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...TIME's contrarian review of Clash of the Titans and decided to give the movie a try.) The Friday-to-Saturday drop for Clash, from $26.4 million to $21.6 million, might be attributed to mediocre word of mouth or preoccupation by the movie's core male audience with the NCAA men's Final Four. (Go, Butler...
With just four teams left in the 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, leading into this weekend’s festivities many seniors are preparing for their last shot at glory—but they are not alone. One of the newest and most depressing trends in college basketball has been the “one and done,” which no longer means a team losing their first game of a tournament, but rather a star player leaving college after his freshman season. Although this pattern is recent, the list of players that have already successfully...
Presumably the NCAA, the governing body of U.S. intercollegiate athletics, prides itself on the emphasis of student in the student-athlete, with advertising campaigns, graduation rate statistics, and online guides. However, in practicality they go directly against those practices. Widely seen Final Four tournament television coverage is frequently given to stars who will be packing their bags after just one season. This spotlight makes it blaringly clear how little value is put on being a student, when in these cases only one quarter of the college commitment is finished. These “students” send the message...
This weekend, Vloka led her team to a fifth place finish at the NCAA Championships at Harvard’s Gordon track, with a 15-13 victory in the individual finals over long time rival, Beijing bronze medalist, and Duke sophomore Becca Ward...
...history between Vloka and Ward is extensive, including many matchups on the national and even international level. At the 2006 U-17 world championships, Ward forged a comeback victory against Vloka to win the gold medal, 15-14. Last year, in the finals of the NCAA Championships, Ward defeated Vloka again, this time by a decisive score of 15-4. This Saturday, however, it was Vloka that would come out on the winning end of a thrilling back-and-forth contest...