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Mike Jensen writes "Off Campus," a regular column on college sports for The Inquirer. A staff writer with the paper since 1988, Jensen covered college basketball amd football for 15 years, wrote about soccer from 10 countries on five continents, and was assigned to the Kentucky Derby the year of Smarty Jones. He won Eclipse Awards for his coverage of Smarty Jones and Barbaro.

More recently, he's written longer stories on Eagles decision-makers, a former Eagles lineman who was arrested for stealing prescription painkillers, Charlie Manuel's first managerial job and a Philly high school basketball star who has spent his entire adult life in Sweden.

His easiest assignment: Covering John Chaney for ten years. That was stealing money.
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How VCU's move affects Drexel
By Mike Jensen, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted 05/17/2012
Mike Jensen: Everybody on Market Street realizes that losing VCU hurts the CAA. They also realize that not having to play VCU in the CAA tournament could be a good thing.
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Jack Galloway rowed for La Salle´s heavyweight eight when it won the Dad Vail Regatta in the 1950s. He is now the Dad Vail chairman. His Dad Vail committee sportcoat itself is a piece of history. It once belonged to a former committeeman named Ernie Bayer, a rower on the 1928 Olympic team. TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
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A lifelong commitment to Dad Vail
Posted 05/11/2012
Mike Jensen: From 1956-58, La Salle won the Dad Vail heavyweight eight. But that wasn't the greatest of the boat's accomplishments.
 
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Wright starts rebuilding Villanova - 04/25/2012
By Mike Jensen, Inquirer Columnist
Mike Jensen: Jay Wright knows that last season wasn't just a failure on paper for Villanova, but an unwatchable debacle. Now Wright is starting over, and he can't succeed by just developing his young talent.
 
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'Cuse's Jardine thrives in spotlight - 03/24/2012
Mike Jensen: The brightest lights always attracted him. Now a senior, about to face Ohio State Saturday in an NCAA East Regional final at TD Garden, Scoop Jardine hasn't tired of the spotlight.
 
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Christmas time for Syracuse - 03/22/2012
By Mike Jensen, Inquirer Columnist
BOSTON - Game to game, his minutes nearly vanished. Two minutes. Four minutes. One minute. That's all Syracuse freshman Rakeem Christmas got. Over the last seven games of Syracuse's regular season, he was on the court for 17 minutes, total.
 
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Black Friday for Philly hoops - 03/10/2012
Mike Jensen: The Explorers told each other they were it, the only ones left. They used the events of the day as a little extra push, trying to carry a "Philly pride" torch. Soon enough, that torch was extinguished.
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Temple's tough Big East path - 03/08/2012
Mike Jensen: In looking at Temple's return to the Big East, it's natural to focus on the day the football team was kicked out of the league as a low point. But it wasn't necessarily the lowest.
 
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Aligned or maligned? - 03/08/2012
Mike Jensen: So how long will this shotgun marriage between traditional Big East basketball members and a far-flung collection of football schools hold?
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Frustrating night for Quakers - 03/06/2012
By Mike Jensen
Mike Jensen: Playing for a share of the Ivy League title and a playoff date with Harvard, the Quakers couldn't keep Princeton from the rim and couldn't find the inside of it themselves.
 
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Pettis keys La Salle's success - 03/06/2012
By Mike Jensen, Inquirer Columnist
Mike Jensen: This may not be a fact that Earl Pettis wants out there, but as his La Salle basketball career winds down, it is time to reveal an open secret, widely known on La Salle's campus.
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Big East plans life without West Va. - 10/26/2011
By Mike Jensen, Inquirer Staff Writer
Mike Jensen: Another week, another step closer to a Big East football implosion. West Virginia to the Big 12 is a done deal, replacing Missouri, whose move to the SEC is considered a certainty.
 
For Temple, there was no moral victory, just a loss - 09/18/2011
For over three hours, Penn State loyalists threw their arms up and held their heads in their hands, the bile level rising, as the Nittany Lions sputtered, never experiencing a lead. The big screen at Lincoln Financial Field showed a marriage proposal by a young Penn State fan. The bride-to-be in her Penn State gear accepted, and you felt a tinge of pity for the couple. What a day to get started.
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Ex-coach defends move that led to Floyd's ban - 09/09/2011
 
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Mike Jensen | World Cup draws lots of attention - 07/18/2011
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Mike Jensen | For Flood, money wasn't everything - 07/13/2011
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A soccer victory replete with heroics and blown calls - 07/12/2011
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