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Casey’s energetic play also helped earn him seven trips to the free-throw line, where he scored 11 of his points...
...Crimson only managed 28 points, shooting just one-of-nine from deep in the second half, but it was good enough to earn Harvard the 13-point victory—a drastic turnaround from last year’s 15-point loss to George Washington on the road...
...runners-up still have bragging rights. Alvin took in more in its first four days than the early December animated feature The Princess and the Frog did in its first 32 days (18 in wide release). The chipmunks should earn back their $70 million budget in a week or two. And Sherlock Holmes handed Ritchie, once known mainly as Mr. Madonna, his first real hit; the director's five previous features have taken in a total of about $40 million at the North American box office. He achieved success both by turning Holmes from a contemplative sort into an action...
...third youngest grandmaster in history. A few years later, he was already beating the world?s top players. And on Jan. 1, 19-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway will officially become the youngest person in history to earn chess's No. 1 ranking. TIME caught up with the grandmaster at a tournament in London to probe the mind of a chess genius...
...spread of emotions, including fear, because you don't want to be beaten by the old guy," Chris Aylett, head of Britain's Motorsport Industry Association, tells TIME. "The most competitive guys will relish the opportunity of embarrassing the old champion," he adds. "But overall, they [the drivers] earn their income from the popularity of F1 and if this doesn't guarantee headlines, I don't know what will." (See the best sports moments...