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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Vick may have great athletic talent, but to be a quarterback, he must also have the ability to lead. I cannot imagine any coach wanting someone as obviously troubled as Vick to fill the spot at the head of a team. No truly great quarterback needs to torture innocent creatures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Abiding Anguish | 9/12/2007 | See Source »

Everett may have damaged his spine in the way he dove in for his tackle, with a move known as spearing, in which a player contacts his opponent head first. Because the head and spine are aligned, in this position the spine tends to bear the brunt of the blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Football Too Dangerous? | 9/11/2007 | See Source »

It was a century ago that rugby ceased to be just a sport to New Zealanders and became a vehicle for national pride. In 1905, New Zealand sent to Britain a squad combining players of European origin with the physically imposing indigenous Polynesians. But for a loss to Wales, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Black Arts | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

John Tillman, a former assistant coach at the Naval Academy, has been named the new head coach of the Harvard men’s lacrosse team, Director of Athletics Bob Scalise announced Wednesday. Tillman, who had served as a Midshipmen assistant since 1995, had been the head assistant coach since...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John Tillman Named New Men's Lacrosse Skipper | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

Researchers studied 107 athletes from 22 different sports at OSU - the university's 36 varsity-level sports make it one of the country's largest college athletic departments - and found that nearly 40% suffered from exercised-induced asthma, a breathing disorder triggered by physical exertion. Surprisingly, 86% of these asthma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Athletes More Prone to Asthma | 9/5/2007 | See Source »

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