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...guys played me harder," Meriwether says. "Everybody called me 'white boy,' and I took a lot of elbows." But Meriwether, an easygoing kid who talks as if he's 30 and has an irrepressible sense of humor, played well enough to earn a spot on the team as backup point guard. "He's hard-nosed," says teammate Richard Bluette, "and you've got to be because at this school they'll try to bring you down...
Dylan walks out after his acoustic set with electric guitar and his backup band, the Hawks (later to be renamed The Band), in tow. After rocking through "Tell Me, Momma," Dylan introduced his next song "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)" from Another Side of Bob Dylan, proclaiming "it used to be like that, and now it goes like this." Didn't the audience get it? Obviously not. They kept falling for Dylan's antics again and again in hopes that his former self might resurface. But this night, there was no chance...
...Vikings are currently being led by football's happiest reclamation project, Randall Cunningham, who found God--and receivers who can fly like angels. Having been cut by the Philadelphia Eagles, Cunningham was retired, tending to his marble business, when Green signed him last year as a backup to starter Brad Johnson. When Johnson was injured earlier this season, Cunningham stepped in and started throwing--long. The Vikes have now amassed an imposing record of 11 and 1 and seem poised for the Super Bowl...
Harvard coach Ronn Tomassoni has given sophomore backup goaltender Oliver Jonas the assignment of stoning the Golden Knight offense. Jonas played very well in Harvard's win at B.U. and tie against Brown. Junior starter J.R. Prestifilippo has a 5.08 goals-against average...
Murphy gave backup quarterback Brad Wilford oneseries at the end of the first quarter, apparentlyto keep him fresh after the junior had sat theentire game against Princeton...