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...exodus has begun. Over the summer, Atlanta Hawks forward and rising star Josh Childress became the first prominent NBA player to go overseas to play basketball. After Childress’ move to the Greek club basketball team Olympiacos, every other American pro-baller might be asking themselves the same question: Should I leave the NBA for more money? While some European teams do not have the financial backing, other better funded teams will surely try to bait American players with hefty contracts. In fact, some major NBA stars have already voiced interest in accepting the European offers...
...began playing at the age of five and won the international chess master title when I was 13,” Wang Shuai, a player from the University of Beijing, said in Chinese...
...corps has, according to Murphy, “been crushed.”“We’ll do what we have to do,” Murphy said. “That’s the resiliency of this team. Chris [Lorditch] is a terrific young player...and he gives us a great big speed element. But now we’ll have to adjust.”Despite the adjustments that will need to be made, Harvard looked as if it had put the Brown loss behind it.“Harvard got all their mistakes...
Then came the highlight of Ko’s tournament, a hard-fought match against Boise State qualifier Pichitta Thongdach. The Crimson player emerged victorious in the end by a score of 6-1, 7-6 (5). Thongdach had in the first round defeated a good friend of Ko’s, Monica Dancevic of Georgia, so Ko knew what was coming and took advantage of it to jump out to an early lead...
Failing to carry over her momentum, Ko fell to her next challenger—not a player but in fact, her ankle...