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Kalin impressed as a Sophomore and looks to shine as a Junior. Last year's Big Ten player of the Year will take the reigns once again, as he hopes to lead the Spartans to glory in '09. The usual suspects return to boot, Captain Raymar Morgan, Durrell Summers, Delvon Roe is healthy, and Korey Lucious and Draymond Green are eager to build on their young legacies. Isiaih Dahlman will head an experienced, deep bench, who will be on call to contribute as usual.2008 marked the end of great careers for Spartan favorites such as Goran Suton, 'Quise (Marquise Gray), and Travis Walton. Goran was picked up in the second round of last spring's NBA Draft, and 'Quise is currently playing professionally in Turkey. Sparty goes to Chapel Hill, seeking revenge on the Hansborough-less Tarheels on December 1, and they'll travel to Austin to tangle with the Longhorns on December 22 I'm sure A.J Abrams and Co.

are primed to take one back from Sparty, as they suffered a defeat at the hands of Michigan State last December, 67-63 Tom Izzo's men held A.J. Abrams to just 8 points in the four point victory, and look to stop the uber athletic big man Dexter Pittman for a second straight year.The Spartans are once again picked to win the Big Ten, a conference that looks to be extremely competitive in 2009. There are five Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 25, the most of any conference. Purdue locks down the no. 7 spot, arch rival Michigan earned the 15th position, with the Buckeyes and Gophers also representing the Big Ten in the polls.I recently predicted MSU to go 14-4 and notch another Big Ten crown into Tom Izzo's belt, and I'm sticking with it. Michigan will look to challenge, as they have made concerted efforts to re-establish their basketball program, and there's no doubt the Boilers, Buckeyes, and Gophers will have Sparty directly in their sights. . John Wooden...Hollywood sign...Jack Nicholson...Bill Walton...You have company! Actually, that's not exactly truethe Penn State Women's Volleyball team continues to kick ass and take names after posting their 88th straight victory (yes, you read that right!) after whipping the seventh ranked Minnesota Gopherettes (or whatever they are called) 3-0in State College on Friday night That's right88 Eighty eight games without a loss That's seriously, seriously good. It won't, because women's volleyball doesn't get the love of 'bigger sports', but the VFA knows what good is.....and PSU's team is just that.

The top North Carolina's women's soccer team (92 in the 1990-94 years) and then the ultimate:Miami's men's tennis team, which won an ungodly 137 matches from 1957-64. Next up for the Nittany Lions is a trip to Mad-town to face Wisconsin, who they beat 3-0 at home. Jump around! This article is also featured on View From North America. FRANKFURT, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) hassharply curtailed trading of securities for its own account inthe face of market turmoil, a spokesman said on Saturday, citingcomments from the head of Germany's biggest lender. Stocks He noted Chief Executive Josef Ackermann had said in aconference call on Wednesday that proprietary credit trading hadbeen shut down after being reduced by over half since thebeginning of the credit crisis in June 2007. He was responding to a report in the magazine Der Spiegelciting a bank manager as saying that Deutsche Bank topexecutives had decided to end all proprietary trading ofsecurities because the risks were unacceptably high. Deutsche Bank revealed on Wednesday it would post a record2008 loss of around 3.9 billion euros ($5.17 billion) due totrading losses and asset writedowns.