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- ↑ "South Carolina Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-08.
- ↑ "Sports | Meet the Storm: Shaunzinski Gortman | Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
