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...Show more badminton. Laugh all you want, but have you ever seen how fast two Olympic-level competitors can knock around a shuttlecock? Of course you haven't, because badminton, table tennis, race walking and for that matter almost any of the more obscure Olympic sports haven't made the prime-time lineup. Instead, NBC relies on the more familiar gymnastics, track and field, diving - fine sports all, but focused on in the mistaken belief that, because average viewers recognize them, they'll be of greater general interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memo to NBC: How to Avoid a Greek Tragedy | 9/27/2000 | See Source »

points to knock off the Bears, one of the preseason Ivy favorites...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Carl Morris '03 | 9/26/2000 | See Source »

...take those yards after the catch and sprinkle in the usual tricks Murphy always calls, a big-play offense emerges. Suddenly the Crimson has the ability to knock off a Brown squad that many thought would win the Ivy League (despite being technically prohibited from the championship due to its recruitment violations...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The 'V' Spot: Brown Frozen in Morristown | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

Likely, without the Hawaii game, Michigan would have been second in the BCS rankings, behind undefeated Tennessee and ahead of the actual No. 2 Florida State. But the strength of schedule penalty caused by the extra game against Hawaii would have been enough to knock Michigan behind Florida State and out of the national championship picture...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Don't Fear De Remer: End the BCS B.S. | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

...report have that "suddenly-I- realized-I-was-wrong" tone. But sometimes, actions speak louder than words. In some cases, the U.S. troops - contrary to their chocolate-tossing image - were little more than the infamous "Blue Meanies" that terrorized Pepperland in the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" movie. Soldiers would knock down the carefully constructed stacks of cigarette packs that vendors had built...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How U.S. 'Peacekeeping' Became a Reign of Terror | 9/19/2000 | See Source »

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