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Senior tackle Matt Birk was a unanimous First-Team Ivy selection and was selected by his hometown team, the Minnesota Vikings, in the sixth round of the NFL draft. Birk cleared a swath for the other unanimous Harvard selection, sophomore running back Chris Menick. Menick set school records for season rushing yardage (1267) and touchdowns...
...profession has translated into a career recognized by others in the industry as superb. In 1995, the Quarterback Club of Washington named Brown its Sportscaster of the Year. His most visible role is as a co-host of "NHL on Fox" and the Emmy Award-winning "Fox NFL Sunday," the most-watched football pre-game show...
Besides working NFL games at CBS, Brown hosted 11 NCAA championships, the Winter Olympics, the NBA championships and the Tour de France. He also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with the Special Olympics in the Emmy-winning program "Let Me Be Brave: A Special Climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro." Four years ago, when Fox won NFL broadcasting rights by outbidding CBS, Brown faced a tough decision. Then Fox came calling...
...love working with Fox," Brown says. "Everything happens for a reason. CBS lost a lot of its inventory by losing the NBA and NFL, and my schedule was radically affected. I was considering local TV, but things worked out well. I think we're a part of TV history and are pushing the envelope with our aggressive coverage...
...There's no Vegas line yet, but the smart money says the odds aren't good. There have been seven previous attempts to create a league to take on the NFL. Six of them failed -- remember the WFL? the USFL? The one that succeeded, the American Football League, did so by merging with the NFL...