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...Crimson also boasts a critical core of senior leadership, perhaps none more exciting than Andrew Flanagan. The 2006 EIWA champion at 165 lbs has battled injuries for the past two seasons and has the opportunity to make a triumphant return as the conference’s fifth-ranked grappler in his final season...
...outrageous one—seemed kind of sweet. And these boys were so young. Have you ever experienced a devastating setback? I asked Chris. Last year, he said, he had only made it into the top ten nationwide for speech and debate. He would never be national high school champion. I blinked, and once again felt old. The way Chris told the story of his high school years, it sounded like the plot of “She’s All That.” He had metamorphosed from the loser who carried the Constitution of the United States...
After winning the Ivy title last Saturday with an astounding double-overtime victory over defending champion Columbia, the Crimson is now set to take the next step: compete in the regionals of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Harvard (10-3-4, 5-1-1 Ivy) will play Northeastern (13-8-1) in the first round in Chesnut Hill, Mass. on Friday. The game starts at 7 p.m. The Crimson will be riding an eight-game unbeaten streak into the match. Paced by a tremendous group of goal-scorers atop and a dynamic duo of goaltenders in juniors Lauren Mann and Laura...
...borders on cynicism has settled around the topic of Obama as a black man, especially among those who love Obama for reasons that have nothing to do with his race. Much to the annoyance of non-black Obama supporters, African-Americans seem to have adopted Obama as their exclusive champion...
...idea of Gaydamak emerging as a champion of the city's Arabs baffles his Beitar football fans. The team's supporters are known for shouting "Death to Arabs" during matches. His fans say that while the Russian might know his football, he is clueless about Jerusalem's complexities (nor does he speak much Hebrew). Plus, they say, his advisers are selling him all sorts of crazy schemes so they can grab his shekels. Gaydamak, they say, may be a billionaire in Russia, but in Israel he is a freier, or sucker. (See pictures of Euro 2008 soccer games...