Hanover, New Hampshire, might not be the first — or the 50th — locale to come to mind in connection with the Winter Olympics, but it should. Hanover is the home of Dartmouth College, which has the unique distinction of sending Olympians to every single Winter Games, from Chamonix in 1924 right on through to Milan Cortina in 2026.
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South Carolina made the hiring of Matthew Smiley as special teams coordinator official. From the story (LINK):
A native of East Lynn, Ill., and a 2001 graduate of the University of Illinois, Smiley began his coaching career in the collegiate ranks, first at Dartmouth College, where he served as an assistant quarterbacks and specialists coach for the Big Green in 2005 before assuming the duties of special teams coordinator in 2006.
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EXTRA POINT
Back to the Olympics. That Certain Nittany Lion '16 is here for the weekend and in advance of the big ice hockey game shot this picture early this morning off our front steps. He captioned it, "looked like a gold medal." Yup.
