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...title in college and the pros. (As the coach of the U.S. Olympic team, he goes for the trifecta in Athens this summer.) But it took a union with Dumars to give the itinerant coach his crown. And the ex-Piston bad boy, who helped Detroit win back-to-back championships as a player in 1989 and '90, made history of his own, becoming the first African-American GM to craft an NBA champion...
...Broadbent, however, who emerged as one of the preeminent players in college squash. After being ranked as the No. 5 player for much of the year, Broadbent beat then-No. 2 Julian Illingworth of Yale and No. 3 Bernardo Samper of Trinity in back-to-back matches in the team championships. He then advanced to the finals of the CSA Individual Championships before falling to No. 1 Yasser El-Halaby...
Harvard began its task in Lavietes Pavilion with back-to-back wins over Cornell and Columbia, and a dominating win over Yale the following weekend. The Crimson was set to continue its warpath through the league against Brown on Saturday, Feb. 28—Senior Night...
...revelations of the abuse of military detainees, but it is driven by a deeper grievance - the idea that the Defense Secretary is the personification of a political-military strategy in Iraq that has plunged America into a Middle East quagmire. Even as Secretary Rumsfeld faced his longest day in back-to-back grillings by members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill Friday, the challenge facing tens of thousands of American troops on the ground in Iraq continued to grow, with little sign of respite or resolution. The costs of "Operation Iraqi Freedom...
...Northeastern touched up senior Mike Morgalis for four runs and six hits in the seventh inning to put the game out of reach. The Huskies also tagged junior Curtis Miller for three runs in the top of the ninth, ballooning their lead to 12-4. Northeastern had back-to-back homers in both the seventh and ninth innings...