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...pick on Michigan State wideout Charles Rogers, who was recently sentenced to nine months of drug counseling following an assault-and-battery arrest involving his fiancée. Among the top players Millen passed over for wide receivers: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, a Super Bowl winner; five-time Pro Bowl defensive back Troy Polamalu, also a Super Bowl-winning Steeler; and San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, a three-time Pro Bowler. "If you can't evaluate talent, if you can't draft talent, nothing else matters," says Aikman. "Your team is built on a house of cards...
...world is playing in the NFL for a winning team," says Aikman. "At the same time, the worst job in the world is being an NFL player on a losing team. No amount of money in the world will change that." If you're on a bad team in pro baseball or basketball, at least the frequent games can keep your mind occupied. In the NFL, the failures fester all week. During his tumultuous rookie year, Aikman stayed cooped up in his home between games. "You don't want to go to the grocery stores, you don't want...
...celebration of the birth of the Lord is at our doorstep ..." Thus began Pope Benedict XVI in his annual pre-Christmas address to top Vatican officials. But rather than a pro forma holiday wish of good tidings, the pontiff delivered his latest heavy-hitting discourse on everything from ecology to ecumenism, with carefully chosen citations from past Popes and even Friedrich Nietzsche. The topic that most grabbed press attention came about halfway through the 30-minute long address: transsexuals...
...dogged determination to be a basketball star than for his academic pursuits—though the son of a distinguished University of Chicago psychology professor did take a year off between junior and senior year to do thesis research in Chicago, a noted rarity for someone aiming for a pro-basketball career...
...nature of "universal values." Opinion writers have argued whether pluralism is a western creation with limited application to China, or a political ideal for all nations. Columnist Sima Nan wrote on his blog that the charter was a dangerous attempt to promote a Chinese "color revolution," referring to pro-democracy movements in Ukraine and Georgia...