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...psyched right now," Kacyvenski said. "I watched for about nine and a half hours [Saturday, the first day of the draft]. My eyes were falling off, I had never watched that much TV in my life...
...pick was somewhat surprising because Seattle had not shown much interest leading up to the draft...
...Bengals called before draft started around 10:30 a.m. yesterday, and they had the third pick at start of fourth round," Kacyvenski said. "The linebacker coach said 'I'm pulling for you, and if we don't get you now, we'll get you next round...
Collins, whose project has come under fire, had every reason to be jubilant. "This working draft [of the project's results] is going to be a gold mine of information," he says. Even in its current fragmented state, the growing, publicly available map--obtained at a cost of $250 million to date, he says--has led scientists to a host of disease genes. It is also letting them probe the genomes of other organisms for DNA that could turn out to be a mother lode for medicine...
...much as basketball fans and analysts have bemoaned players leaving after only one year of college ball or straight out of high school, the bottom line is that players leave early if they know they'll be drafted high. De Remer can talk all he wants about Michigan State's Mateen Cleaves staying to win an NCAA championship, but he has to remember that Cleaves is still a questionable first round draft pick at best because Cleaves is a 40 percent career shooter. Would Cleaves have stayed if he'd been a guaranteed lottery pick? He stayed partly...