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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gendarmes who suspect any Arab of being a terrorist. Desperately trying to stay neutral in an atmosphere that insists on polarization, he declares, "I'm on the side of boxing." But when he defeats the French champion the stadium erupts in a riot. As he rises to be European champ, things get hotter, especially when his brother joins the resistance and his girlfriend turns out to be an agent as well. The book culminates during the violently suppressed Paris protests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Punchy But Winning Boxing Comix | 5/21/2002 | See Source »

...running backs were no problem; it just bucked up on defense and line protection. Junior wide receiver Carl Morris, the Ivy Player of the Year, caught everything that was thrown at him, and even threw a few passes himself. Pure heart pushed the Crimson over the edge against defending champ Penn, and then Harvard’s decisive 35-23 victory at the Yale Bowl gave the Crimson its first perfect season since 1913. Essentially, the best season of the modern...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The RaHooligan: Y'all Betta Recognize | 5/15/2002 | See Source »

...With four pitches?fastball, curve, slider and splitter?that he can throw for strikes, Ishii has quickly gained the respect of some of the game's Elite hitters. "I got one pitch I felt I could hit, and I popped it up," 2000 National League batting champ Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies told the Denver Post after striking out twice in the Dodgers' 9-2 win April 6. "Other than that, he made me look like a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Kid On the Hill | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...politically correct for former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman to question reigning champion Lennox Lewis’ sexual orientation, and perhaps less correct for Lewis to ask for Rahman’s sister to set the record straight. Nonetheless, when the two wrestled in a pre-fight meeting on ESPN, Rahman succeeded in doing something that no previous Lewis opponent had done: allowed the champ to show that he at least some of the personality required to be a fighter...

Author: By Dave Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WeinLanguage: Personality Packs A Punch | 4/10/2002 | See Source »

Table tennis enthusiast David B. Adelman ’04 met the Ghanaian champ after seeing him in action at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). At first, Adelman says, he thought the stocky older gentleman was just watching the action, but he soon realized “that guy is amazing!” Kyerematen says he likes to surprise unknowing observers at the MAC who see only “an older guy with a belly” and underestimate his sprightliness. He thanks ping-pong for keeping him young and wishes to play as long...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: He's a Ping-Pong Wizard | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

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