Artest flips off fans of Cleveland CavaliersIndianapolis Pacer Ron Artest, the NBA's newest poster-child for in-your-face antics and excessively physical play, was fined $20,000 by the league on Thursday for making an obscene gesture towards Cleveland Cavalier fans during an April 3 game.The St.
Serena sounds off on French pacifistsWomen's tennis star Serena Williams may be a novice in the field of international relations, but that didn't stop the defending French Open champion from echoing sentiments many Americans share towards our alleged European allies.During a press conference held after Williams captured her second straight Nasdaq-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., Williams was asked about growing anti-French sentiment in America."Well, we don't want to play in the war," Williams responded in a mock French accent, "We want to make clothes, we don't want the war."Serena, whose father Richard once called fellow pro Irina Spirlea a "tall white turkey", has proven more outspoken than older sister Venus, also a star on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).Fashion mogul Klein restrained at gameDuring a Knick-Raptor game Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, acclaimed fashion designer Calvin Klein had to be escorted back to his front-row seat after he stumbled across the floor during a time-out to speak with Knick guard Latrell Sprewell.Klein, who has struggled with drug and alcohol addiction over the past decade, grabbed the popular Knick by the arm and attempted to strike up a conversation him.Fortunately for the intoxicated fashion icon, Sprewell has toned down his act since arriving in New York three years ago.
For all the fanatical boosters, slimy AAU coaches, corrupt administrators (see St. Bonaventure) and class clowns whose gross misdeeds annually tarnish the image of college basketball, there are equally inspirational individual stories which often slip under the media radar.Saturday, the Marquette University Golden Eagles continued a miraculous post-season run, advancing to the Final Four in New Orleans with a 83-69 drubbing of a heavily favored University of Kentucky squad.
This comment need not be placed in the category of earth-shattering revelations, but it nevertheless bears repeating: The weather in New England from late November to early April can be brutal.
The Brandeis University fencing squad returned from a weekend-long trip to the NCAA's at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Saddam's eldest son tied to athlete tortureApparently the apple doesn't fall from the tree. In the latest edition of Sports Illustrated, investigative reporter Don Yaeger describes the ruthless acts committed by Uday Hussein (Saddam's oldest son) since his father granted 20 year-old Uday control over Iraq's soccer federation and Olympic committee in 1984.Yaeger's article begins with former Uday body double Latif Yahia recounting a story of a disgraced Iraqi boxer returning to Baghdad after a Gulf States competition.
March Madness usually evokes thoughts of amateur sports jubilation, particularly college basketball splendor.
A select few members of the Brandeis University men's and women's indoor track team spent Mar. 14 and 15 at DePauw University (Greencastle, Ind.) for the NCAA Division III championship meet.Ryan Parker '06 began the festivities for the Judges, competing in the 800 Meter trials.
Puckett's image dealt serious blowllustrated by veteran reporter Frank DeFord has seriously damaged the repuation of Hall of Fame Minnesota Twins baseball player Kirby Puckett.Through extensive interviews with Puckett associates, former wife Tonya (they divorced last year) and long-time mistress Laura Nygren, DeFord exposes an unfaithful husband and a man of insincere character.Puckett, whose career ended abruptly in late March 1996 when he lost vision in his right eye due to a lack of blood circulation to the retina, has had a miserable time with retired life.Even while Twins owner Carl Pohlad paid Puckett a reported $500,000 a year to act as the team's front-man for a new stadium proposal, Puckett's behavior became increasingly erratic.
It often takes a single dishearteningly tragic event to ignite a public outcry against various social ailments.
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