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...Expos were overachievers. Whenever they won, except for 1994, they always overachieved, because their ownership never had the means or incentive to compete—especially in 2003 when they were owned by Major League Baseball and forced to play 18 “home” games in Puerto Rico...
...cannot let McGreevey use a double standard. Homosexuality cannot be an excuse for adultery and granting political favors to personal friends. If McGreevey were a straight man, he would probably have been impeached already. As Governor, he should assume responsibility for his actions. ABILIO COLON San Juan, Puerto Rico...
...Danielle Quinn Middletown, Delaware, U.S. We cannot let McGreevey use a double standard. Homosexuality cannot be an excuse for adultery and political favoritism. If McGreevey were a straight man, he would probably have been impeached already. As Governor, he should assume responsibility for his actions. Abilio Colon San Juan, Puerto Rico...
Basketball has been a source of such exaggerated American pride for so long that it was hard not to admire Larry Brown's humility last week when it all sank in a sea of Puerto Rican flags. After the U.S. men's team lost to its little island cousin by an irrefutable 19 points, becoming the first Olympic squad to drop a game since the NBA started packing the team with stars in 1992, coach Brown said, "We got beat in every area. Every area." His mood did not improve following a clumsy 6-point victory over Euro doormat...
...Karl Malone, Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant, but each backed out, with excuses that varied in believability from a rape trial to security concerns to a hastily scheduled wedding. Instinctively, it seems that a team comprising Duncan, Allen Iverson and three lucky fans should be able to hang with Puerto Rico, but not only have other nations got significantly better at basketball--"There are no more blowouts to be had," says U.S.A. Basketball vice president Stu Jackson--they also believe in quaint traditions like, say, practice. "That's the big thing," says Brown. "Puerto Rico has been practicing for three...