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...Winter Games, in any case, have always been the Cinderella Games, the odd Games out; a poor sister, it sometimes seems, to the sun-splashed dazzle of the Summer Games. Barcelona this year has Gaudi, Miro, Isozaki; Albertville has mostly an industrial town that sounds as if it were named after the Crown Prince of Monaco (a member of the Monegasque bobsled team). The Winter Games are chill, Nordic, taciturn -- redolent of Ingmar Bergman and dark Decembers. Instead of sprints and dives, they offer double Axels (not what you find on the bottom of your Peugeot) and luges (which...
...committee reversed that decision yesterday when it learned that Llopis' former team, F.C. Barcelona, only gained professional status the year after Llopis left the team, said NCAA spokesperson Janet M. Justus. Llopis played for the team from...
...NCAA also ruled that Llopis must pay back $498 that his team contributed to his tuition while he was attending the University of Barcelona...
...Through our conversations with the officials in Spain, we gathered more information about the organization [F.C. Barcelona]," Justus said. "We now know that Llopis' team did not turn professional until the year after he participated...
...Spain, Llopis' educational expenses were paid for by the Football Club of Barcelona, where Llopis played for two years...