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After spending the rest of his sophomore season in street clothes, he dislocated the same knee two days before Harvard’s opening game against New Hampshire his junior year...

Author: By Stephanie E. Herwatt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Big Man Rebounds From Injury, Again | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

...stripped away any of that grace. Based off a form of Brazilian jiu jitsu, which literally translates as “anything goes,” UFC fights, which take place in an octagonal cage, involve flurries of punches, kicks, takedowns, wrestling, and, every so often, a knee to the face. Ultimate Fighting does have a set of rules to which all play must adhere, but even when the prohibitions against eye gouging and against kicking the head of a grounded opponent are accounted for, the result is still a fierce and brutal bout. An onlooker of sports could, over...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Ultimate Fighting’s Grim Role | 3/3/2010 | See Source »

...like us. Rather, we stood our ground in favor of our national interest and earned the respect, if not the admiration, of our tentative audiences. There are lots of lessons to be drawn from this on how to engage hostile audiences, but instead, there seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to blame policies as an easy way to explain away the more complex problem...

Author: By M.C. Andrews | Title: ‘Can You Hear Us Now?’ | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

Ryabkina has been an offensive force since returning from a dislocated knee in late November, scoring 11 goals in 18 games. Five of those goals came in the Beanpot, and the winger was named tournament MVP for her efforts. Ryabkina’s four game-winning goals are good for eighth in the country...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Quartet of Women's Hockey Players Nominated for Kazmaier Award | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

...because of wound infections. Outside the Medishare tent ward, Florida orthopedic surgeon Dr. Albert Volk watches a teenage girl limp by on crutches and shakes his head. "An open tibia fracture, with the bone exposed," he says. "Chances are in six months she'll lose the leg below the knee." (See children's messages of hope to Haiti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: What to Do with a Nation of Amputees | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

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