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...Friar Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex in Providence, R.I. On Saturday, the team fared better but lost a heartbreaker to UMass. The game, which took place at Garber Field in Amherst, Mass, lasted two overtimes, but the Minutewomen ultimately prevailed on a goal from midfielder Erin Parker. “We faced some really tough competition this weekend,” co-captain Kylie Stone said. “But we learned some things that will be helpful moving forward.” PROVIDENCE 4, HARVARD 0 A game that was close at halftime quickly got out of hand...
...effect on the fans of a team that hasn't won a major trophy in more than three decades was electric. "It's quite surreal, to be honest," says Kevin Parker, general secretary of the Manchester City Supporters' Group and a fan for 35 years. "We're having trouble wiping the smile off our face...
...Liukin, from Parker, Tex., and Johnson, who grew up in West Des Moines Iowa, claim they have truly become firm friends in the run-up to Beijing and feel no nasty urge to sabotage the other's toothpaste. They finished first and second in every competition they entered together in 2008, usually with Johnson coming out on top. When Johnson's gym was damaged in the floods through the Midwest just weeks before the Olympic trials, Liukin text messaged Johnson offering to help. "She is one of my best friends, and we just want the best for each other," said...
...Indeed, the world's most famous wine expert doesn't expect the e-tongue to put him out of business anytime soon. Although he admits that his knowledge of the device is limited, critic Robert Parker of Wine Advocate says, "It's hard to believe any computer can interpret the nuances of smell and taste as well as a human's olfactory gland...
...Then Hayes, a proselytizing practitioner of Scientology, took exception to the episode called Trapped in the Closet, in which Hayes' religion is excoriated as a cult of charlatans and fleecers. He submitted his resignation, ignoring the first rule of dealing with Parker and Stone: These guys have their own TV soapbox, so don't piss them off. They snipped together lines of dialogue from earlier Hayes speeches to create the March 2006 episode The Return of Chef, in which South Park's local hero is charged with child molesting before wild animals tear his limbs off - and those are only...