:57 PM
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Welcome to the NFL. Welcome to America. wtop.com/sports-columns…by Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 2:22:46 PM
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Would have been the same result — a revolting, almost unwatchable display with Gary Patterson coming out on topby Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 5:43:41 AM
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That’s the worst game I’ve ever seen. Let’s never speak of it again.by Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 5:28:01 AM
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Something truly, truly stupid is going to happen in this game, isn’t itby Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 5:06:55 AM
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Love too trade possession for 30 yards of field position. David Shaw would be proud.by Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 5:01:41 AM
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Cal not playing their reliable senior RB and using a freshman instead, but deciding on a senior QB who has never played instead of their freshman QB of the present/future is some uniquely galaxy brain Cal idiocyby Noah Frank via twitter 12/27/2018 4:33:28 AM
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Kluber, of course, was traded to the Indians from the Padres in a 3-team deal 7.5 years ago that also included Jake Westbrook and Ryan Ludwickby Noah Frank via twitter 12/26/2018 9:30:33 PM
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"Inception," at its actual, practical core, was about a man trying to break up a competing energy conglomerate purely for personal gain of wealth and powerby Noah Frank via twitter 12/26/2018 9:28:09 PM
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Alexa, show me the worst social media job in all of sportsby Noah Frank via twitter 12/26/2018 8:57:21 PM
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We should have seen this coming. The anagram for this game from our bowl preview guide? Droplets Prefer Brown Visors wtop.com/ncaa-football/…by Noah Frank via twitter 12/26/2018 8:36:11 PM
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Who's a good audience? You're a good audience, yes you are https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvW2nOPV4AAWD1q.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 12/26/2018 4:45:45 PM -
The year in local sports was nothing, if not eventful. See the stories that defined 2018 wtop.com/sports/2018/12…by Noah Frank via twitter 12/26/2018 3:40:33 PM
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Beautiful story here from @ronkroichick on the work Stephen Curry has done to brighten the days of terminally ill c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…by Connor Letourneau via twitter retweeted by NoahFrankWTOP 12/25/2018 6:40:57 PM -
Uh...did ESPN just show 3 letters from children, with their full names displayed, on national TV, on MNF?by Noah Frank via twitter 12/25/2018 3:42:54 AM
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The fine folks at @WTOPSports in DC asked me how I thought the #RaiderNation would respond at the potential last ga… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…by Spinelli37 via twitter retweeted by NoahFrankWTOP 12/24/2018 9:35:09 PM -
I think the difference between @AGSpinelli 's reactions and my own to tonight's game illustrates the difference between someone who grew up with the Raiders in LA, and someone who lived with them after they came back to Oaklandby Noah Frank via twitter 12/24/2018 8:56:34 PM
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Oh, sure, a sidearm sling off the wrong foot throwing back against the grain into an impossible window leaving the receiver nothing but grass ahead of him.
Get all the way out of here, Pat Mahomesby Noah Frank via twitter 12/24/2018 3:28:08 AM -
Standardized tests have lots of flaws and are poor at actually predicting what they’re intended to — success at the college level.
Signed, a kid with good test scores who got mediocre college gradesby Noah Frank via twitter 12/23/2018 10:32:31 PM -
Needs more paws flying needlessly in the air while the head snaps backward, but otherwise spot onby Noah Frank via twitter 12/22/2018 12:04:25 AM
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Damn @MikeMurilloWTOP , @jtaubwtop got you with one foot out the door. Congrats Judy, don’t be a stranger! wtop.com/dc/2018/12/at-… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Du9_3h2WwAACK1t.jpg
by Noah Frank via twitter 12/21/2018 8:55:08 PM -
The median 1-BD apartment costs at least $1 ,000/month in the 29 of the nation's largest 100 cities. It's more than $825 /month in 57 of them apartmentlist.com/rentonomics/na…by Noah Frank via twitter 12/21/2018 6:48:38 PM
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Read those all (the ones by everyone else, that is) if you haven't already. And feel free to share any great pieces that moved you this yearby Noah Frank via twitter 12/21/2018 6:19:57 PM
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And this incredible, terrifying, gripping @lizziejohnsonnn project in the @sfchronicle is the non-sports piece that hit me the hardest projects.sfchronicle.com/2018/carr-fire…by Noah Frank via twitter 12/21/2018 6:17:49 PM
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This Sarah Barker piece for @Deadspin was my favorite sports feature of the year, on the most sadistic race ever conceived deadspin.com/ultrarunner-co…by Noah Frank via twitter 12/21/2018 6:13:19 PM
