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...Godfather of Basketball,” took the crowd from his humble beginnings just outside of Pittsburgh in Trafford, Pa. to his stints as an executive at all three major sneaker companies (NIKE, adidas, and Reebok) to his recent retirement from the shoe and basketball camp industries.Vaccaro’s journey in the basketball world, which started in 1964 when he created the Dapper Dan Roundball Classic, the first-ever national high school all-star tournament, would turn him into one of the most influential and controversial figures in the sport.His innovations included working with NIKE to pay both...
...that's just fine. The thought of big nations finding yet another vested interest in their landscape isn't universally thrilling in Greenland, which has been a strategic military outpost for the U.S. and Denmark since the Cold War. Inuit hunters were displaced when the American military set up camp at the Thule Air Base on the island's northwest shore in the 1950s, and Inuit hunters were the first to be exposed when a B-52 carrying hydrogen bombs crashed near the base in 1968. "We are fragile, both in terms of the climate crisis and because...
...Gross occasionally came under fire for the apparently affected frivolity that he injected into the administration’s priorities. Camp Harvard, the Harvard Carnival, the Harvard State Fair, Yardfest, and other sundry circuses threw open the doors of University Hall—quite literally—to undergraduates, while a new College Events Board was furnished with a $200,000 programming budget. Derisive comments from predecessors and talking heads aside, the initiatives have been well-received. Their success has prompted alumni to give generously and, in many cases, directly to the College through the new Dean?...
...pound receiver turned down multiple offers to play football at Division I-A schools in order to join the Crimson. Used to being the featured pass-catcher, one can imagine the junior’s surprise when he entered his first collegiate training camp as the last wideout on the depth chart...
...unit is senior Charles Baakel, a power back with 154 yards on 50 career carries. He’ll be counted on to shepherd the young runners through the ins and outs of Harvard’s offensive attack despite being a little banged up after preseason camp and seeing no carries in the opener...