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There was nothing modest about the beast named Quetzalcoatlus. This winged creature--the largest flying machine nature ever constructed--was the size of a small airplane. It was nearly 20 ft. long; its wings stretched 40 ft. across; and it boasted a toothless, 6-ft.-long beak that tapered to the width of chopsticks. What on earth, scientists have long wondered, did such a big animal...
...role will be a modest one. It's to bring greetings from Harvard to Princeton," Rudenstine said in an interview Wednesday...
...probably being modest as usual, but he also has a point about how complicated the offensive line is. Someone who does not realize the details of the position might insult linemen's intelligence, but the position involves as much thinking and awareness as any other on the field, both in terms of run blocking and pass blocking schemes...
Back when Archie played, football players were given a modest "laundry stipend" of $15. Nowadays they don't even get that, though television-rights fees have increased exponentially, and shoe money has pushed the income of some coaches into seven figures. According to NCAA rules, a player can't hold a part-time job during the school year, lest he neglect his studies, or worse, be given a no-show, easy-money position. The current executive director of the NCAA, Cedric Dempsey, has appointed a special committee to explore ways to help the welfare of student athletes...
...Here's a modest math problem for presidents and student athletes alike: Multiply $100 a month times nine months times the 130,000 Division I men and women who juggle sports and academics. The answer is $117 million, or peanuts compared with what major college sports generate in TV revenue, gate receipts and apparel sales, not to mention the untold bounty from endowments and name recognition so dependent on football and basketball. In fact, $117 million is about what a network would pay to televise the oft-discussed college Super Bowl...