Word: contestable
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...Bulgarian (born Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov) with quick feet and even quicker arm throws. Kotooshu is a media superstar and national sex symbol, dubbed "the [David] Beckham of Sumo" by the Japanese press. If he racks up 12 or more wins over 15 matches during a 15-day contest that ends Nov. 27, his promotion to ozeki, sumo's second highest rank, is virtually guaranteed. Of the 735 wrestlers currently under the Japan Sumo Association (the sport's major league), 58, or 8%, are foreigners, from 12 countries. That is up from less than 2% in 1998. And those foreigners...
...first triple-overtime contest in the history of the Ivy League...
...just followed them into the endzone,” said tailback Clifton Dawson, referring to his two-yard touchdown run to end the contest on third-and-goal in the third overtime. Dawson finished the day with 128 yards on 33 carries as well as 10 catches for 85 yards and a touchdown...
...wasn’t the first time this year Harvard squeaked by with a win in a multiple-overtime thriller. The team’s second game of the season, a 38-35 double-overtime victory over Ivy champion Brown, helped the Crimson in Saturday’s contest...
...last two games, and last season struggled mightily at times with Yale (1-3-2, 1-1-1). Harvard’s first ECAC loss was to the Bulldogs last year and then in March, Yale brought the Crimson to the edge before falling in a 2-1 overtime contest in the ECAC semifinals. The main reason for the Bulldogs success against the Crimson a season ago was goalie Sarah Love—who returns and will be the main focal point of Yale’s opponents all season long. Love stopped 48 saves in the early season victory...