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...biggest scoop ever. An over-eager table-dancing drunkie got a little out of hand Saturday night at the Spee when she slipped in some champagne (what else?) and almost burned some members… Caught in the throes of passion, one Quincy couple was caught in a damn near compromising position in the stairwell… Rumor has it that a certain final club for gentlemen may be opening their doors to a female club…It’s still not clear whether they will share the house equally, or just separate the rooms with tape...
...torn ACL, but started 21 games as a sophomore on her way to a breakout junior year. She received All-Ivy League Second Team honors last season and was the team’s second-leading scorer with 12 points per contest, but it’s her passion for the game that earned her the Crimson captaincy.“Lindsay is such a hard worker and such a great leader,” freshman guard Christina Matera. “We just try to follow her example and be as intelligent as she is when we play...
...Soccer is the only great surviving passion in this country," says sports journalist David Carlin. "Tango music has a strong following, but it lacks the sense of rivalry that competing clubs bring to soccer. [The political ideologies of] Peronism and anti-Peronism also once provided a similar sense of belonging and loyalty to a mass group, but that kind of political fervor has subsided in recent years...
Though a homesick U.S. contingent forms a large bloc of NASN viewers, ESPN International executive vice president Russell Wolff says an even larger bloc comprises Europeans attracted to American sports. Some, he says, have lived in the U.S., while others have such a passion for all sports that their horizons have expanded. For other Europeans, the National Hockey League, say, offers the best opportunity to see their hometown skaters. "In the NHL, 217 players--30% of the total--come from Europe," Wolff notes. "In countries like the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and others where hockey is the big sport, being...
...chair Edwards' campaign in Clayton County, but Kleaveland recently withdrew his support, saying he wants to back someone he believes can win. Edwards "doesn't have the same effectiveness, that's the key word," Kleaveland said. "It like he's reading a legal brief; he doesn't have passion." A few other Edwards county chairs in Iowa, according to Politico.com, may also be defecting from his camp...