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...hosted this year - with restrained enthusiasm - by Austria and Switzerland. The Italians, of course, are not a sure thing. They will be challenged by France - whom they defeated in the World Cup final - the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Croatia ... in other words, the usual suspects. (Four years ago, Greece miraculously beat stratospheric odds to win, a performance unlikely to be repeated.) And as is also now usual, the tournament will be followed on televisions not just in Europe, but everywhere from Kunming, China to - well, to Kearney, N.J., actually. And thereby hangs a tale...
...been that when a Greek walks onto the pitch his passion for the game is such that he's one whistle away from snapping. It's not surprising that it took a German, Otto Rehhagel, to channel that energy into the kind of disciplined defense that allowed Greece to beat France, the Czech Republic and (speaking of passion) Portugal, to win in 2004. In Greek neighborhoods such as Astoria, in the New York borough of Queens, the joy was explosive...
Germany will be a favorite; it always is. "The Germans just find a way," says Kasey Keller, who played with Borussia Mönchengladbach. Keller remembers the mediocre German team that reached the World Cup final in 2002 and controversially beat the U.S. 1-0 in the quarters. "I could put you on the phone with some of those guys: how they got to [the final], they have no idea; they don't know how they did it, but they did it." This summer, the German team is more talented up front, and rock solid as ever at the back...
...Emily Cross and epeeist Benji Ungar off training for this summer’s Olympics, both the women and men far exceeded expectations. Despite a trio of epeeists that included only one experienced fencer, the women posted an undefeated fall season, winning the first annual Beanpot tournament and even beating perennial juggernaut and 2007 national champion Penn State. The men fared only slightly worse, taking second behind Brandeis by the slimmest of margins, 14-13, in the Beanpot as well as dropping contests to Penn State and NYU to finish the fall season 4-2. “I think...
...opportunity presented to me. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a basketball fan. Specifically, I am a Lakers fan—but I’ll watch or play basketball just about any time and just about any place.That made the men’s basketball beat I held so much more rewarding.While the team didn’t have the most successful season in the world, a writer’s work—like a player’s—never stops. That is, the writing must continue even when the team loses.That means...