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...goal for Dartmouth is sophomore Mike Novosel, a powerhouse in his own right. Novosel was named Ivy Player of the Week last week after making 16 saves in a dramatic win against Princeton...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard To Play In Season Finale | 5/2/2008 | See Source »

...arts, combat that involves elements of jiu-jitsu, kick-boxing and the many other weird ways men have devised to do great bodily harm to one another. That gives Redbelt an original edge that somewhat separates it from the boxing genre. This advantage is greatly enhanced by its protagonist, Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is excellent in the role). Mike is a black belt jiu-jitsu instructor, running a none-too-successful school in South Central Los Angeles, yet refusing to fight for the money that would lift him out of poverty. He holds to the ancient Samurai Code, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Redbelt': Basically a Boxing Picture | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...probably don't need to tell you, Mike has his problems trying to maintain his austere values in contemporary Los Angeles. All kinds of troubled people - a frenzied lawyer, a louche movie star, a corrupt producer and a rich variety of thugs and toughs swim through his life. On top of which his wife - who seemed pretty OK for awhile - betrays him because she has money troubles of her own. Eventually, reluctantly, he decides to fight for money, except that he discovers that the card on which he's booked is rigged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Redbelt': Basically a Boxing Picture | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...center from the defensive line where he played last season.The wideouts will be deep again as well. Despite the loss of Corey Mazza ’07-’08 and Matt Lagace ’08, the Crimson returns loads of experience in sophomores Matt Luft and Mike Cook along with junior Alex Breaux.In the end, the spring game, while low on competition, was high on excitement for the Harvard program. With so many top players back—including 12 All-Ivy selections from last season—2008 is already shaping up to be a great...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spring Game Incites Excitement for Future | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...prevail in November. As one Democratic strategist put it: "You could sense, if not a turning of the tide over the past couple of days, that people were getting back on the fence." Indeed, on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton picked up the endorsement of one important superdelegate: North Carolina Governor Mike Easley, who is backing her despite the fact that much of the rest of the state's political establishment has lined up behind Obama, considered a strong bet to win the state's primary next week. "There's been lots of 'Yes we can, yes we should,'" Easley said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Dig Out | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

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