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That was how Harvard football coach Tim Murphy put it. In 2004, 2007, and 2008, his team had to go through the Quakers in order to win an Ivy League championship, and this year is no different. In fact, that statement is more true than ever...
Unlike Harvard, Penn does not come in with a high-powered offense; instead, it has won by playing smart, efficient football. The Quakers have averaged fewer penalty yards per game than any other team in Division I, and have the highest time of possession and the best turnover margin in the Ivies...
Even non-soccer fans were shocked by the sudden, tragic death of Robert Enke, the goalkeeper for Germany's national team, who committed suicide by leaping in front of an express train near the city of Hannover on Tuesday night. The nation practically came to a standstill on Wednesday - German TV carried nonstop coverage of Enke's death, and hundreds of fans converged on the soccer stadium in Hannover to sign a condolence book and light candles and place flowers at the gates...
...tracks and that it was unlocked. The 32-year-old left a suicide note in which he apologized to his loved ones and fans for hiding the full scale of his depression. On the outside, Enke was the rising star of German soccer, in line to be the national team's starting goalkeeper at next year's World Cup in South Africa. He had played eight games for Germany since taking over for Jens Lehmann in goal after the European Championships last year. In his club career, he played in more than 190 Bundesliga games for the teams Borussia Moenchengladbach...
...stunned. I don't know what to say," Michael Ballack, the German team captain, told the tabloid Bild on Wednesday. Oliver Bierhoff, the team manager, broke down in tears as he told reporters that even Enke's teammates didn't know about his depression. "I feel completely empty," said Joachim Loew, the team's coach. "He was a great guy. He had incredible respect for others. We will miss him, as a top-class sportsman and an extraordinary...