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"A lucious dawn settled on Pleasant Lake as the local Loch Ness Monster, Brian Scalabrine, crawled to the edge and then unfolded his 6-foot-9 frame out of the water. Not far away on a picnic table, LaMarcus Aldridge made a silent whistle and shook his head while watching the Celtics veteran's cross-lake swim, which covered approximately a mile under the guide of a rowing camp counselor," writes Mark Murphy of THE BOSTON HERALD.
Reuters, by way of THE NEW YORK TIMES reports, "China center Yao Ming says he is on track to play in this month's world championships as the national team returned home from its disappointing European warm-up tour."