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...blog and with Wallace, Clemens was righteous and restrained. It was a fine performance--for a control pitcher like Greg Maddux. But Clemens' forte was always power: throwing a 95-m.p.h. fastball that could depilate a batter's eyebrows. That was the Clemens on display at his Jan. 7 press conference. Staring down reporters with the same intensity he lasered at Mike Piazza in 2000 (just before he beaned him), Clemens played the tape of a recent 17-min. phone call he'd had with McNamee. For revelations, this was no Watergate tape; neither side admitted to lying...
...Nick Batter...
...self-trained illustrator who specializes in pen on paper. His notable works include Alien Fighting Dragon as well as the epic Robot Dragon. His work has been displayed throughout eastern Nebraska, most notably, on the refrigerator of Steve Batter, who “normally doesn’t put stuff on the fridge.” Catch his latest masterpieces every Tuesday, right here in The Harvard Crimson...
...Zealand's time, then who else can win? Probably only Australia or the Springboks, with France a possibility on home soil. Rush acknowledges the physical strength of the South Africans but doubts they have the flair to repeat their '95 win. "Their method is to batter you into submission and then score," he says. "But it's hard to batter teams in finals - everyone's too up for it." England have gone backward since '03, and reaching the last four would be a good result for the defending champions, though it's unlikely they see it that...
...over. Deny him the pleasures of the sport." Another tedium tactic is to take extra time between points. "He's a rhythmic kind of player," says ex-pro Barry MacKay, a veteran TV commentator. "He likes to have things moving along at a certain pace. It's like a batter stepping out of a batter's box against a great pitcher. You're saying, 'Hey, this guy is not in charge...