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Overtime seemed only fitting for the rubber match between two teams that had split their regular season matchups. A goal seemed imminent during a two-minute span that saw Tracy stop Jeff O'Connor on another breakaway, Tamburro rob Martins from the high slot and Tracy again stuff Matthews from in tight...
True, of course, but 120 borders on the unnatural. It is at the uppermost limit of what biologists believe is the maximum human life-span. Calment, says Harvard geriatrician Dr. Thomas Perls, "is the Michael Jordan of aging," genetically blessed with extraordinary physical gifts that favor survival. "The chances of you or me getting to be her age are similar to our chances of playing basketball like Jordan." Only one other person is known to have lived as long: Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan, who died in 1986 at 120 years...
...process is most evident among those for whom the selection pressures are greatest. For instance, while death rates are higher for African Americans than for whites up to age 75, blacks who make it to 75 have superior health and longevity. Similarly, although men have a shorter average life-span than women, males who do survive into extreme old age tend to be in better shape than women. Men make up 20% of 100-year-olds and 40% of 105-year-olds...
...just have to play hard and leave it on the floor," sophomore guard David Demian, who has played well since being installed as a starter six games ago (average over 12 points a game in the span), said. "We want to have to regrets...
This was Harvard's last win over Brown until this past Saturday, a span of seven games over four years. The Crimson clinched the Ivy League title the next day when Princeton lost to Penn. This was the squad's last Ivy crown...