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On a wall at Arsenal‘s training ground is a large silhouette of the Premier League trophy alongside a message which reads: “Together We Make History.” It was installed earlier in Mikel Arteta’s reign as manager, ready to be illuminated when the Gunners eventually won the title. And now, finally, Arteta has dragged Arsenal from the…

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THE UNLIKELIEST POWERHOUSE in college baseball features a lineup with eight junior college transfers and a ninth from Division II Minnesota Crookston. When Dan Fitzgerald arrived at the University of Kansas three years ago to take over a program defined by its perpetual mediocrity, he did not intend to build around the overlooked and underappreciated….