Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005: <\/b>News item: The Razorback football team of the University of Arkansas is ending a decades-old tradition of open practice. Starting this summer, the sessions will be closed to the public in general and the press in particular.<\/p>\n
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to observe it, has the tree really fallen?<\/p>\n
If football players work out and no reporters are allowed in to see them, will the Razorbacks be in any shape come fall? -30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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