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...play in the postseason, and all of us are dying to play in that first game.”NCAA seedings will be announced Monday evening by a selection committee composed of representatives from eight different regions of the country.“This game is a huge confidence-booster going into the tournament,” Hoff said. “We have a very talented team, and we know we can play with any team in the nation—it’s all a matter of getting into the right mindset. We have the talent...
...score the first six points of the eventual rout of Yale. “To actually go out and execute on the first drive and have some pretty easy success was very important to our confidence,” Pizzotti said. “It was an obvious confidence booster for us,” Luft added. “Scoring that quickly just gave us the feeling that, hey, we could do this all day if we do what we’re supposed to do.” Pizzotti linked up with Luft again, sophomore wide receiver Mike...
...crime dropped, the mayor and the chief began to rumble. Bratton believed that an aggressive p.r. strategy would act as a booster rocket for the revolution under way in the police department. But Giuliani saw him as a credit-hogging media hound. The situation quickly turned ugly. Giuliani's deputies took over Bratton's press operation and eventually fired half the staff. City Hall began whispering to reporters about Bratton's heavy travel schedule. And Giuliani tried to put the brakes on a $350,000 Bratton book deal. By the time Bratton appeared on the cover of TIME in January...
...from the Palace on Tuesday may have offered a bit of context on the royal mood: the king's eldest child, the infanta Elena, was separating "temporarily" from her aristocratic husband, Jaime de Marichalar. Could His Majesty - coolheaded impeder of military coups, tireless inaugurator of schools and hospitals, diplomatic booster of all things Spanish - be feeling a little family stress...
...well prepared.”The Wolverines boast an impressive number of NBA star alumni, including Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, and Juwan Howard of the famous “Fab Five.” Michigan has failed to enjoy similar success in recent years in the wake of booster scandals and NCAA sanctions, but the history of the program makes the game a must-see for Crimson fans. “The greatest thing is that it’s a Big Ten [school] coming into our house,” junior forward Evan Harris says...