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...Just such a travesty unfolded during Thursday night's high-stakes prime-time game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots. The Jets blew two leads - 24-6 in the first half, and 31-24 with three minutes left in the game - before the Pats forced overtime with a stunning last-second pass from Matt Cassel to Randy Moss. The Patriots had mounted two impressive comebacks and the Jets were visibly deflated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solving the NFL's Overtime Fumble | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

...England's momentum quickly disappeared. The Jets won the coin toss and marched down the field to kick a field goal. Give New York credit for scoring, and sure New England could have gotten the ball back if its defense had "won" that particular part of the game. But why shouldn't the NFL give the Pats, and other teams like it, a chance to score too? Even a couple of NFL coaches this season have decided the the random nature of overtime can be too risky; twice so far, teams which scored a last second touchdown and could send...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solving the NFL's Overtime Fumble | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

Featuring a key-note address by a former CIA agent, traditional bánh-mì Vietnamese sandwiches, and a “sexual” poetry reading, the third summit for the New England Union of Vietnamese Student Associations brought together Vietnamese students from nine different schools in a two-day event hosted by the Harvard Vietnamese Association this weekend. “We tailored the entire summit program to expose students to Vietnam not only in terms of its history and culture, but also modern Vietnam in an economic and political sense,” said...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Summit Gathers Vietnamese Groups | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

...woman in Cornwall, England, has filed papers to divorce her husband on the grounds of "unreasonable behavior" after she discovered that his character in the online role-playing game Second Life had been having an affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UK Couple to Divorce over Affair on Second Life | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...both parties, though, there appears to be a silver lining. Taylor has a new boyfriend whom she met through playing World of Warcraft. And by Friday afternoon, the Daily Mail in England had reported that Pollard is now engaged to Linda Brinkley, 55, the woman behind the Modesty McDonnell avatar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UK Couple to Divorce over Affair on Second Life | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

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