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...year and a half after the University of Indiana fired Bobby Knight, its legendary bully of a basketball coach, many Indianans still pine for his vitriolic courtside presence. But his successor, MIKE DAVIS, went some way in filling Knight's big sneakers last week when Indiana upset Duke, the defending national champion, 74-73 in the NCAA tournament. Davis grew up in crushing poverty in Alabama and had careers in football and basketball before he started coaching. An African American in a state with a history pockmarked by racism and a stutterer who struggles through press conferences, Davis has received...
...potential witness against Moussaoui is a Malaysian Islamic extremist in jail north of Kuala Lumpur on unrelated terrorism charges. FBI Director Bob Mueller traveled to Malaysia two weeks ago and offered local security officials FBI training and other incentives in exchange for access to the man. But the officials, upset because the Western press had described Malaysia as a staging base for the Sept. 11 attacks, rebuffed the FBI chief. Sources say Mueller is still optimistic that the Malaysians will come around and send the prisoner to the U.S. to testify against Moussaoui...
...first game of the road trip, Harvard was upset by the Fresno State, who avenged a 5-2 loss in February at the Beren Tennis Center with a 5-2 win on their home courts...
...Pallotta causes, like a suicide-prevention walk in Washington; they were required to watch a "safety video" that some described as a Pallotta infomercial; and they saw Pallotta merchandise, like books by the company's founder, all along the route. Cyclists on last year's California AIDSRide, meanwhile, were upset that only 50% of funds they raised went to fighting AIDS, with some of it spent on a fireworks display that was virtually invisible under the midday Los Angeles sun. Pallotta argues that charitable causes deserve the same marketing muscle as for-profit companies and points to the hefty...
...upset, in fact, that he called O'Connell on March 9 to confront him. O'Connell was depressed. Still, Doe says it was obvious that O'Connell, in the conversation, "was trying to control me." That was evident in e-mail and phone messages O'Connell left for Doe over the past two weeks. In the e-mails, copies of which TIME has obtained, O'Connell says, remarkably, "I am praying and fasting for you." The following day, O'Connell adds: "I surely want to seek healing for you and from you." In response to Doe's demands for face...