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...still had to overpower the Bulldogs (8-11, 3-3) to clinch a third straight NCAA bid—that is, even if the Crimson lost to either Yale or Dartmouth on Wednesday and the Bears tied for the Ivy crown, the NCAA would accept the head-to-head winner, Harvard...
After holding the three-month job interview from hell, DONALD TRUMP picked a winner on his NBC show, The Apprentice: Chicago entrepreneur BILL RANCIC, 32, whose new, $250,000-a-year job is to manage construction of a 90-story luxury riverfront building in his hometown. Upon edging out his rival Kwame Jackson, Rancic declared, "The American Dream is still alive." They used to say the same thing about the Donald's hair...
...clued in to the hoax until the end. "What's extraordinary is to see people who are convinced that they're going to be the next pop star go up there and just stink up the joint," says Fleiss. "It's incredible. I'm grateful for it." The winner--or at least the longest-serving loser--is rewarded with a $100,000 recording contract. Isn't the public humiliation of it all a little too mean? Says Fleiss: "Too mean? Nah, that never crossed my mind. Too funny, too compelling, I did think at times." And you thought Simon Cowell...
Blatter fits well into that turbulent mixture, having recently emerged a winner in a nasty internecine battle in which opponents accused him of buying influence and burying big losses related to a botched marketing deal. (Swiss authorities found no wrongdoing.) He then beat back an election challenge from African soccer supremo Issa Hayatou. "Just after the elections, I felt bitter," said Blatter, "but we have to look forward and be optimistic. They lost the power game...
...turned herself from a loser into a winner. That may be a harsh assessment of someone who finished fourth in the 10,000 m at the Sydney Olympics, but to the British runner Paula Radcliffe, 30, that result meant losing badly. Since then, she has won race after race and set a new world best for the marathon. She has had success not just in road races and cross-country but on the track too--a far harder arena in which to excel. If she has a little bit of luck in Athens this August, she will add an Olympic...