Spelling: The Next Olympic Sport?

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Did you hear about the bank robber - dubbed the "Harry Caray bandit" by Chicago police - who was finally apprehended Wednesday? He was so nicknamed because (a) he wore oversized glasses, a wig and a baseball cap; and (b) in his last few years as the Cubs' announcer, Harry, too, was stealing money.

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Spelling: The Next Olympic Sport?

A headline begging to be written: Cash and Caray.

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The Scripps National Spelling Bee - sport or not a sport?

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Andrea Wong, ABC's executive VP for alternative programming, has strong feelings on the subject. "These aren't nerds," she told the Los Angeles Times. "They are intellectual athlete...

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