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Welcome back, folks.

And for all of you who actually thought San Diego was going to beat the 49ers, I know a bridge I can sell you. (Oh, sorry, Stan Humphries already bought it.)

Well, I was rooting for the Chargers. You know, they had a chance to beat the point-spread at the end. There's always next year for the Also-ran Football Conference champions.

Mary Pierce won her first grand slam tennis title, taking the Australian Open singles crown Friday night. For those of you scoring at home, she didn't wave to the camera and say, "Hi, Dad."

In the men's final, Andre Agassi (minus the mop and Brooke Shields, who is starring in Grease on Broadway) topped Pete Sampras in four sets.

Call them the Four-Minutemen. Still number-one ranked UMass pulled the comeback of the year Friday night, erasing an 18-point deficit at West Virginia in the final four minutes and winning in overtime.

Oh, and can you feel the excitement from Raymond Floyd's Senior Skins victory?

As for the juice of this column (no, not O.J.), I'd like to explain some changes we have had here at the Sports Cube since the last time we tormented you with our writing.

Outgoing Sports Editor Sean Wissman is working in Kansas and won't be here this semester. He might be back to enlighten us with his stories of the Midwest next fall, however. (If we let him, that is.) Seriously, we hope all goes well with Sean.

And as many of you know, outgoing Assistant Sports Editor Darren Kilfara will be taking this semester off as well. Darren is working for Golf Digest down in Connecticut this semester.

I've worked with Darren for over two years, and it pained me very much to see him go through what he did with the passing of his father. He reacted with tremendous poise, and I and rest of The Crimson wish him the very best.

I'm still here. (Please hold your applause.) If you haven't been unfortunate enough in the past to read my work, I hail from the Bronx and pull for the Rangers, Giants, Knicks and before the baseball strike, the Yankees.

Joining me as Tri-Sports Editors are Eric Brown and Matt Howitt. If you like bad pun-itive headlines, San Francisco native Eric is your man. He was mighty happy during the Stupor Bowl, and he would find it cool, dude, if the Sharks or baseball Giants do well.

If you love local sports, I mean even high school stuff, Matt's for you. The Belmont resident also hasn't missed a Red Sox opener in thirteen years. He torments himself further by following the Patriots and the Celtics.

We also have a triumvirate of Assistant Sports Editors to churn your minds with. Mayer Bick, from La-La Land won't be rooting for the St. Louis Rams, but he does like the S.F. Giants and those XLIX'ers (the Super Bowl XXIX winners). And to show that he isn't completely sane, Mayer roots for the Clippers.

Mike Ginsberg hails from Baltimore and pulls for the Orioles, Capitals, Bullets and those CFL Colts (Oops, Paul Tagliabue will probably sue me for that remark).

Anand Joshi comes from New Jersey, the state that boasts the Exit 16W Devils and Nets (and Giants and Jets if you want to stretch it). Oh, he likes the Rangers, Giants, Knicks and Mets.

So that's all folks, at least for now. We'll do our best to keep you up-to-date in the world of Harvard sports and as much else as we can.

Oh, by the way, take the AFC in the Pro Bowl. I smell an upset. (Or was that I-95 in New Jersey?)