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...would take him to the YMCA after he finished his homework. They would practice and play in pickup games. "Many Asian families focus so much on academics," says Gie-Ming. "But it felt so good to play with my kids. I enjoyed it so much." Jeremy won a state championship as a senior in high school, but he received no Division 1 scholarship offers (Ivy League schools cannot give athletic scholarships). Yes, he was scrawny, but don't doubt that a little racial profiling, intentional or otherwise, contributed to his underrecruitment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harvard's Hoops Star Is Asian. Why's That a Problem? | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...season. The team upset Boston College in early December and knocked off a 9-2 George Washington team on Dec. 30, 66-53. The Crimson, who play next at Seattle University on Jan. 2, should challenge two-time defending champion Cornell for the Ivy title; a league championship would give Harvard that elusive trip to the NCAA tournament. And Lin wants to give pro basketball a shot - most likely overseas or, who knows, maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harvard's Hoops Star Is Asian. Why's That a Problem? | 12/31/2009 | See Source »

...aficionados of auto-racing and high-performance sports cars, Gordon Murray is a legend. He's designed championship-winning Formula One cars, as well as two iconic, drop-dead-beautiful sports cars: the McLaren F1, one of the fastest road cars ever made, and the Mercedes SLR McLaren. These cars were, of course, built for speed and power; fuel economy wasn't even an afterthought. So it's somewhat surprising that the 63-year-old South African engineer is now more interested in cleaning up the planet by reducing carbon emissions than cleaning up at a Grand Prix finish line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Race-Car Designer's Shift to Greener Rides | 12/29/2009 | See Source »

Just as my path to Washington has taken me through the Concrete Jungle, Harvard’s road to an Ivy League championship must certainly go through Cornell...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ANYONE'S KESS: Harvard Has Chance To Challenge Big Red's Dominance | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

Entering the 2009-’10 season, media outlets across the country unanimously agreed that the Big Red would handily walk away with its third-straight Ancient Eight championship while the rest of the league battled for second place...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ANYONE'S KESS: Harvard Has Chance To Challenge Big Red's Dominance | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

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