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March Madness, that postseason basketball binge of million-dollar sponsorships under the guise of amateur athletics, is upon us once again. The players at Caltech, who compete in the NCAA's Division III, its lowest rung, will never get an invite to that party. Playoffs? Caltech coach Roy Dow is looking for kids who can hang on to the ball. The team just finished 1-24 and, for the 23rd straight season, failed to win a game in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The legendary science-and-engineering school may have 31 Nobel Prize winners to its name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Pasadena | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...predicts that if Pierce doesn't shave his head, he'll grow George Jefferson hair. The trio's personal history helps. Garnett and Allen were Olympic teammates in 2000 and have known each other since their South Carolina schoolboy days; Garnett and Pierce played as teens for the same Amateur Athletic Union team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Celtic Threebound | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

According to Lampoon officials, the humor magazine plans to honor Hilton—who has gained notoriety through her starring roles in both the reality show “The Simple Life” and an amateur sex video, “1 Night in Paris,” that she taped with a former boyfriend—outside the Lampoon castle on Feb. 6, a day before the Theatricals will celebrate its awardees...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lampoon Nails Paris, Dupes Press | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

Before the announcement that Theron would be the Woman of the Year, there had been a great deal of confusion about who would win the Pudding’s coveted prize. Some news outlets had reported that Paris Hilton, a scandalous actress who is best known for an amateur sex video, would be the Woman of the Year...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Welcomes Theron and Walken | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

Before the announcement that Theron would be the Woman of the Year, there had been a great deal of confusion about who would win the Pudding's coveted prize. Some news outlets had reported that Paris Hilton, a scandalous actress who is best known for an amateur sex video, would be the Woman of the Year...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hasty Pudding To Honor Walken, Theron | 1/24/2008 | See Source »

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