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Overall, the Crimson had a successful morning, and because Northeastern recently raced Brown, these results could be an indicator of where Harvard stands not just in comparison to hometown rivals but also in the entire Ivy League...

Author: By Jessica L. Flakne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Heavies Outrace Neighbor Crews | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

...very least, if a team spends its efforts wooing big-name players, it must do so with cautious, long-term expectations. The New York Knicks, my dearly beloved hometown team, is ready to splash money around in this summer’s upcoming free-agent market. But perhaps a marquee player like LeBron James is not the sole answer to their problems, just as Cristiano Ronaldo is not a panacea for Real Madrid’s issues. A sports team is, after all, a team, and to pin championship hopes on the individual efforts of star players is a characteristic...

Author: By Brian A. Campos | Title: The Cost of Winning | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...Zhari is strategically crucial, the gateway to Kandahar city from the west, the staging area for most Taliban activity in the region. It is a largely rural district straddling the Afghan Ring Road and the Arghandab River. It includes the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar's hometown of Sangsar. The Taliban aren't outside agitators here; they are neighbors - not exactly beloved neighbors, given their propensity for violence and peremptory taxation, but more trustworthy than a deeply corrupt Afghan government and much more familiar than the foreign troops. Senjaray is the largest population center, a town of somewhere from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: A Tale of Soldiers and a School | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...status as “Most Tortured Sports City,” as ESPN named it in 2004. But when James hits free agency, he’ll be the choosing one, and he’ll have to decide between the chance to make history in his hometown and the chance to be just another basketball player, wearing a jersey of a city that means nothing...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock | Title: Not for a King's Ransom | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

Dicillo offers an intimate look at Morrison, allowing the viewer to see him as person, not just another rock star falling off the deep end. The film even includes footage of Morrison in his hometown with his family, when he started reading Friedrich Nietzsche and William Blake at the age of 16. In fact, the name of the band originates from a line in Blake’s “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell...

Author: By Lauren B. Paul, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When You're Strange | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

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