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...became a famous coach or gridiron immortal in the wake of the tragedy the team endured. The film's script (by Jamie Linden) makes it clear that a few people never did buy into Lengyel's gung-ho ways, and the director (McG), for the most part keeps the rah-rah spirit in decent check. This is a nicely muted comeback story - definitely not Rocky Balboa in shoulder pads - and it is the better for that restraint. Maybe We Are Marshall is not quite a thinking man's sports tale, but, on the other hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sentiment -- Not Sentimentality | 12/21/2006 | See Source »

...China and Puerto Rico and a gritty 90-86 win over Brazil in warm-up games. The ex-Army point guard from Chicago has mixed in motivational ploys--a speech by a soldier blinded in Iraq moved many players to tears-- while being careful not to overdo the rah-rah stuff. "We haven't gone on a canoe trip," quips K. "We'll bond on the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Way of K | 8/14/2006 | See Source »

...blowouts of China and Puerto Rico and a gritty 90-86 win over Brazil in exhibition games. The plucky ex-Army point guard from Chicago has mixed in motivational ploys - a speech by a soldier blinded in Iraq moved many players to tears - but won't overdo the rah-rah stuff. "We haven't gone on a canoe trip," quips K when asked how he has united the team. "We'll bond on the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coach K Gets Down to Business | 8/11/2006 | See Source »

Stanford’s rah-rah style tempted Kendrick, but ultimately Harvard pulled rank. Sometimes the best brand in the business just can’t be beat. Come September, Kendrick found herself moving into Canaday Hall on the northern tip of Harvard Yard, a newly minted member of the Class...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Harvard, Luring Students Is All in the Brand | 11/15/2005 | See Source »

...grandstand, he asks Gipp to try out for the team. "All right, if you insist," Reagan almost snarls. Throughout, teacher and student crack wise with each other like two newspapermen in a screwball comedy. Reagan's casual, almost flirtatious insolence is instantly attractive, and very modern for a 1940 rah-rah epic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Days in Hollywood: Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

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