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...college basketball career at Long Beach State ended, in 1988. At 6 ft. 2 in., he was too short to be an NBA prospect, so Ronzone played in leagues from Italy to the Philippines before becoming player-coach of New Zealand's Wonganui Wolfpack. Then, after an encounter with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, he became the first head coach of the Saudi national team. "It was right after the Gulf War in '91, so I hesitated," he recalls. "Then the prince offered to triple my salary." At the 1994 Goodwill Games in Russia he ran into Donn Nelson...
Arguably the athletic crown jewel of thefacebook.com’s vast social network, Childress ran the infamous “ignore play” on my friendship invitation, leaving it pending in purgatory till this...
This summer, St. John’s funny and engaging first book, Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Journey into the Heart of Fan Mania (New York: Crown, 2004) was released to favorable national reviews and wide distribution. Named after a UA victory song, it chronicles Alabama’s 1999 run to an SEC Championship, focusing less on what happened inside the stadium and more on what happened in the parking...
...Harvard men’s tennis team captured the ECAC Division I Men’s Tennis Championships yesterday—the Crimson’s third in a row—with a 4-1 victory over Penn State, the same opponent Harvard felled to win its 2003 crown...
...though there’s no telling what the fall season will continue to bring, this newest ECAC crown brings with it some confidence, at least...