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There's no way of knowing whether the death of Darryl Kile, the All-Star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals who died at age 33 from an apparent heart attack in his hotel room two weeks ago, could have been avoided. Detecting heart disease, particularly in the young, isn't that easy. But there are some lessons here that we can all learn from...
...bite era and yields no emotion in a culture that prizes personality; he's a contact hitter in a sport overdosed on power?yet he is baseball's most popular player. This year, for the second season in a row, Ichiro led every major league player in the fans' All-Star Game balloting. Yes, his 2.5 million votes were padded by Internet voters in Japan, but consider: even on hard ballots filled out mostly in American ballparks, Ichiro topped everyone with 1.7 million votes...
DIED. DARRYL KILE, 33, All-Star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals; of unknown causes; in a hotel room in Chicago, where the team was to play the Cubs. Kile died four days after leading his team to first place in the National League Central--the second of two blows to the Cardinals last week (see Jack Buck...
Person of the Week THE DIESEL At 2.16 meters and 142.9 kilos, he's too big, too good, too much. All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal led the Los Angeles Lakers to their third straight NBA title in a four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets, winning his third consecutive Finals MVP. Can anybody stop Shaq? Noted "We pave the way for foreign policy now. Send the WWF in first and then you'll have a country that's happy and entertained." JESSE VENTURA, Minnesota Governor and former professional wrestler, while on a trip to Beijing and Shanghai...
...hockey voices of the Crimson, and usually a touch more out of breath. Greiner’s play calls to mind aspects of Drew Gellert—on a very bad day, perhaps, but Gellert nonetheless. Admirably, the Harvard uniforms worn by Greiner and his teammate, played by NBA All-Star Ray Allen, are the real deal, and the gym is an admirable attempt at reproducing Lavietes Pavilion’s stands...