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...going to start [the season], I’m excited,” Harvard coach Jay Weiss said. “A bunch of guys had bright spots, and our conditioning was some of the best in the tournament.”Solid preparation and healthy wrestlers come as a relief for the Crimson, who made a tremendous showing despite the absence of key starters Andrew Flanagan (165 lbs) and Corey Jantzen (141), both of whom rested due to nagging injuries.With these veterans holding back, Weiss had the opportunity to challenge the squad’s rookies and showcase...
...sports victim. The infection kept Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Alex Rios out of the 2006 All-Star Game. A few days later another Toronto player caught it, and the clubhouse was disinfected. NBA players Paul Pierce, Grant Hill and Drew Gooden have had it. Staph killed a high school wrestler in California this summer, and last spring 15 students at a Pennsylvania high school were either treated for staph or symptoms caused by the virus...
...Ladies and gentlemen, you cannot legislate stupidity. People are going to do stupid things. We cannot sit and every time someone does something stupid, make it a law and have the government come in, because if you do that, you're going to lose your freedoms." The macho former wrestler had this to say about why he favored gay rights: "Love is bigger than government...
Democratic state representative Myron Orfield ruefully concedes Ventura's extrapolitical appeal: "Jesse isn't just a former wrestler. He's a cultural phenomenon. He's connected to the modern vernacular of things here. He's with...
...moderate Republican today. And for all its history as a bastion of liberalism, Minnesota morphed into a quirky swing state in the mid-1990s, bestowing statewide office to politicians of every stripe, from doctrinaire conservatives (Rod Grams) and old-school liberals (Paul Wellstone) to a flaky, funky former professional wrestler (Jessie Ventura). Al Gore and John Kerry both beat George W. Bush in Minnesota, but by surprisingly slim margins. And in the 2006 midterms, when Democrats were knocking off incumbent Republicans across the country, Minnesotans dared to be different by re-electing their Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty...