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The article focuses on the dark side of the surge in legalized gambling in sports, particularly in the NBA, where players and coaches face verbal abuse and threats from fans based on their wagers, highlighting a concerning trend that has emerged alongside the potential financial benefits.

The article focuses on the N.C.A.A.'s efforts to curtail betting on student-athletes, particularly in prop bets, amid concerns about the impact on athletes' performances and the integrity of college sports, as evidenced by incidents such as threats and criticism directed at players.

The man and woman unfolded themselves from a cab at the corner of Ninth Avenue and 42nd Street, then stood blinking in the sunlight for a few seconds, searching for a familiar piece of ground, a bearing. So there: the bus terminal across the street. But their gazes lingered on tall buildings that had risen in the last two decades or so. It was nearly 10:30 on Tuesday morning. They shuffled down the street and melted into a small crowd on the sidewalk outside the Church of the Holy Cross. These were delegates from the five-story-tenement past, gathered for the funeral of a gangster who had been gone from the streets of the West Side for nearly 25 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sometime this week, the presidents of the universities that compete in the Patriot League will emerge from an undisclosed location and announce whether its football teams will be allowed to offer scholarships. At the heart of the discussion will be a couple of age-old collegiate athletic questions: How big-time do Lafayette and Lehigh and their fellow league members want to become? And how much are they willing to pay for it? The secrecy, as well as the silence emanating from athletic departments from Colgate to Holy Cross and beyond, demonstrates that the universities are taking their impending decision very seriously. Only Fordham's executive athletic director, Frank McLaughlin, spoke on the record about the decision. It was his university that decided to give football scholarships last year, and subsequently forced the hand of the other Patriot League members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To the Sports Editor: Re ''An N.B.A. Move That Crossed an Ocean,'' Nov. 18: I seem to remember Bob Cousy executing the Euro step with regularity when he played for Holy Cross in the 1940s. I also think it can be said that palming comes into play to make this move, a call that is rarely made today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LOS ANGELES -- A seven-foot-tall Latin cross in the middle of both the Mojave Desert and a Supreme Court case on the separation of church and state has been stolen, federal officials said Tuesday. The cross, made of metal tubing reinforced with concrete and bolted to a base on a rock, about 200 miles east of here, was discovered missing Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A debate over whether Michelangelo was the artist who made a wooden sculpture depicting Jesus on the cross (at right, a detail) continues to enmesh the Italian art world, according to a report by BBC News. Art experts cannot agree on who made the 16-inch-tall statue, which they agree is a Renaissance piece from around 1495, when Michelangelo would have been 20 . The question of the provenance of the sculpture has been rekindled because of a new exhibition in Naples that displays the statue. The cross itself has disappeared, leaving the figure of Jesus hanging in midair, connected to a sheet of transparent plastic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Anna Grace Harmon, a daughter of Clara C. Harmon and John C. Harmon of Trumbull, Conn., is to be married Sunday to Michael S. Maxwell, the son of Camille M. Maxwell and Richard S. Maxwell of Lawrenceville, N.J. The Rev. Joseph B. Pomeroy, a Roman Catholic priest, will perform the ceremony at St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. The couple, both 26, met at Holy Cross, from which they graduated. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An organization that advocates for the separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking that South Carolina not be allowed to produce license plates that feature a Christian cross with the phrase ''I Believe.'' The license plate was approved unanimously by the state's Legislature earlier this year, and Gov. Mark Sanford, a Republican, allowed the bill to become law, but without his signature. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

South Carolina drivers will be the first in the nation to be offered license plates that carry the phrase ''I Believe'' and a Christian cross over a stained-glass window under a law that took effect on Thursday. Critics have threatened to fight the law in court, saying the license plate represents an illegal state endorsement of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The record label that is home to Amy Winehouseand Eminem is now home as well to a group of Gregorian chanting monks. The monks from the Abbey of the Holy Cross, who number Pope Benedict XVI among their fans, have been signed by Universal Records, Reuters reported. Though they are based at the world's second-oldest Cistercian monastery, established in 1133 and 10 miles west of Vienna, the monks were discovered in a very modern way, by responding via YouTube to advertisements seeking medieval chanters. They beat more than 100 other entries from around the world. The monks' spokesman, Father Karl Wallner, said they answered the ad for fun. ''But now it has become a very serious and positive thing for us, because Gregorian chant is an expression of our spirituality; it's how we pray,'' he said. ''We're not Robbie Williams or Michael Jackson; we're just a group of monks who sing every day because it's our prayer and it's our life.'' The first album is scheduled for release by summer. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports about Cross brushes, a set of cleaning tools by the design firm FredriksonStallard which are shaped like the most sacred symbol of Christianity. Designers Ian Stallard and Patrik Fredrikson told that people got upset with the design of the brush as it hurt their religious sentiments. But they were least bothered about the negative feedback and told that the brushes were inspired by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the U.S.

The article reports on the huge donations of an anonymous businessman for the St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church in Boca Raton, Florida. The church's 18-foot cross had no corpus Christi. So, the businessman, who was moved to faith by some religious art work, decided to give the church a magnificent corpus. The corpus has cost him $1.247 million. The corpus is reported to be a remarkable piece of art.

The article reports that anti-drug messages written over wooden crosses at Bedford Park, Bronx, New York are creating awareness about drug abuses.

The article reports that the plan to move large cross-shaped steel beam from the World Trade Center to Hangar 17 at Kennedy International Airport annoyed Reverand Brian Jordan of St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church.

The article features Pope Benedict XVI's choice of clothing, headgear, cross and shades. The author noted how the pope's taste in clothing has been far different from that of his predecessor, John Paul II.

Reports on the burning of a cross outside the house of interracial couple in Long Island, New York. Investigation of the incident; Suspected reason for the cross burning; Concerns of the residents around the area about the cross-burning.

Describes the Saint Thomas More Church on Saint John's University in Queens, New York. Establishment of a shrine to the victims of September 11 terrorist attacks; Names of principal donors; Installation of a cross made from the steel remains of the terrorist attacks.

Reports that a judge in Ofena, Italy, has ruled for the removal of a cross from the town's elementary school. Lawsuit filed by Muslim resident Adel Smith alleging religious discrimination; Public reactions against the court ruling; Statements made by Pope John Paul II against the ruling.

Focuses on the debate between Jews and Christians over the elimination of the cross of light that has illuminated Park Avenue, New York City each December.

Evaluates the U.S. Supreme Court case on whether the First Amendment permits a state to prohibit the burning of a cross. Opinion of Justice Clarence Thomas that the cross was used by the Klu Klux Klan to cause fear and terrorize a population; Cross that symbolizes white supremacy; Comparison to other symbols; Laws in Virginia that prohibit burning a cross; Importance of protection from fear.

Highlights the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of a 50-year old Virginia law that prohibits burning a cross with the intent of intimidating any person or group of persons.