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...Year, was recently awarded Ivy League Player of the Week honors for his averages of 22.5 points and seven boards in Cornell’s two weekend victories. He sits at third in the Ancient Eight in scoring at 15.7 points per contest and is knocking down the three-ball at an astounding 50.8 percent clip. He leads the league in three-pointers made per game at 3.21. While Wittman represents a formidable deep threat for the Big Red, Cornell also boasts the Ivy League leader in assists—five per contest—and free-throw...
...Arab spectators in Qatar who test her mettle but a formidable tennis rival, the glamorous Russian Maria Sharapova. When the two dueled recently in Israel, Peer whipped up the home crowd, which hooted and ridiculed the Russian's habit of grunting loudly when she slams the ball. Seething, Sharapova buckled down and demolished Peer, winning 6-1, 6-1. Peer was later scolded by Israeli sports officials for inciting the crowd against Sharapova. As she heads to Qatar, Peer may have a running start at bringing Israelis and Arabs a tad closer. But on court she still...
...most versatile players ever, and sweet-shooting guard Ray Allen to Boston. There they joined Paul Pierce, an automatic scorer and a six-time All-Star himself. Nice. But none of these guys have ever sniffed a championship. And they have only one ball to share...
Celtics fans: you're lucky they're not young whippersnappers, dingbats in their 20s seeking the stats for an insane contract. "When you are young, you are trying to secure yourself," says Pierce, 30. (Read: Just give me the damn ball.) "You look at us three--we've made millions of dollars. We've won tons of awards. So we look at each other and say, 'Hey, what's left to do?'" Allen is 32, Garnett 31--old enough to buy their own team yet young enough to still score at will...
...post, and we were more successful with that kind of mentality.” “We were scared to death of that matchup, quite honestly,” Delaney-Smith added. “In the first half, we should have moved the ball more and worked it inside more. When we made the change, it was because we didn’t make quick decisions and didn’t try to rush things.”Even as Brown’s Annesley O’Neal hit a jumper to tie the game...