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...heads it up with Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths. (Nice: an undersung masterpiece by a writer's writer.) He follows that up with by Pale Fire by Nabokov at #2. (Hm. Does he really think it's better than Lolita? Really?) Then with number 3 he goes straight off the reservation: Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini. (What? By who?) The whole exercise is an orgy of intellectual second-guessing, which as we all know is infinitely more fun than the first round of guessing...
...Cusworth provided many of those quality points, as he scored 10 in the final seven minutes. Freshman guard Jeremy Lin scored all of his career-high 12 points after halftime, including 10 straight midway through the half to give Harvard a 51-49 lead with 10:06 remaining...
...After Barnett's basket, Cusworth went off on a mini-roll, scoring six straight points with two field goals and two free throws on Harvard's next three offensive possessions. On Dartmouth's three offensive possessions following his scores, the Crimson center rebounded missed three-point attempts. At the end of his run, Harvard held a 70-63 lead with 1:15 left...
With Dartmouth leading 45-41, the 6’2 combo guard reeled off ten straight points, exhibiting versatility, poise, and an increasingly astute judgment for when to attack the basket...
...form, fast-rising Scot Andy Murray. Federer lost only five times last year, four times to Nadal, once to the 19-year-old Murray, in straight sets at the ATP Masters in Cincinnati. Murray's coach is Brad Gilbert, a master at finding and exploiting the weaknesses of the game's best...