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SF Examiner: At Stanford, it all starts with with Luck
By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner
"Athletes at Stanford are not heroes." A sociology professor at the university, one Sanford Dorenbusch, said that to Sports Illustrated in 1972 when the mood in America, trying to extricate itself from Vietnam, was very unheroic and the mood at Stanford was not much different than it is now.
The school takes itself seriously, selects its students carefully and deals with athletic success in a blend of pride and embarrassment ...
Read the full story here.
Copyright 2011 SF Newspaper Company
Special to The Examiner
"Athletes at Stanford are not heroes." A sociology professor at the university, one Sanford Dorenbusch, said that to Sports Illustrated in 1972 when the mood in America, trying to extricate itself from Vietnam, was very unheroic and the mood at Stanford was not much different than it is now.
The school takes itself seriously, selects its students carefully and deals with athletic success in a blend of pride and embarrassment ...
Read the full story here.
Copyright 2011 SF Newspaper Company
Tags: 
Andrew Luck, David Shaw, Jim Harbaugh, Stanford
Andrew Luck, David Shaw, Jim Harbaugh, Stanford
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