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...this season. The regional Comcast network has picked up Harvard’s season opener against Holy Cross on Sept. 18, the Crimson’s matchup against non-conference rival Northeastern on Oct. 16, and its trip to Philadelphia to take on two-time defending Ivy champion Penn...
...conquered but to have fought well" - to the brink of collapse. It was tempting to believe that Ben Johnson and Linford Christie were villains of a darker past. But great athletes keep turning out to be cheats. American sprinter Kelli White, the reigning 100-m and 200-m world champion, was suspended in May for two years after admitting to using banned drugs since 2000. White was a training partner of Dwain Chambers, a British sprinter of interest to Australians. In the lead-up to the Sydney Games, in an interview with Time, Australia's great 100-m hope, Matt...
...conquered but to have fought well" - to the brink of collapse. It was tempting to believe that Ben Johnson and Linford Christie were villains of a darker past. But great athletes keep turning out to be cheats. American sprinter Kelli White, the reigning 100-m and 200-m world champion, was suspended in May for two years after admitting to using banned drugs since 2000. White was a training partner of Dwain Chambers, a British sprinter of interest to Australians. In the lead-up to the Sydney Games, in an interview with Time, Australia's great 100-m hope, Matt...
...Olympic rookies--Shawn Crawford, 26, and Gatlinare favorites in the 200-m dash and join 2000 champion Maurice Greene as possible top-three finishers in the 100 m. Crawford might be the fastest man on the planet, having run this year's best times in both dashes. Unlike the flamboyant Greene, who tattooed GOAT (Greatest of All Time) on his right biceps, Crawford lets his running do the talking...
Europe's most famous soccer teams are having a busy summer wooing fans in that perennial soccer wasteland, the U.S. Scottish champion Glasgow Celtic, English powerhouses Manchester United and Chelsea, and Italian champ AC Milan are among nine teams on tour, playing in such cities as Seattle, Cleveland and Philadelphia, often to packed stadiums...