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A couple of notes on two of Roanoke's finest sports alums:

Just got an e-mail from Roanoke Star director Danny Beamer announcing that former soccer standout Danny Karbassiyoon has been named honorary president of Arsenal America, a club for U.S. fans of the famed English Premier League team.

Karbassiyoon, a Northside graduate, became the youngest Yank to sign with Arsenal in 2004. He retired last season at age 22 after a series of knee injuries and became a North American scout for the club.

One of his new duties will be to manage the Arsenal America team in the Supporters Club tournament, held in London every year. Good to see Danny doing well -- he's always had an impressive attitude, even when injuries were crippling his dreams.

As for Tiki Barber, reader Robert Smith sent me a link to an accuscore column breaking down whether the Giants are better off without their former running back. Because they are in the Super Bowl, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the analysis will show that they are. Just a guess. And oh, yeah, Robert's a Tech fan and Tiki's a former Hoo, so take that for what it's worth.

And we leave you today with another great piece of fake news from one of my favorite Web sites.

--Aaron McFarling