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...dysfunctional families. Several Vikings have piled up charges ranging from rape to assault to drunk driving to embezzlement. A provocative new book, Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the N.F.L. (Warner Books; $24), depicts the Vikings as emblematic of a troubling trend in the league. Authors Jeff Benedict and Don Yaeger estimate that 1 in 5 players has been charged with a serious crime. "NFL teams are recruiting a new breed of criminal players the likes of which should disturb all NFL fans," the authors conclude. "Gone are the good old days of NFL recruits having rap sheets...
Athletes in many sports, of course, have long had histories of run-ins with the law, from tennis pro Jennifer Capriati with her marijuana arrest (the charges were later dropped) to baseball legend Pete Rose and his gambling travails. But Benedict and Yaeger describe an entrenched culture of cover-up and tolerance of criminal behavior in the NFL. And they devote nearly a chapter to the Vikings, listing 15 players entangled with police since Green was named the team's head coach...
Moderated by Marshall L. Ganz '64-'92, who teaches political organizing at the Kennedy School, the panel included Leverett Professor of Mathematics Benedict H. Gross '71; Susan C. Eaton '79, a Radcliffe research associate; Kamil E. Redmond '99 and Sewell Chan '98, a former Crimson executive editor...
According to executive officer Benedict J. Brown '99, the club was formed because those interested in French noticed "there are clubs for every other language, and there should really be one for French...
...chair of the Quantitative Reasoning Core subcommittee Benedict H. Gross says that the Standing Committee--made up of experts from all fields--may raise questions not touched upon by the specialists in subcommittee...