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While there is ethnic diversity on the playing field of many sports, women and minorities have fewer opportunities to join athletic departments at the professional-entry level than they did last year, according to a report published by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athletic Depts. Lose Diversity | 10/28/2005 | See Source »

...will be remembered for far more than just snapping one of pro sport's most infamous losing streaks. Their 1-0 victory in Game Four of the Series capped a great season and an even more impressive post-season, in which they lost only one game in their last twelve, always managing to win even in the tightest of circumstances. There were heart-stopping offensive heroics like Scott Podsednik's ninth-inning homer that decided Game One and Geoff Blum's 14th-inning game-winning shot in Game Three, in what was his first World Series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next Year Is Now for Sox Fans | 10/27/2005 | See Source »

...their advice is unheeded by freshman Olivia Benowitz, actress, makeup artist, and founder of Harvard’s newest club sport, the Dressage Team...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Riding In Style: Dressage | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...gods must be smiling. Japan's national sport, which began as an ancient form of religious worship, is muscling its way around the modern world. Today the grand champion of Japan hails from Mongolia, and as U.S. team coach Yoshisada Yonezuka puts it, "Big guys smash into each other" in sumo rings from Poland to Brazil. Elite-level sumo came to the U.S. for the first time in 20 years with a tournament this month in Las Vegas. Now there's the Sumo Ultimate Masters Organization (S.U.M.O.), a new U.S.-based league with global aspirations and the backing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are You Ready For A Sumo Smackdown? | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...over to head the ball in the first half, she was kicked in the face by a Princeton player, sending Merritt to the ground and hushing the crowd. She was replaced by freshman midfielder—and Princeton native—Zoe Sarnak, but returned later in the half sporting a fat lip.No yellow cards were issued on the play.“I was going for a header, and her foot went straight into my mouth,” Merritt said. “She deserved [a card].”Harvard had multiple chances to win the game...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Last-Second Tally Gives Tigers Familiar Victory | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

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