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...tallied 85 career assists. He led Syosset to the 2008 Long Island Championship as well as two Nassau County Class A Championships, earning Offensive MVP of the competition in both years. When it came time to decide where he would ply his trade next, Harvard was the clear front-runner.“I looked at Princeton and at some of the other Ivies, but Harvard was always where I wanted to be,” Cohen said. “After coming up here to see my brothers play so often and hanging around the campus, I was really...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshman Cohen Shines In Upset Win at Duke | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

Since then, I have become thoroughly entrenched in Internet pop culture. (I'm pretty sure that half my workday is spent exchanging YouTube videos with co-workers, but don't tell anyone.) There was the Star Wars Kid (2002); Homestar Runner (which I saw in 2003-04); and Tom Cruise's Scientology video (2008). When a friend refused to stop singing "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," I didn't speak to her for three days because whenever I did she would sing it, and the song would get stuck in my head. But that was in 2002, and I haven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Internet's 99 Greatest Hits | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...Grant or Alfred Hitchcock, to pick three distinguished artists who never got competitive Oscars, ever come close to winning? If Kate Winslet takes Best Actress this year, did Meryl Streep lose by just a handful of votes, or was it a wipeout? The five previous times Winslet was a runner-up, or the past 10 times when Streep was nominated but not called to the stage, was either star even within shouting distance? Which races were runaways over Oscar's 80 years, and which were photo finishes? Wouldn't you like to know? Wouldn't the show have a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix the Oscars: Make the Votes Public | 2/22/2009 | See Source »

Housman comes over the top to steal from the bigs. Lin gets fouled but no call. Princeton misses three. Harvard can't corral the rebound. Tigers miss a runner, and Harris somehow snags the board. Lin takes it to the basket and gets fouled hard, and he will take two shots. Timeout. And I take a breath...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIVE BLOG: Crimson at Princeton | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...conservative, Yosano will now wear three hats in Aso's government: running the ministries of economy and finance and the Financial Services Agency, which oversees banking. If things get much worse for the Prime Minister and he is forced to resign, there is even talk that Yosano, who was runner-up to Aso in the LDP elections in September, could replace him as the new head of the party and lead it in upcoming general elections against Japan's resurgent opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crunch Time | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

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