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...without a homegrown star to inspire the masses, basketball officials fear that the sport won't gain traction. "[Cricket legend] Sachin Tendulkar is a household name, whereas hardly anyone out there knows me," complains 6-ft. 5-in. Jaishankar Menon, a former standout on the Indian national team. Another foot would surely help him. "What we need now is a Yao Ming," says Sharma, the Indian roundball raja. "Once Yao played in the NBA, the color of China changed. It became a basketball nation. If we have an Indian playing in the NBA, the color of this country will change...
...Someday, standout freshman André Akpan may join Altchek as one of the Crimson’s greats, and he started along that path by winning the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award yesterday. He is the third Harvard rookie to win the award in four years—junior Matt Hoff and sophomore Michael Fucito won in their respective freshman seasons...
...Jones does exhibit a nice stroke. He remixed the song for the Giants, but it’s the Denver Nuggets that his team—the Diplomats—most resembles. Seriously. First, there’s Diplomats patriarch Cam’ron, who was actually a standout on his high school basketball squad. He’s ’Melo—underappreciated, and a natural leader. Then there’s Juelz Santana, who, like Kenyon Martin, gets too much hype and works best as a supporting player. Hell Rell, like Nene, doesn?...
...hockey team has more to look forward to than the return of its Olympians. The addition of six highly regarded rookies is going to translate into offensive firepower and gritty defense for the ’06-’07 season. In their impressive pre-collegiate careers, these standout freshmen have been scoring goals, stopping goals, and doing pretty much everything else between the blue lines. They’ve played on club teams and national teams, and on October 28 they will begin playing for Harvard’s team.CHRISTINA KESSLERChristina Kessler is the biggest star in this...
...goals per game. Paced by sensational freshman Andre Akpan and two starters who had taken academic leaves last season, junior Matt Hoff and sophomore Mike Fucito, the Crimson brought the nation's second-best per-game scoring average of 2.56 into the weekend. Harvard bested that number with a standout Senior Day performance from Charles Altchek, the 2005 league Player of the Year. The forward from Rye, N.Y. scored Harvard’s final two goals of the day, his league-leading 11th and 12th of the season. The Crimson will now await seeding in the 2006 NCAA Tournament...