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...finer arts of publishing, as of soccer, is timing. Launching Michael Crick's blockbuster biography of the Manchester United manager, The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson (Simon & Schuster; 612 pages), at the end of the English soccer season seemed a fair bet. With 14 major titles in as many seasons with the club, Ferguson and his team looked set for one or two more this time out. Instead, United lost in the semifinal of the European Championship and was edged out of the Premier League championship by an ascendant Arsenal who, days after winning the F.A. Cup, clinched...
...Part memoir, part love story, part homage to the brilliant physicist George ('Geo,' pronounced Joe) Gamow, this is another tell-all tale in the tradition of the 'The Double Helix.' Yes, Watson is at it again, recalling the turbulent decade that followed the world-shaking publication of the Watson-Crick model of DNA...Watson seems more tempered this time around, especially in the treatment of Rosalind Franklin. But the urge to reveal all will surely upset a few who may not see it that...
...never quite got out of the sport,” Crick said. “I kept trying but I never succeeded. I kept rebuilding boats and I realized that I liked building more than coaching...
...When Crick graduated in 1988, he continued to work in the rowing world. He coached the Tufts crew, the Vermont women’s crew and served as the head coach at union. All the while, Crick worked on building better boats...
...Kings were a treat for us in the ’80s so it was fun to take it back for Charley to row,” Crick said. “And then for Harvard to win nationals?...