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...into coach Avery Johnson's plan that he both bang down low and bomb threes. And if he leads Dallas to a title, Nowitzki will stamp the European revolution of America's game. The first wave of Euros from the early '90s - Vlade Divac of Serbia, Toni Kukoc and Drazen Petrovic from Croatia - had to earn the begrudging respect of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and the basketball establishment. The next wave - Nowitzki, Peja Stojakovic of Serbia, Pau Gasol of Spain - could play, but still faced the question of whether they could carry a team deep into the playoffs. Nowitzki proves...
...have our own facility at the Kennedy School, and we’re offering it to anyone in the Boston and Cambridge area, not just Harvard people,” said Anne Drazen, associate dean of Information Services at the Kennedy School. “It’s a terrific endeavor, and we’re glad to support...
Most gerontologists recommend exercise and a healthy lifestyle as a far better route to prolonged sexual happiness. Says Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen, editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine: "You're better off spending your money at a gym." Heeding his own advice, Butler, 76, the former director of the National Institute on Aging and founder of the International Longevity Center in New York City, and his wife, 64, exercise daily, stressing aerobic fitness, strength, flexibility, balance and posture. On weekends they go off with a walking group. And their sex life? "Just great," says Butler...
What began as a trickle in the 1980s, with the arrival of occasional foreign stars like Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria) and the late Drazen Petrovic (Croatia), has turned into a flood. This season a record 65 players from 34 countries and territories outside the U.S. are suiting up, accounting for 16% of the league's rosters, compared with only 6% a decade ago. A third of the 18 players chosen for the All-Star Weekend's Rookie-Sophomore game came from overseas, among them standouts like San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (France), Denver Nuggets forward Nene Hilario (Brazil) and Orlando...
...only the Mavericks. Since the early '90s, when standouts like Drazen Petrovic and Sarunas Marciulionis showed that foreigners who weren't named Olajuwon could still play ball with the big boys, the NBA has eagerly gone global. In the next round of the playoffs the Mavericks will square off against the Yugoslavian stars of the Sacramento Kings, Predrag Stojakovic and Vlade Divac. Elsewhere, one of the league's most promising wunderkinds is the San Antonio Spurs'19-year-old Tony Parker, hailing from Belgium...