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...Afghan officials said dozens of civilians were killed late Tuesday when NATO warplanes bombarded a village in the district of Panjwai just 20 kilometers outside the largest city in southern Afghanistan, the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Panjwai district has been the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the Afghan south this summer, with NATO killing at least 500 suspected insurgents in the two-week-long Operation Medusa, which concluded last month...
Perhaps the smartest thing the tour did was to recognize that the bulls, not the riders, are the stars. Fans show up to see the fiercest bovine in the land. The tour promotes the bulls with merchandise like T shirts, dolls and bobbleheads, which sell better than any rider-themed goods. (The first bull to sign an autograph will make a killing.) "The bulls should be more famous than us," says two-time champ Adriano Moraes. "They're better athletes." They also have better names, which reflect their personalities. Bodacious, a bull who died in 2000, was the Babe Ruth...
Meanwhile, the Crimson continues to deal with fallout from the Matt Thomas Affair. The erstwhile captain, long one of the league's fiercest linebackers, has been suspended from the team and faces assault charges stemming from an incident in June involving his ex-girlfriend...
...outward cool, he was scared stiff when he signed on. "Because it's not Duke now, I'm saying, 'Will they actually listen?'" says Krzyzewski (pronounced Sha-shef-skee) in the nasal baritone of a high school chemistry teacher. It's a demeanor that deftly shades one of the fiercest competitors in sports. "If you don't have anxieties, you might as well drop in the old coffin...
...outward cool, but is familiar to even the best execs. He was scared stiff. Because it's not Duke now, I'm saying, "Will they actually listen?" explains Krzyzewski in the nasal baritone of high school chemistry teacher. It's a demeanor that deftly shades one of the fiercest competitors in all sports. "If you don't have anxieties, you might as well drop in the old coffin...