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The 'me' in team spells doom for USA Basketball

The world has caught up with the United States. After winning 58 consecutive games, the USA men's basketball team did not come away from last week's World Championships with a medal. Instead of Reggie Miller of the NBA's Indiana Pacers or Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics hoisting the World Championship trophy Sept.


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Cavaliers fend off Big Green in rain

As a steady, stinging rain fell from the sky yesterday afternoon at Klockner Stadium, the Virginia women's soccer team was able to quench their three-game victory drought with a 3-1 win over defending Ivy League champion Dartmouth. The win was the team's first since a 7-0 thrashing of St.


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Cross country races to third place finish

A women's college cross country race is five kilometers long, and a men's race is eight. But the best way to measure Virginia's progress may be in baby steps. Although both squads finished third behind Duke and runner-up William & Mary in Saturday's Lou Onesty Invitational, they took steps toward achieving their goal of qualifying for nationals. Virginia's women scored five runners in the top 15, and the men, running without three of their top five harriers, managed their third-place finish behind Ryan Neuhart's surprising eighth-place showing. Individually for the women, the star of the meet undoubtedly was senior Dawn Cleary, who finished the 5K in 17:55 -- placing her fourth overall. "I think, now she's to the point where she's really solid," Virginia Coach Jason Dunn said of Cleary.


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Undefeated Cavs take on rival Tribe

After a decisive win on the road last Sunday, the Virginia field hockey team is gearing up for a pair of games at home this weekend. The Cavaliers (3-0) hope to maintain their unblemished record and continue their three-game winning streak following a season-opening victory against Ohio State and shutouts against Northwestern and Southwest Missouri State.


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Former Heisman winner calls it quits before playing first NFL game Former Nebraska quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch announced an unexpected retirement from professional football just one week into the season.


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Virginia faces Ivy League champ in fall soccer classic

The No. 10 Virginia women's soccer team is hoping for a different type of "learning lesson" than the one experienced last week, as they prepare to host the Virginia Soccer Classic this weekend. Following a loss and tie to UCLA and Southern California, respectively, the Cavaliers will attempt to rebound against The Big Green of Dartmouth and the West Virginia Mountaineers.


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Gill earns MLL Rookie of the Year honors Former University standout Conor Gill was named Major League Lacrosse's Rookie of the Year at yesterday's 2002 MLL Awards Luncheon in Columbus, Ohio.


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Ramblin' Man touches 'em all

With all the world's attention rightfully pointed toward yesterday's anniversary of Sept. 11, a lot of interesting tidbits from the sports world might have escaped your attention.


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Agassi-Sampras highlights new role of sports

Just the other day, as my column deadline closed in, I realized that I would have the task, the chance, really, to articulate the meaning of sports on a day in which we as a country are called upon to reflect our values and mourn those lost in the terrorist attacks last year. From the basic standpoint, sports don't exactly go hand-in-hand with the situation.


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Led by All-American candidate Travis Watson, the Virginia men's basketball team is ranked 19th in the preseason forecast from Slam Magazine. The 2002-03 roster contains seven lettermen: senior center Travis Watson, sophomore forward Elton Brown, sophomore guard Jermaine Harper, sophomore guard Keith Jenifer, redshirt junior Majestic Mapp and senior center/forward Jason Rogers. Transfer guard Todd Billet (Rutgers) and transfer center Nick Vander Laan (California-Berkeley) are also eligible after sitting out the 2001-02 season. Sophomore guard/forward Devin Smith from Coffeyville Community College and freshman Derrick Byars also will join the team. The Cavaliers finished 17-12 last season, highlighted by a victory over rival Duke at home.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.