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NEWS ABOUT: draft

draft stories: 11 news summaries

 16-Year-Old 
 Quits School 
 for Pros 

Aims to get GED, qualifying him for 2010 draft

Jun 15, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 16-year-old baseball player is skipping his last 2 years of high school to head to college—and hopefully a big-league contract, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bryce Harper’s father acknowledges that “there are going to be critics” of the move, but says “Bryce is always looking... More »

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(Newser) - A familiar name might someday being roaming the outfield for the Boston Red Sox. The team today drafted the grandson of Carl Yastrzemski, reports the Globe. The younger Yaz, Michael, is 18 and no sure thing to make the bigs. But it can’t hurt that he’s been tutored... More »

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Boston Red Sox • draft • baseball • Carl Yastrzemski • Michael Yastrzemski

OPINION

The Death
of the 'Old
Army Buddy'

Draft's end means a generation sans sense of service, camaraderie

May 24, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - On Memorial Day, former soldiers of all ages will be touching base with their brothers in arms, but as Michael Auslin writes in the Washington Post, real Old Army Buddies are on the verge of extinction. The men who willingly served during the drafts of the '50s and '60s came... More »

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military • US military • draft • US Army • soldier • Memorial Day • friendship

  McCain Puts the 'Pol' in 'Politically Incorrect'

Rape 'joke' turns spotlight on candidate's sense of humor

Jul 18, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - This week's flap over a rape joke John McCain reportedly made 22 years ago inspired Politico to recall the candidate's checkered history of telling jokes. Some examples:
  • A quip about why then-18-year-old Chelsea Clinton was "so ugly.”
  • Calling a young man who asked about his age
... More »

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Iran • John McCain • France • rape • humor • draft • Chelsea Clinton • Janet Reno

German Soldiers Too Fat: Study

'Compared to the British, we're viewed as pathetic,' soldier complains

Mar 6, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The German army is fat. It’s also unfit, smokes too much, and eats badly, according to a recent parliamentary update, the Guardian reports. About 40% of German soldiers are overweight—8.5% seriously so—and 70% smoke. “This has much to do with poor equipment and lack of... More »

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obesity • health • Germany • smoking • draft • soldier • German army

'War Czar' Concerned Over Troop Stress, Mulls Draft

Sees progress made on Iraq security front

Aug 11, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington’s “War Czar” admits that it makes sense to a consider a military draft to relieve soldiers of repeated deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute tells NPR that the pressure point will come in spring, when Bush will have to juggle the nation's military needs... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • United States • US military • US troops • draft • Douglas Lute • War Czar • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Draft Won’t Solve Army’s Problems

Report forecasts a less effective—and not any fairer—force

Jul 23, 07 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite calls for a draft to "fix"  the ailing US Army, it would be less efficient financially and less effective on the ground than the volunteer Army, a new study concludes. A Congressional Budget Office paper, reported in Time, says draftees make for less well-trained soldiers because... More »

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NFL Draft Features Backflipper

Gymnastic rapper, XXXXXXL defensive end considered a sleeper

Apr 24, 07 10:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Walter Thomas, a remarkably athletic 370-pound 21-year-old who performs backflips in moments of excitement, is generating buzz as the NFL draft approaches.  This despite the fact that Thomas has played in exactly two games in the past two years and was then arrested for conspiracy to commit robbery. More »

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Durant Will Jump to Pros

Will he be the No. 1 draft pick—or will Buckeyes center
Greg Oden?

Apr 11, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Longhorns freshman heartthrob Kevin Durant has announced he will leave Texas for the NBA draft.  Durant averaged a frankly absurd 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds over the course of an award-sweeping first-year campaign that ended one game short of the Sweet Sixteen. Texas benefitted from a new... More »

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sports • NBA • Kevin Durant • basketball • Texas Longhorns • Greg Oden • NBA draft • draft

Duke Baller Bolts for NBA

Sophomore forward/center
Josh McRoberts will enter the draft

Mar 22, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Duke co-captain Josh McRoberts  will enter the NBA draft, he announced yesterday, just a  week after his Blue Devils fell in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.  Duke men’s basketball Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski is OK with that. “It is time for him... More »

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sports • NBA • Duke University • NCAA • Duke Blue Devils • Josh McRoberts • Mike Krzyzewski • basketball • NBA draft • draft

Candace Parker Can Go Pro

The UT standout, though not a senior,
is eligible for the
2007 draft

Mar 22, 07 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - UT women’s basketball standout Candace Parker can declare for the WNBA draft for 2007, even though she's a member of  the class of 2008. Parker, who could play her last college basketball game within two weeks, needs only to show she can graduate by December and that she intends... More »

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University of Tennessee • Candace Parker • Diana Taurasi • WNBA • women's basketball • basketball • NCAA basketball • women's college basketball • draft

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