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...stand in their way. In his preparations for Euro 2008, German coach Joachim Loew has run his team through basketball drills to improve its defense. That's an original American game, of course, and we're more than happy to share it with him. After all, German immigrants helped establish football in America. It's good to return the favor...
...first top-20 finish of the year. After this, the Crimson enjoyed its victory at Yale, but had to quickly gear up for the New England Division I Championships the next week. Harvard slipped to fourth as Yale, which led both days, took the championship. Mayer continued to establish himself, taking home an impressive fourth-place finish, matching the daily low round on day two. Shore tied for 10th and Shuman for 20th. “Danny’s played well,” Shore said. “He’s been the low finisher a couple...
...preseason, the Harvard men’s basketball team was considered to be full of talent, but it lacked a go-to guy. Fortunately, it didn’t take long for sophomore Jeremy Lin to establish himself in that role. The Palo Alto, Calif. native was the only player to start in all 30 games and led the team with 12.6 points per game, 107 assists, and 58 steals. “Jeremy’s been our best player. He’s played exceptionally well for us all year,” head coach Tommy Amaker said...
...abuse history and so on. But the law does not promise a first-rate defense. As a panel of judges from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said in denying Osborne's request for a new trial, "for a petitioner to show deficient performance" by an attorney, "he must establish that no competent counsel would have taken the action that his counsel did take." And how do you show that? "There are no absolute rules," the judges said vaguely...
...Iraqis believe American troops have plans to leave anytime soon in significant numbers, however. And many are beginning to suspect that the U.S. pledge not to establish permanent bases simply means it will push for decades-long military leases on the many sprawling U.S. facilities already sitting on the edge of major cities...