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Here’s the setup of the film: Nerdy Crimson Editor gets kicked out of school for a crime he didn’t commit, and goes to England. There, he joins a football street gang. Right off the bat, he just starts beating fools up. And from the look of the trailers, he seems to feel great about...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles and Abe Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Sally Forth, Young Men | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...third day. I promised the Australian people no more crudity. It's been ages since I sledged guys so thick. Like Kevin Pietersen. Behind his back, Shane calls him BBC ("Brilliant But Creepy"). I was nervous, but I don't think the boys noticed. "Can't bat, can't bowl," I said to Freddie Flintoff when he was on nought. It did the trick. Flintoff was caught in the deep for 72. My first scalp. "Don't try and spin it so much," I told Warney at drinks. He'd never thought of that. Thirteen wickets to Shane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sledge Master | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

...right, the bloke's in the closet. And he'd know. No wonder Kimbo bought a house in Sydney. Punter won the toss. We scored 676 for 8 on a belter; Langer and Ponting put on 350 for the second wicket. Magilla and I didn't even get to bat. Something's going on here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sledge Master | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

...game finally begins, and Schourek is playing centerfield and batting third. He was never much of a hitter in the majors, with a paltry .164 career batting average, but in his first at-bat he laces a ball the opposite way for a double...

Author: By Stewart H. Hauser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TAKE IT TO THE HAUS: My Brush With a Real, Live Big Leaguer | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

...floor vote on the confirmation of John Roberts as Chief Justice. Both sides say the vote will be at least in the high sixties. Unless there is a filibuster, which Democrats say will not occur, he needs only a simple majority. "This was the president's first time at bat for the Supreme Court, and he hit a homer," said Sean Rushton, executive director of the conservative Committee for Justice. Republican sources say that if the floor vote occurs Thursday, as scheduled, Bush might announce his nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as soon as Friday or Monday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mike Allen: The Week Ahead in Washington | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

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