{"id":13716,"date":"2012-04-20T08:43:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T13:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=13716"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:29:56","slug":"owc-works-hard-and-plays-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/13716-owc-works-hard-and-plays-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Works Hard and Plays Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13719\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/OWC-Bball-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13719\" title=\"OWC-Bball-2\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/OWC-Bball-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/OWC-Bball-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/OWC-Bball-2-191x120.jpg 191w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/OWC-Bball-2-284x178.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/OWC-Bball-2-190x119.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/OWC-Bball-2-272x170.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OWC Men&#39;s Winter Baskeball Team: (left to right) David Schachtner, Jeff White, Chris Ruzbasan, Shane Buehn, Nick Chorostecki, Mike Mazrin, Jayson Scott. 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