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...weather makes Diego's younger brother Andrea Della Valle, 40, vice president of Tod's S.p.A., very nervous. Even after the elicottero has floated up several hundred feet and the 100-acre estate below?tennis court, boccie court, soccer field, man-made lake, lemon and olive groves and church included?has receded into the distance and there's not much left to view except gray fluff, Andrea keeps a watchful eye out the window. It's not surprising, given the family dynamic. Andrea plays the goalie to Diego's striker, the introverted, behind-the-scenes power broker to Diego...
Although the seasons change, one thing has remained constant in Harvard sports this year: freshmen women have come to play.Following stellar seasons from stars such as Erin Wylie in soccer and Emily Tay in basketball, the four freshman of the Crimson women’s softball team—Hayley Bock, Suzi Cominski, Jade Reichling, and Bailey Vertovez—will look to continue the trend.If their play meets Harvard coach Jenny Allard’s expectations, then it will be no problem.“Our freshmen are great,” Allard says. “We expect...
...RESIGNED. FLORENTINO P?REZ, 58, after almost six years as president of Real Madrid, the world's wealthiest soccer club; in Madrid. Although the Spanish team spent more than $300 million signing superstar players like David Beckham, Zin?dine Zidane and Ronaldo, it has failed to win any major championships in nearly three years and has suffered a string of defeats in recent months. "I cannot ever regret having enjoyed the soccer of the world's best players," P?rez said upon announcing his resignation...
...Partly because of that "aggressive" international push, says Speed, the ICC chief, cricket is increasingly being viewed by broadcasters as a truly global sport, like soccer. Even in the U.S., cricket is catching on. There, pay-per-view cable subscribers forked out roughly $50 million to watch the 2005 Test series between India and Pakistan, making the U.S. the third-biggest revenue source for that tournament. (The ICC says those statistics are partly explained by 2 million ethnic South Asians living...
...other people's choices. Is my child's teacher good enough? Is it possible that computer games are actually good for the brain? Why is it that horror movies these days are so horrible-and that teenage girls like them so much? Are classrooms really biased against boys? Is soccer ruining my childrens' lives, or just my weekends...