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...Weiss hoped that Harvard’s younger grapplers would take advantage of the high-level tournament, gaining experience against some of the nation’s best competitors. Sophomore Bryan Panzano (174) and rookies Steven Keith (125), Tony Buxton (141), and Adam Hogue (165) all drew bouts against grapplers ranked sixth or better, with Pazano and Keith enduring first-round matchups against the top seeds in their weight class. None of the underclassmen could manage an upset, and Weiss maintained that key experience will arise not from big victories but from the squad’s reaction to adversity...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Caputo Returns in Midland Championships | 1/1/2010 | See Source »

...shortly before its Jan. 2 Alamo Bowl game against Michigan State, Texas Tech has fired head coach Mike Leach for allegedly mistreating a player who received a concussion diagnosis. According to reports, Leach ordered that Adam James, son of former NFL player and current ESPN analyst Craig James, be sequestered in an equipment shed and electrical closet during Texas Tech practices in mid-December as punishment for allegedly faking the concussion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are College Football Coaches Out of Control? | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education. "In the example of Leach, it seems the whole discussion about concussions has apparently passed him by." Leach's attorney has denied Adam James' characterization of the events and says Leach plans to file a lawsuit against Texas Tech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are College Football Coaches Out of Control? | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...about a month after the YDN story, Adam L. H. Kissel '94, Director of the Individual Rights Defense Program at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), wrote a letter to Yale President Richard C. Levin, requesting assurance that the infringement upon students' right to speech would never happen again...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Saga of the Sissy Shirt | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

American Idol standout ADAM LAMBERT dropped from TV appearances, but not because he's gay or anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

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