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Sophomore Garnett Booth, who came just a few points away from winning his match against Trinity last year, will play at No. 7. Sophomore Mihir Sheth and freshman Chessin Gertler will round out the Harvard lineup...
...says. "And the most visible thing he sees is that his money is going to the salaries of these players." Stern calls that ridiculous, arguing that fans still consider athletes their heroes. (Just look at this year's Boston Red Sox.) "Nobody is saying Shaq [O'Neal] and Kevin Garnett don't deserve the salaries they get," he says. "Because they are MVP candidates, and they never...
Among reported salaries in higher education, the top earners at the Harvard Management Company have no comparison. In American professional sports, only Kevin Garnett and Shaquille O’Neal earned more last season than Mittelman and Samuels earned last fiscal year, according to the USA Today annual survey of athlete salaries...
...secret that the other players on the floor are not the ones Brown wanted. The original 2004 roster included such fundamentally gifted veterans as Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant, but each backed out, with excuses that varied in believability from a rape trial to security concerns to a hastily scheduled wedding. Instinctively, it seems that a team comprising Duncan, Allen Iverson and three lucky fans should be able to hang with Puerto Rico, but not only have other nations got significantly better at basketball--"There are no more blowouts to be had," says U.S.A...
Both men face challenges ahead. If the Pistons want to keep winning, Dumars needs to keep Rasheed, now a free agent. Brown could also face a tough summer--some of America's best ballplayers, like Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, have opted to skip the Olympics. Brown concedes that he's disappointed about such no-shows. "But it's not their fault," he told TIME shortly before marching in Detroit's victory parade. "Some guys have serious concerns about security. Others have family issues. Kobe's in a tragic situation." The Olympic basketball team can improve its chances of grabbing...