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James Fogel, at age 50, has earned plenty of money as a lawyer, plus a splash of prestige as a criminal-court judge in New York City. Now he feels free to step down from the bench and dive back into the subjects he loved most in college: math and physics. At the same time, he is following what he describes as "an even higher calling" than the law--to work as an inner-city high school math teacher...
...three innings, Walsh decided he had seen enough. In a desperate effort to send his team a message, the Crimson skipper pulled six of his position players off the field and out of the game. With newcomers like freshman John Farmer and sophomore Nick Seminara inserted in off the bench, the Harvard lineup was almost as unrecognizable as the Boston Red Sox’ Opening Day infield...
...Nobody will be watching Wang's moves more closely than Yao, China's other towering talent. A few months ago, bookies were betting that Yao would be the first Chinese player off the NBA bench. The 20-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough season this year and he holds outsized potential. "It's almost impossible to find a man of his size who runs the court so well," says Terry Rhoads, marketing director for Nike in China. "I could see him ending up as the No. 1 draft pick this June." But Yao's bid is caught up in capitalist wrangling...
With three bigs names behind the bench, the Duluth coaching staff looks more like a who's-who of the Canadian National Team than a second year college hockey program in Minnesota...
Duluth Head Coach Shannon Miller was the boss behind the Canadian bench at the Olympics in 1998 when her team won a silver medal. Stacy Wilson, now an assistant coach at Duluth, was the captain of Team Canada. Manon Rheaume, who was Canada's starting goaltender in Nagano and was the first women to ever play in the NHL, is also an assistant...