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...upset win at then-No. 5 Duke on Sunday, earning him Ivy League Rookie of the Week as well as Turfer/New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) Co-Player of the Week honors. Although he is ranked as the No. 4 incoming freshman in his class by Inside Lacrosse, Crimson coach John Tillman praised Cohen for his humility and not letting his great success impede his mindset or adjustment to the college game. “Coming into Division I lacrosse from high school takes a long time to adjust to how fast the pace is—how well-conditioned...
...competition. The Crimson barely fell to the Tigers in 2008, amassing 1494 points to Princeton’s 1651.5. The Tigers were crowned champion of the Ancient Eight for the third year running.“[The team] feels pretty good [going into the weekend].” Harvard coach Stephanie Morawski said. “Princeton is the returning champions and we are the underdogs. Everyone is looking to have some fun, and that’s what it is really all about: having fun and getting out there racing.” Winning the Ivy League...
...coach commanding everyone's attention in the center of the room was no amateur part-timer looking to relive his glory days on the court. He was none other than the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, the most watched man in the world, who had come before his country and its government during prime time to say, "Come on, team, we can play better. When the buzzer sounds again, we're going to go out there and play our game, like the champions we know we are." (See the top 10 greatest speeches in history...
...Obama did not allow his party to dwell on finger-pointing. He kept talking through their applause, forcing them to return to their seats. A coach, after all, cannot lead a team divided. He told the country's leaders, Democrats and Republicans, supporters and opponents of his presidency, that he knew "every American who is sitting here tonight loves this country and wants it to succeed." He continued, "That must be the starting point for every debate we have in the coming months, and where we return after those debates are done. That is the foundation on which the American...
...opponents in a generation: the biggest economic catastrophe that America has faced since World War II, ongoing wars in several countries and a fiscal time bomb that, unless it is defused, will destroy the American dollar and the American future. The odds are daunting, but now everyone knows the coach believes we can still be champions...