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...able to clinch back-to-back wins, 22-30 and 26-30, respectively. “In the second and third game, we kind of started out a little flat, which we can’t do, especially this weekend [against Rutgers],” said senior outside hitter Jordan Weitzen. “Coming out flat, you have to play catch-up, and no matter how good we play, that’s difficult to do.” Although the Crimson succumbed to the Raiders in the middle of the match, Harvard altered its serving strategy, which allowed...
...Weitzen, arguably the Crimson’s best all-around player, will be the starting outside hitter for the third consecutive year. Last season, Weitzen racked up 172 kills offensively while registering 77 digs on the defensive side...
...disappointing, and he expects to set aside $3.3 billion in write-downs. So days after the Countrywide deal, Lewis announced a restructuring of BofA's struggling investment-banking business, including a round of 650 layoffs. Unlike Citi and Merrill Lynch, BofA has never made the grade as a big hitter in investment banking...
...smatterings. Jose Canseco, for example, the first professional baseball player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a single season, confessed to using steroids years ago. And Mark McGuire has been similarly exposed in the light of his extremely productive later seasons as a home run hitter. But not until now have we had overwhelming proof that steroid use is endemic to the sport and its stars. In fact, some players named in the report have come clean after the fact, like Yankees star pitcher Andy Pettitte. Others, however, continue to deny use. But quibbling about what...
Slaught, however, doesn't rule out the possibility of some team taking a chance on Bonds. He is still a powerful hitter with insane plate discipline, which will tempt GMs to offer him a deal. In 2007, he slugged 28 home runs and led the National League in on-base percentage for the 10th time. His finished sixth in OPS - on-base plus slugging percentage - a favorite stat among the number-crunching set. (When reached by TIME, Mr. Moneyball himself, Oakland general manager Billy Beane, declined to comment on Bonds.) Now that Alex Rodriguez has reunited with the New York...