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Today is Thursday, Nov. 21, the 326th day of 2024. There are 40 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Nov. 21, 1980, 85 people died, most because of smoke inhalation, after a fire broke out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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In 1920, on “Bloody Sunday,” the Irish Republican Army killed 14 suspected British intelligence officers in the Dublin area; British forces responded by raiding a soccer match, killing 14 civilians.
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Marcellus Marshall grew up five minutes from the West Virginia campus and Milan Puskar Stadium.
His family used to park cars during the Mountaineers football games, which allowed him to catch a game or two occasionally. It’s where he developed his passion for football, which took him to Kent State and now UCF.
But for the 6-foot-5, 310-pound offensive lineman, a return home is nothing more than a game to him.
“I look at it as just another football game,” said Marshall, a fifth-year senior.
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