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...change will become official when a Jan. 13 flight from London Heathrow to Rome Fiumicino takes off. The plane making the trip will have the familiar red and green stripes on its tail, and the crew will sport their old uniform pins. But this will be the "new" Alitalia, under private ownership, merged with upstart competitor Air One, and now partly owned by its French-Dutch rival. No more Futurist paintings to be sure, but perhaps Alitalia once again has a future...
...game of power and pleasure. And these men play to win!" All details pertaining to rugby-related matters - from the inside of a locker room to the typical day of a p.r. woman at Twickenham - were fact-checked with the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the body that governs the sport in England...
...turn into much of a hockey game.”In five of the Crimson’s last nine losses, the opposing team secured the lead in the first frame.“It takes the life right out of these guys, no matter what sport, if you fall behind early,” senior co-captain Jimmy Fraser said. “It’s tough to come back, and unfortunately that was the case again tonight.”On the other hand, when Harvard has led at the first intermission—for example, against...
...Student-athletes are not paid; they are not vying for a contract extension or to increase their market price as a free agent. Many, as the NCAA likes to say, will turn pro “in something other than sports.” When a human being puts him or herself through the crucible that a sport can be, subjects him or herself to the mental and physical discipline and sacrifice, and puts his or her body on the line without a paycheck in sight, something deeper is at work. When I was growing up, we called this...
...athletes secure larger, longer contracts out of school and as scouts even turn their attention to high school prospects, the last thing we need is less authentic, respectful celebration. Instead of discouraging manifestations of joy and excitement on the field, the NCAA should applaud them as true elements of sport that remain in an association that becomes more commercial with each passing season...