For Two Proud Programs, One Hard Tumble
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Poor starts by Notre Dame and Michigan, who play Saturday in Ann Arbor, raise the question: can the two storied programs contend for national championships without lowering their academic standards?
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The bigger they are, the harder they can fall.
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One made his living standing tall and sturdy in the pocket, throwing some of the quickest, hardest, most accurate passes in football history. The other winged the ball left-handed and didn't hesitate to tuck it under his arm when he saw an opening to run.
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Many menâs basketball programs are moving to Division I in the hope of gaining exposure, money and a bit of glory.
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Sometimes, the two concepts can blur.
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A moment that could have tainted Jeff Allen's freshman year at Virginia Tech has instead spurred the forward to work harder.
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HERAKLIO, Greece -- It&#39;s almost as though their careers are intertwined, one just beginning, the other only a gold-medal match away from retirement.
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FOXBOROUGH - They are a prideful group and felt as if the last two games were not reflective of their potential. They had watched their own offense carve up the opposition and, in turn, lost their own edge.
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The scene at the end of Colorado's victory Saturday night probably was not what the university was looking for after a tumultuous off-season.
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As the charter roared off the runway in Missoula, Mont., just past midnight last Friday, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen let loose. They had done it again. They had just posted their toughest and best victory of an unforgettable season, a 19-17 gut-churner against No. 2-ranked Montana, right there in Grizzly country, the toughest environment they had known. As the ...
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Greg Olsen and Jon Beason weren&#39;t in Blacksburg last year when Virginia Tech routed then-No. 2 Miami, but they both felt the disappointment of the bitter loss.
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One could bend steel from the moment he arrived; the other insisted, over and over, that "nothing is impossible." One took to the skies heroically and effortlessly; the other was grounded tragically, and battled to stand up again.
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Awards or money: It's hard to earn both at the same time.
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Building contractor and civil engineering firm faces tough comparisons, but its fundamentals are solid.
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An institution seeks to be more than just an archive of programs.
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There was no escaping the sense of deja vu. For the second year in a row, Boston College suffered its first loss of the season against the same Atlantic Coast Conference opponent in almost the same way: on a long touchdown pass in the waning moments.
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First a shutout. Then a near loss to a Division I-AA team of about 1,200 students.