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...course, collegiate athletics back when Clark was hitting serves and diving for volleys may not have quite resembled today's high-tech, money-generating sports, and many coaches (including retiring football coach Joe Restic) assert that the way we play the games we play these days lacks the amateur spirit that Clark represents...
...Clark, you've made it hard for Harvard to accept its present and not-so-prominent position in the world of NCAA athletics and championship. But Joe, you also present Harvard with a symbol of how insignificant the number of championships a school wins is. You were the consummate amateur, and the bottom line is every college athlete should...
...course, collegiate athletics back when Clark was hitting serves and diving for volleys may not have quite resembled today's high-tech, money-generating sports, and many coaches (including retiring football coach Joe Restic) assert that the way we play the games we play these days lacks the amateur spirit that Clark represents...
...Clark, you've made it hard for Harvard to accept its present and not-so-prominent position in the world of NCAA athletics and championship. But Joe, you also present Harvard with a symbol of how insignificant the number of championships a school wins is. You were the consummate amateur, and the bottom line is every college athlete should...
...moppet-meets-millionaire musical Annie reaped $380 million at the box office and, with stock and amateur productions, turned into an annuity for its creators -- which is a good thing, because none of them have had much but flops onstage ever since. Not surprisingly, they decided to try to make lightning strike twice. Alas, the sequel that opened off-Broadway last week provides at best a mild spark. It is pleasant, tuneful, funny and fit for whole families. It just doesn't make spectators tingle...