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...then there were three.Defensive tackle Mike Berg has joined tailback Clifton Dawson and tight end Matt Farbotko among the ranks of senior Harvard football players who have made preliminary deals to continue their careers on NFL rosters.While Dawson was the only one to receive an actual contract offer, Berg joins Farbotko in being invited to an upcoming mini-camp.The fact that his suitor—the New York Giants—is also the team he cheered for as a kid is just icing on the cake.“I was a Giants fan growing up, so that?...
...Dallas Cowboys, and the Cleveland Browns. “I didn’t really have time to digest the fact that I wasn’t drafted,” Dawson said. “Midway through the seventh round I started receiving calls from teams offering contracts. Before the end of the seventh round I had six teams offer contracts and it was just a matter of finding the best offer and negotiating the best signing bonus.” And negotiate he did. The back fielded multiple calls from different coaches on multiple phone lines at once...
...would probably be impossible.”His hard work paid off as he was honored along with 13 of his fellow teammates as an ECAC All-Academic honoree.However, with graduation only a month away, Reese will soon be able to devote his full attention to hockey. Although his contract with the Wolfpack and the Rangers organization only runs through August, Reese, a Pittsburgh native and longtime Penguins fan, has no desire to look any further than his current team should he ever make it to the NHL.“I’ve always wanted to play...
...high emotional pitch, which is hilarious in scenes with Wishfort or Sir Willful. It is just as powerful in a scene where Mirabell and Millamant yell over each other to determine the conditions upon which they will marry, and ultimately rip open their clothes to sign their contract on each others’ backs...
Underneath all the makeup, 18th century contract negotiations, and postmodern touches, “The Way of the World” is at its heart a hilarious play, made more so by Birnbaum and her actors. It may require a flowchart to keep up with all the deceptions and plots of the play, but no effort is required to enjoy the unfolding of its many schemes...