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...professionalism makes him an automatic confidence booster for audiences. That's not to say there's any guarantee about his surroundings. As a 52-year-old man with over a hundred credits to his name, Buscemi has long been an egalitarian performer, turning up in almost as many Big Daddys as Big Lebowskis and playing an inordinate amount of creeps and whiners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saint John of Las Vegas: Steve Buscemi in the Inferno | 1/30/2010 | See Source »

While the battle with the Big Red has been getting most of the attention, Harvard will have to be careful if it is to make it upstate undefeated. The Crimson travels tonight to New York City to take on a dangerous Columbia team that ranks fifth nationally in three-point shooting. Though Cornell defeated the Lions by a combined 47 points in its previous two games, Columbia could still challenge the Crimson. The Lions feature one of the best scorers in the conference, guard Noruwa Agho...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Trip Has Harvard in Empire State of Mind | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...Louis’s been very active for us since he stepped on campus,” Biega said. “He’s scoring big goals for us when we need them, and hopefully he keeps up with his hot streak...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Hosts Rival in Crucial Home Test | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

Some legal experts say the record isn't clear that religious views are the root of all opposition to gay marriage. "The stone-cold truth is there's more to opposition to same-sex marriage than the view that homosexuality is immoral, big part of it though that is," says Professor Marc Spindelman of Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law. "While evidence suggests there were those who thumped for Prop 8 who did so from religious scruples, not everybody who voted for it did." Some voters, he says, simply fear that not enough is known yet about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gay Marriage Trial Rests, and a Key Ruling Awaits | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...tough. At minimum, moving the game back to the Sunday following the Super Bowl seems like a no-brainer. Teams get to championships in part by having some of the game's best players, and those players should be able to participate without worrying about injuring themselves before the Big Dance. Adjusting the rules to resemble a regular game would improve audience interest immensely. And finally, how about raising the stakes? In Major League Baseball, the All-Star Game winner gets home-field advantage for the World Series; offering some kind of reward for the winning conference would help spur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the NFL Pro Bowl Broken? | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

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