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Freshman Deborah Stevens also garnered Rookie of the Week accolades two weeks ago for her stellar play in Cornell's last victory, a 75-54 defeat of San Jose State on Dec. 21. The Big Red's leading rebounder just missed a triple-double by recording 17 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists...
...perimeter play was strong enough to defeat host Santa Clara. Senior shooting guard Mike Beam knocked down six three-pointers and led Harvard with 20 points. Clemente added three treys and finished with 12 points. Beam and Clemente were the only Crimson players to score in double figures in the Harvard victory...
...roil of combat; gifted with superhuman size and godlike strength; and, perhaps most important, confronted with the brutal and inescapable vulnerability that all great athletes must face--the daily threat that an inferior force might vanquish them. Athletic heroism attains the heights of glory through its very proximity to defeat. And it dramatizes the worth of workaday values we want our kids and our neighbors' kids to absorb: diligent attention to practice and homework, concentration, persistence, equanimity, teamwork...
...killed by lightning. In addition, you can't use a child's own cord blood to cure him. If he had a genetic condition, you'd be giving him back his old disorder. If he had cancer, you'd be giving him the same immune system that failed to defeat the cancer in the first place...
Defensive match-up problems and rebounding woes aside, last night's embarrassing defeat pointed to a troubling lack of cohesion and effectiveness at the offensive...