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...TURNS OUT THAT QUARTERbacks can play defense too. With a little over a minute left in an AFC playoff game, Indianapolis Colts defensive back Nick Harper, his team down three points, picked up a fumble by the Pittsburgh Steelers near the Colts' 1-yd. line and ran for what should have been a touchdown. But Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hustled to trip Harper, saving the game for the Steelers, who went on to win the Super Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Best Sports Moments | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...obstacles he faces, Vilsack has several strengths as a candidate. Orphaned at birth in Pittsburgh and adopted and raised by an alcoholic mother, he offers just the kind of unique personal narrative that could help him connect with voters. He's been a popular governor, coming back from a 20-point deficit to win an upset victory in the gubernatorial race in 1998 - in the process becoming the first Democrat in 30 years to take the statehouse. He captured 53% of the vote in 2002 only two years before John Kerry narrowly lost the state to President Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Tom Vilsack Is Starting So Early | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Jews and some in trouble with the Spanish crown, whose present-day descendants are fiercely proud of their heritage and the modern metropolis they developed. Monterrey is the most important business center in the country after Mexico City. It's as if San Antonio, Texas, went on to become Pittsburgh, Pa., skipping the Rust Belt phase. This city of nearly 4 million, often confused by Americans with its California namesake, is, after all, still in its ascendancy, and--like Texas, its closest American kin--it has tall ambitions that may prove critical to how Mexico as a whole develops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's Paradox | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

...Fraser were to receive the call in December, he would earn a place alongside some of Harvard hockey’s elite. Former team captain Noah Welch ‘05, who recently broke into the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins, made the team as an undergraduate, as did current skipper Dylan Reese—although both were unable to play due to injury...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOCKEY PREVIEW 2006-07: Fraser Earns Tryout for Team USA | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

Although the hearts of Pittsburgh hockey fans rise and fall with the successes and failures of NHL phenom Sidney Crosby, another Steel City product has been making his mark on the ice.Upper Saint Clair High graduate Dylan Reese is one of the top young players in the nation and the undisputed leader of his team. Combining a potent penchant for guarding the blue line with an ebullient personality, the 111th captain of Harvard hockey seems to be the perfect player to wear the ‘C’ on his sweater.“He?...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOCKEY PREVIEW 2006-07: The Man With a Plan | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

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