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07-24-2008, 12:01 AM
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| Going to Beijing: Got Brains? According to today's Sports Illustrated magazine, the brainiest team in the US Olympic pantheon this quad?
"Fencing. Jason Rogers was a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship. Emily Cross won the world junior title in '05 and then passed up senior worlds to finish her sophomore year at Harvard. Sada Jacobson has a history degree from Yale. Tim Morehouse is a Brandeis grad and former teacher. It's no wonder the siblings on the team, who work in finance in New York City, are named Keeth and Erinn Smart."
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07-24-2008, 07:10 AM
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| How did they select them, and was there a list of runners up?
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07-24-2008, 11:14 AM
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| The team, or the individuals to represent "braininess?"
No idea. This issue has about 4 pages of cutesy, one paragraph categories like "most tattooed", "family affair", "smallest home town", "secret talents" and the like.
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07-24-2008, 06:27 PM
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| It's like those things they give out at prom... Most likely to succeed, best couple, etc. The fencers got the bookworm one. Course, I wouldn't be complaining. I would say it's better than "most tattooed".
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07-25-2008, 03:37 AM
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| That would be the men's basketball team.
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07-25-2008, 04:09 AM
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| Dennis Rodman is playing again?
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07-25-2008, 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by telkanuru Dennis Rodman is playing again? | Then it would be most crossdressed + pierced.
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07-25-2008, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by edew That would be the men's basketball team. | Don't count out Equestrian. Apparently they are primarily made up of some gang called the Blue Bloods.
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07-25-2008, 11:15 AM
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| Rodman can join a women's field hockey team and make that the most tattooed team.
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