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...This is who I am. This is my life.' SERGEANT DARREN MANZELLA, U.S. Army medic and a decorated veteran of Iraq, discussing his homosexuality in a Jan. 8 press conference. Manzella has been openly gay since August 2006, despite the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy; its critics have argued that his case proves the policy is arbitrarily enforced...
...lift to where we can play more bodies and when we go to our bench, instead of a drop off, we’re picking up the pace,” Amaker said. “It’s really nice to have Housman coming in as a veteran guard and Evan coming in as a veteran frontcourt player.” Housman scored eight points in 25 minutes, including a key three-pointer in the midst of a 15-3 Crimson run to close out the first half. Harris, however, was limited to just eight minutes with foul...
...latent veteran instinct kicked in for the Crimson after halftime, when the defensive intensity increased to the tune of an 18-percent decrease in the Big Green’s field-goal percentage...
Harvard has to hope it can turn that glint of veteran experience into a sustained effort, and fast. After a three-week break, it faces Dartmouth again, this time in Hanover...
...understand my surprise when Jason Williams, veteran point guard on the Miami Heat, decided to dish out a little cold, hard—and extremely revealing—truth. Williams, in response to the extensive trade rumors surrounding him this season, let out this gem: “We’re like some high-paid prostitutes anyway in this league. They just use and get rid of us whenever they want.” And he’s right. The fact of the matter is professional sports is not, and has never been, about playing for the fans...