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Sigafoos is one of the biggest question marks for the Crimson. He had enjoyed a breakout sophomore campaign when Coleman took a year off, leaving Sigafoos as one of Harvard’s few viable options in the post. But last season was a bit of a disappointment for the seven-footer, as Sigafoos was hampered by a broken foot and overshadowed by Coleman’s dominant return...
Corriero’s breakout rookie year was equally amazing. Corriero scored for the very first time in only her second game, and then emerged forcefully with four goals against Vermont last November. That explosion set the tone for her ECAC Rookie of the Year campaign...
...setting--London, 1874--or the length, or that unfortunate, overlong stuffed shirt of a title. Don't worry about its author's ominously French-sounding name (Faber is actually a Scot by way of Holland and Australia). Ever since last fall readers have been watching for another knockdown, breakout book on the order of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections. It's here...
...reason: the networks tried creativity last year and got burned. Critics touted Fox's form-breaking CIA serial 24 as last fall's runaway hit, and it was--among critics. The networks took other risks--Alias, Scrubs--but not a single new show became a breakout hit. So broadcast execs retrenched. In July, at an annual TV reporters' meeting in Pasadena, Calif., they said flatly that they're programming not for critics, who prize innovation and surprises, but for ordinary folks, who want to veg out after a stressful day with something familiar and comforting but slightly less harmful than...
Most of what you need to know about Nelly's world view can be gleaned from listening to his 2000 breakout hit, Country Grammar: "You can find me, in St. Louis rollin' on dubs/Smokin' them dubs in clubs, blowin' up like cocoa puff." Nelly loves his hometown. Nelly loves pot. Nelly loves Nelly. It's a pretty narrow vision, but Nelly (real name: Cornell Haynes Jr.) moved 8 million copies of his debut album, and his follow-up, Nellyville (Universal), won't lag far behind. The secret is the twang. Nelly, like Snoop Dogg, raps in a Southern-inflected singsong...