Word: troy
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...decent shot to win, and in which a salary-cap structure and a draft that gives the worst teams access to the best young talent in a young man's game, create leaguewide parity - going winless is awfully hard to do. "It's mind-boggling to me," says Troy Aikman, the Fox Sports analyst and Hall of Fame ex-quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, who lived through a nightmarish 1-15 season himself as a rookie back in 1989. Several teams have managed to put together only one victory in a season, including the 2007 Miami Dolphins...
...Orson Welles was the first famous American to fall under her spell and exploit her allure. Calling Kitt "the most exciting woman in the world," he cast her as Helen of Troy in a production of Faust that played in France, Belgium and Germany. Back in the States, she went on to make her mark in seven media - cabaret, Broadway, pop records, movies, TV, the concert stage and the best-seller charts - one at a time. From a stint at the Village Vanguard, she was cast in the Leonard Sillman revue New Faces of 1952 and given...
...defendants, who are being held under highly restricted conditions in Philadelphia, are likely to appeal the verdicts. "They're more concerned about their families," says Troy Archie, defense attorney for Eljvir Duka. "They have faith in God, but they had kind of planned for a conviction...
...Harvard women’s basketball team ended the Women of Troy Basketball Classic hosted by the University of Southern California with two losses. The two losses, though, could not have been more different. Friday night the Crimson (7-6) went down 54-49 to a Siena team that it had beaten by 23 points just three weeks ago. Co-captain Emily Tay, a Los Angeles native, led Harvard with 12 points and was the only Crimson player to reach double-digits. “We could not have played worse against Siena,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith...
...Crimson will stay on the West Coast through the weekend to compete in the Women of Troy Basketball Classic at the University of Southern California. Harvard will take on Siena Friday evening and the host Trojans on Sunday. Tip-off for both contests is scheduled for 7:45 p.m., Eastern Time...