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DIED. GEORGE BEST, 59, dazzling international soccer superstar whose good looks and shaggy coif earned him the nickname the "fifth Beatle"; of a lung infection, after being hospitalized for a prescription-drug reaction; in London. Long before David Beckham, Best injected sex appeal into soccer, leading Manchester United to its first European Cup win in 1968. But he earned his reputation as a trouble-seeking playboy. Unable to stop drinking, even after a 2002 liver transplant, he called alcohol the "only opponent I've been unable to beat...
...Bulldogs started the first play of overtime with a brilliant and beautiful, um, fumble. While Harvard chose to squeeze some extra excitement out of The Game, this time as a missed field goal and an untimely interception, it was only a matter of time before Crimson superstar Clifton G. Dawson ’07 made it to the end zone for the 30-24 victory. As Harvard students stormed the field, Yale students seemed confused and disoriented, as the suddenly less precise Yale Precision Marching Band was playing a round of cheery music to celebrate the loss.Of course, denial...
...grand sumo tournaments, and he appears to be on track to win his seventh, which would be a record. One of the most popular up-and-comers today is Kotooshu, 22, a Bulgarian (born Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov) with quick feet and even quicker arm throws. Kotooshu is a media superstar and national sex symbol, dubbed "the [David] Beckham of Sumo" by the Japanese press. If he racks up 12 or more wins over 15 matches during a 15-day contest that ends Nov. 27, his promotion to ozeki, sumo's second highest rank, is virtually guaranteed. Of the 735 wrestlers...
Harvard returns two starters from last year’s squad and welcomes a talented five-person freshman class, one that Delaney-Smith thinks just might be her best crop of newcomers ever. Add to that the newfound balance of an offense without an established superstar, and the Crimson is all too ready to reclaim the Ivy crown this season...
...able to upgrade," says David Cornwell, a former attorney for the NFL. "But how you go about doing this is key. Drew's strategy has created this huge issue with T.O.'s teammates and organization." Cornwell says Rosenhaus should have advised Owens to stop reminding the world of his superstar status...