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...Greek sailors, who wears plastic gloves and a headlamp, speaks to the men in broken English. "Where you from?" he asks. Eventually, one softly responds. "Afghanistan," he says, and the others repeat the word. None have identity documents. It's past 1 a.m., and the coast-guard captain estimates the raft left the Turkish coast four hours earlier. The men have rowed more than halfway across the strait, a few hundred yards into Greek territorial waters. They've made it into Europe alive. Five minutes later, the radar picks up another dinghy nearby with five more young...
...another orange speck flickers on the radar screen, the captain gently pushes his twin-engine Lambro up to 30 knots. Two hours into an overnight patrol, the coast guard boat glides nearer its invisible target in the narrow strait separating the Greek island of Lesbos from mainland Turkey. The 36-ft. (11 m) cruiser slows as it draws close to its quarry, and its four Greek sailors gather at the front windshield. One of the men trips the Lambro's floodlights. Bobbing in the open sea 50 feet away are five young men, shielding their eyes from the sudden beam...
...great win for us, a tough battle,” co-captain Niki Finelli said. “I think it was a feel-good win. We really dug deep on defense. Everything else took care of itself. We really toughed...
...work to do.“I wasn’t pleased with only five rebounds, but other than that, I thought he played very well,” Amaker said.With junior forward Pat Magnarelli having re-injured his knee, which cut his season short last year, and captain Andrew Pusar out for the game, the freshmen had an opportunity to shine.Magnarelli will be out indefinitely, but when Pusar comes back and senior guard Drew Housman recovers from injury, the team will change dramatically.“[Housman] played exceptionally for us in practice, before he was injured...
...Rugby brutality continues as seven players were reported to be carried out in “dying conditions,” according to newspapers and had to be suspended for two years. Also, first Yale game with William H. Lewis, Harvard’s first black captain and first football scoreboard, invented by Bostonian Arthur Iwin. 1908: Rumor has it that Harvard coach Percy Haughton strangled a bulldog in locker room to motivate players. Harvard did win, 4-0. 1909: “Battle of the Giants” in which 9-0 Yale beats 8-0 Harvard for national...