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...Schmitz, though, is quite familiar with the German-speaking world's insatiable thirst for information on Harvard's, apparently satiable, sex drive. A quick web search revealed that he authored Der Speigel's 2004 special on H-Bomb (including a photo album of scantily clad "Harvards Elitestudenten...
...most notable absences from the 2012 summer games in London will be baseball and softball, both of which were voted out by the International Olympic Committee in 2005. The reason that was given for these omissions was that neither sport figured largely enough in the international sporting world. However, baseball and softball are two of the most played sports in the world, with huge followings in North America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Although there would have been many flags represented on the field had these sports been offered in the 2012 games, it was the specter of the stars...
...three of the first four gold medals, leading many to believe that a sport so dominated by one country had no place in an international competition. This logic represents a flaw in the management of Olympic sports. The goal of the games is to bring the world and its greatest athletes together, not to remove sports that have been won almost exclusively by a single country. In the 2008 games, China swept all three medals of the table tennis tournaments, and yet no action will be taken to rectify this—nor should any action be taken. Furthermore, much...
Conversely, the Olympics can play a positive role by serving as an introduction of many foreign sports to the rest of the world, highlighting games that other countries can adopt, learn, and come to cherish. Even though handball may not be the next big craze in your hometown gym, the Olympics should still keep it on its roster. Like other, far more obscure, sports, it is popular in many countries, and the best of its ranks deserve to play for a medal as much as the best biathletes and curlers...
...Ryabkina] has some pretty special hockey gifts,” Stone said. “She shoots as well as any of the top-five people in the world, and I’ve seen some of them in this rink and [in a] Harvard jersey before. Her release is that quick...