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What would the winter Olympics be without skating, sledding?and soap operas? The 2006 Games in Torino, Italy, are a month away, but the controversies are already flying like a Finnish ski jumper. Canada angered many fans last month by naming hockey pariah Todd Bertuzzi?who pleaded guilty to assault...
Perhaps the biggest scandal has thrust the spotlight onto the obscure sport of skeleton, in which "sliders" on sleds speed headfirst down an icy track. Several female athletes have accused U.S. team coach Tim Nardiello of sexual harassment. In a note to the board of the sport's governing body...
Missing the nationals doesn't necessarily mean Kwan won't skate in Torino in pursuit of Olympic gold, the only medal to have eluded her. She is petitioning the USFSA for one of three spots on the ladies' team, and her fate will be decided on January 14, immediately after...
A group of scientists have petitioned the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences regarding what they call an omission among this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, half of which Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Roy J. Glauber ’45-’46 won...
When Magnus Grimeland ’07 was sent on a special mission by the admissions office to woo at-the-time prospective freshman Thomas D. Hadfield ’08, he had no idea that two years later the two would be planning a bid for the top leadership...