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...players and gained the attention of another individualist: Al Davis, the cantankerous owner of the Oakland Raiders. Madden served as Raiders head coach from 1969-1978, during which the Raiders never had a losing season, won their division seven times and the Super Bowl in 1977. Famous for his wild sideline gestures and unruly shock of hair, Madden was a gifted team builder, taking risks with players other coaches dismissed for discipline problems. "To me, discipline in football occurs on the field not off it. [It's not] a coat and tie and a clean shave", he once wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Madden | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...your application and see. Congratulations to Andrew too, none too shabby that he…”She nods. “He seems excited, that’s all that matters.”This week we’d all heard back from our schools. The wild success of nearly everyone I knew was a resounding disappointment to all of us, one that we were just starting to feel this weekend. We’d all gotten in exactly where we wanted, and felt thus somehow cheated of the hard-earned belief that these places were...

Author: By David L Rice, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FICTION: Dawson's Creaak | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...tough atmosphere does not scare Walsh or his team.“I worry about the players on the field and not the fans or the coaching staff,” Walsh said. “We’ve played in front of some wild crowds at Brown but we’ve also played in front of some wild fans around the country.”Instead, the Crimson comes into the series feeling confident. A beanpot loss to Boston College at Fenway on Monday was sandwiched in between Sunday and Tuesday’s double-headers against...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rivalry Adds Edge to Set of Key Twinbills | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...asked, “Is there any way to successfully monetize the online presence of a magazine?” Schenk answered that a magazine has to “function like a magazine” and that the online world is more of a “wild west.” When one member of the audience questioned why Rolling Stone covers have become less interesting and edgy in the last five years, Schenk replied, “That’s a very incisive comment. We’ve fallen into...

Author: By Kate A Borowitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rolling Stone: “Voice of Change” | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...take on a daily basis at the beginning of the decade. And that may even be understating the amount of risk Goldman is really taking on. Hendler says Goldman computes its VAR by looking at what the firm could lose in relatively normal market conditions. Factor in today's wild market swings and Hendler figures that based on Goldman's recent exposure, the firm could lose as much as $340 million on a really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goldman's Profits: Gambling with Taxpayer Money? | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

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