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...less chummy on the course. For example, at the North American tournament, a golfer named Bobby Baca made opponent Laurent Hurtubise tap in close putts during their semifinal match. Usually a competitor concedes those gimmes. "He's not a golfer," Hurtubise barked as they approached the 14th hole. "He's not a gentleman...
...almost 30 seconds ahead of second-place finisher George Washington Rowing Association. Another Harvard entry finished ninth in the same event with a time of 15:45.92, while the Crimson’s third entry finished 15th in 16:01.492.Despite the large margin between Harvard and its closest competitor in the end result, the race itself was characterized by close turns and narrow passes. “The race got off to a pretty tight start,” junior coxswain Tope Amos said. “We ended up passing the boat in front of us under...
NCAA guidelines consider a competitor to have fully participated in a season if he or she has attended 20 percent of the tournaments. Having competed in every tournament that fall, Rooney’s athletic sophomore year was considered complete, even if her academic one was cut short...
...Internet has also turned showcasing talent into a business. Sites like HoopScoop Online rank kids as young as those in the sixth grade. Scout.com which News Corp. purchased for $60 million in 2005, and competitor Rivals.com acquired by Yahoo! for $100 million earlier this year, cover recruiting as actively as they do the big games. Admits Telep, the Scout.com analyst: "I'm sure we're feeding it to a degree...
...enough. The Rev. Kendall Harmon, a conservative strategist, was quoted in the Religion News Service as calling the results of the conference "insulting." Martyn Minns, a former Episcopal rector who jumped ship to take a position in a competitor Virginia-based Anglican "convocation" under Nigeria's Akinola, gave TIME what is probably a milder preview of his boss's likely response: "I think this is far short of what was asked for. It's a technical slide-by at best." The Associated Press quoted the Right Rev. John Howe, the conservative Episcopal bishop of Central Florida, as saying the statement...