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...hails from a basketball-rich lineage-- his uncle, Bill Walton, won NBA championships with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 and the Boston Celtics in 1986. Kam's father, Bruce, who is Bill's brother, also made a name for himself in professional sports as a member of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys...
First off, notice that the NCAA does not rank teams like the NFL tie-breaking system. The NFL teaches us that team rankings should be determined by record, then head-to-head contests, then league records, records vs. common opponents, and then strength of the schedule. The NCAA approaches a similar list of criteria in a wholly different manner...
...measure PS2 is getting mixed reviews. The gaming community has been grousing about the lack of top-grade games available at launch. There are only 26 PS2 software titles, and Sony is promising about 50 by the end of the year. The list contains some reputed standouts, including Madden NFL 2001 (which some are calling PlayStation2's killer app) and the snowboarding game SSX. But many of the most eagerly anticipated titles, like Metal Gear Solid 2 and the Bouncer, won't be available until spring at the earliest...
...Sony's launch party--is not particularly enthusiastic. "There is nothing on the PS2 that I've seen that gave me that jaw-dropping feeling I got with the Sega Dreamcast last year," says Dan Clark, 29, CEO of a New Hampshire credit union and an active gamer. Madden NFL 2001 is good, he says, but no better than games currently available on Dreamcast...
Johnson, with 172 yards on 13 receptions, set a new school record for career reception yards with 1,712, surpassing the mark of 1,554 yards by former Bulldog and NFL receiver John Spagnolia...