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...could know. The statement was the most damning piece of evidence against Cruz when he was tried and convicted of the crime. Still, it was always a little fishy. Despite its importance, the detectives hadn't tape-recorded it or even taken notes about it. But a prosecutor, Thomas Knight, claimed that detectives had told him about the vision statement. Cruz was convicted and sentenced to death...
Most chess champions play their first game before age five. MAURICE ASHLEY didn't start until he was 14, but it didn't take long to recognize that he had a knack with a knight. Last week, at age 33, he became the first African-American grand master in history and one of only 45 grand masters in the U.S. He won the title, the highest distinction bestowed by the International Chess Federation, after besting a Romanian grand master at a New York City tournament. The victory came on Ashley's home turf: until 18 months ago, when he joined...
...lips sealed over a misdemeanor, to look the other way when the stench of academic dishonesty threatens to foul up a pretty good season? Especially if he knows that the guy on the other bench would sell his own son for a Sweet Sixteen berth (no offense, Mr. Knight...
Everybody does it and everybody did it: birds, bees, Bobby Knight, even those holiest of holies Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith and John Thompson. A paper here, a problem set there, no big deal. I don't mean to imply that these coaches condoned academic dishonesty, but to the victors in college basketball, coaches and players alike, go enormous spoils--national fame and fortune, million-dollar contracts, a guaranteed contract on a dream...
...keep his lips sealed over a misdemeanor, to look the other way when the stench of academic dishonesty threatens to foul up a good season? Especially if he knows that the guy on the other bench would sell his own son for a Sweet Sixteen berth (no offense, Mr. Knight...