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DeNunzio joins an already outstanding assistant coaching staff that includes former Soviet National Coach Granit Taropin and former Harvard All-American Andy McNerney...
Weiss went on to cite the experience of Assistant Coach Granit Taropin, formerly a wrestler in the Soviet Union. Taropin often reminds Weiss that the weight being lost is "too much," and that he is amazed at this almost exclusively American practice...
...most of his career, however, Kline has got nearly every job he wanted. The roll began with a Tony-winning supporting part as Bruce Granit, an egomaniacal actor in the 1978 musical On the Twentieth Century; that led sitcom producer Norman Lear to beg unsuccessfully for his services. Another Tony followed for his performance as the Pirate King opposite Linda Ronstadt in The Pirates of Penzance in 1981. Movie roles came just as quickly after he landed the highly coveted male lead in Sophie's Choice, opposite eventual Oscar winner Meryl Streep; in 1988 Kline won his own Academy Award...
...Granit Taropin joined the Crimson this year as an assistant coach. Taropin is internationally known for his success as a Soviet National Coach and for training grappling greats such as the Beloglasov twins, Sergie and Anatoly, who won Olympic gold in Moscow and Seoul respectively...
...Granit brings a great knowledge of technique to the team," Friedman said. "And it's really valuable to have two different perspectives from our coaches...