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Hornstine embodies the Harvard student Harvard students resent most, the assumptions that we struggle to debunk with Clark Kent humility back in our hometowns. She was a consummate do-gooder, a ready-made all-star at the Freshman Activities Fair who won tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships for her service. But just as the envious imagine when they see an Olympian resume like hers, she also took credit for the work of mortals. According to some of the people in charities she supported, they often spoke with her father, as reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer...
DIED. BOBBY BONDS, 57, three-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove--winning outfielder and father of San Francisco Giants slugger Barry; of lung cancer and a brain tumor; in San Francisco. The elder Bonds, whose pro career lasted from 1968 to 1981, had a rare combination of speed and power, attributes for which his son is also celebrated...
They say big men don't cry. But they didn't say it last week--not if they watched Kobe Bryant speak publicly with a moist remorse that was almost Clintonian. The NBA's youngest-ever All-Star acknowledged having committed adultery. "I love my wife with all my heart. She's my backbone," he told reporters at the Staples Center, home of Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers. A tear scarred his cheek as he grasped the hand of his giga-gorgeous wife Vanessa and said, "You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart...
...baseball junkie can tell you that Fred Lynn is the only player in All-Star Game history to hit a grand slam. But who was the pitcher? You can find the answers to that and other trivia teasers at retrosheet.org Retrosheet is buoyed by volunteers dedicated to preserving the history of the game and sharing its rich details, for free, with anyone who asks. --By Matt Baron
...college, the laid-back big man from the U.S. Virgin Islands displayed so little emotion on the court that opposing fans derisively called him Spock. But after defeating the New Jersey Nets and leading his San Antonio Spurs to their second NBA championship in five years, perennial All-Star power forward Tim Duncan, 27, has been starting to act a little more like Captain Kirk. There he was in the opening two games of the NBA Finals, shouting instructions at and cajoling his teammates, giving an encouraging smack to his mentor and teammate David Robinson, and even screaming after throwing...