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When Harvard welcomes Penn State, a 23-1-1 power in 2005 that lost to eventual champion Portland on penalty kicks in the NCAA semi-finals, you’ll know right away that Harvardians play ball with the big dogs...
...Probably. And while Krzyzewski's boardroom ease wins him business praise, it makes many fellow college coaches, and the loud legion of Duke basketball haters (check out the "Anti-Duke Manifesto" on the Web. Bring a sandwich; it's nearly 6,500 words long), quite uncomfortable. During the 2005 NCAA tournament and into this year, American Express featured Krzyzewski in an ad campaign: "I look at myself as a leader who just happens to coach basketball," he says, standing in Duke's revered Cameron Indoor Stadium. Critics complained that the extra exposure is a recruiting advantage. "It's inconsequential," Krzyzewski...
...ESPN Best all-around sports site, with sports news, sports videos, sports columns and sports data galore. Honorable mention goes to MLB.com, which lets you watch baseball games that aren't broadcast in your local TV market. The service's success inspired CBS Sports to team up with NCAA to offer March Madness on Demand which drew 5 million viewers earlier this year...
...make the USA cut. Stone, who just finished her 12th season at the helm for the Crimson, brings an impressive resume into her new assignment. She is fourth all-time in Division I with 245 victories, against only 115 losses and 17 ties. After steering Harvard to three straight NCAA finals, Stone ran into some difficulties this past year. She returned the team to the Frozen Four, but, lacking the services of three of her top players, the team fell in the first round to top-ranked New Hampshire. —JONATHAN J. LEHMAN
...upfronts," where the networks announce their fall schedules to Madison Avenue. Who can blame them? According to technology-analysis firm Forrester Research, 28% of U.S. households had broadband access in 2005--and that's not counting access at work, which is prime time for online TV. (When CBS streamed NCAA basketball this spring, it included a "boss button" that fans could use to instantly hide the game under a bogus spreadsheet.) More viewers are skipping TV ads using TiVo or other recorders, whereas webisodes are usually preceded by a brief, unskippable ad. Meanwhile, the ratings of even hit shows have...