Spelling starts at 10 a.m.

Are you excited? We're excited.

The finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee start this morning. We have 41 amazing spellers who will duke it out shortly. The divide: 25 spellers came through traditional means; 16 are here through the RSVBee program, which allows spellers nontraditional paths to competition.

You can tune in on ESPN2, or follow on the blog, Twitter @scrippsbee or Facebook, where we're Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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