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Mike Tyson wears that number now as a guest of the Indiana penal system, after being convicted for raping a teenage beauty-pageant contestant. In doing so, the heavyweight ex-champ forever damaged the genial stud image of star athletes and threatened to give boxing an even blacker eye. Evander Holyfield, the titleholder in Tyson's absence, had a Mr. Olympia physique but the charisma of a C.P.A. -- until November, when he fought challenger Riddick Bowe. Holyfield lost the decision, but in standing up to Bowe's horrifying piston punches he proved himself the champ Tyson could never...
Facing off against the Cadets, defending Easterns champ Harvard splashed its way to a 217-83 victory. The Crimson was paced by Richard Ou, Richard Davik, and Rick Osterberg...
...last year...well, Harvard's second-half performances last year produced a sinking feeling rivaled only by the Titanic. Not even Harvard's 24-7 halftime lead over eventual Ivy champ Dartmouth was safe, as Dartmouth came back...
Yale, the Ivy League champ and a NCAA quarterfinalist one year ago, appears vulnerable. Although the New Haven team thumped Rhode Island, 3-0, on Tuesday to pick up its second win, last weekend's shocking 3-2 loss to Brown alerted every Ivy school that the Elis are not quite at the top of their game...
...character or moral courage. Every athlete has a stirring personal story or a dramatic comeback tale or at the very least a recent death in the family. NBC's latest contribution to the patriotic gush is a series of celebratory music videos -- among them, Marc Cohn warbling about swimming champ Pablo Morales, and D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince getting all rapped up in the Dream Team...