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...Penn Relays are one of the nation’s premier amateur track and field competitions...
Leather-clad punks and squatters fighting the police, leftist bohemians and amateur philosophers, Turkish immigrants creating a world of their own - Kreuzberg lures those seeking chaos and adventure. Before the Wall fell, in 1989, all of Berlin had a special edge to it, a sense that life here was dangerous and vivid and played for high stakes; Kreuzberg hasn't quite lost that feeling. Busloads of tourists no longer move through the area, gawking at the anarchists and punks; the district is more prosperous these days, because the Wall's fall put it in the center of Berlin. But Kreuzberg...
Hendricks is entering the most important year in amateur baseball. Once a player enters college, he cannot be drafted until the conclusion of his junior season. And it is only that summer—when an athlete can threaten to return to college—that players have any leverage in post-draft contract negotations. Since minor leaguers receive a set salary—sometimes as low as $700 a month—the initial negotiation for a signing bonus is critical...
Just last year, Houston-area Cy Falls High saw two of its pitchers, lefthander Scott Kazmir and righthander Clint Everts, taken in the first round of the Amateur Baseball Draft. The pair signed for $2.15 and $2.5 million, respectively...
Last June, the Colorado Rockies selected staff ace Ben Crocket ‘03 in the third round of the annual Amateur Baseball Draft, and key contributors Chaney Sheffield ‘02 and Justin Nyweide ‘02 graduated...