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...million. A few rival NBA executives predicted the contract would run out before the Rockets saw a return on their investment. But after a rocky start, Yao--now 22 and 7 ft. 5 in.--has shown flashes of dominance. He has scored 20 points against the defending-champion Lakers, 27 against the Spurs and league MVP Tim Duncan, and 30 against the Western Conference--leading Dallas Mavericks. And most of Yao's points have been earned not on brutish, outta-my-way rampages to the hoop but rather with light-footed, elegant moves rarely seen from...
Some attempt to get the players into shape for the Southern trip has been made by informal practice at the covered courts at Chestnut Hill, but outdoor practice is still far off, due to the continued inclement weather. R. N. Williams, 2nd., 16, former national champion, has offered to do as much coaching as his limited time allows...
Harvard did get another chance against Dartmouth, but it came in the consolation game, not the championship game as Stone had hoped. In the NCAA semifinals, Dartmouth suffered a shocking loss to St. Lawrence, and Harvard fell to eventual champion Minnesota-Duluth. In the season finale, a pair of goals by Ingram and the final Harvard goal by all-time leading scorer Tammy Shewchuk ’00-’01 lifted the Crimson to a 3-2 victory...
Leonard, who retired last month at the age of 26 as uncontested welterweight champion of the world, toured the University as the guest of the Harvard Foundation, the administration's race-relations agency...
...champion defended his sport as a way for disadvantaged young men to find success, but he endorsed recent calls for increased regulation of fight schedules and supervision. "I would keep the best of boxing what it is," he said, suggesting more intercollegiate and even high school competition...