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...better to be ruled unhinged than to be perceived as an appalling racist? Last week Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig ordered Atlanta Braves pitcher JOHN ROCKER to undergo psychological testing for racist, xenophobic and homophobic remarks the pitcher made in a SPORTS ILLUSTRATED interview last month. Calling Rocker's comments "reprehensible" and "inexcusable," Selig says he will wait for the results of the tests before deciding how the southpaw reliever should be disciplined. Rocker agreed to start the testing immediately. Evidence that he might be somewhat disturbed surfaced during last fall's National League championship series when the Braves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 17, 2000 | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

...country was not amused. Ralph McGill, the revered editor of the Atlanta Constitution, wrote that "television had robbed people of a kind of faith which it is dangerous to destroy in a democracy, and it is the more so because it is a reflection on all of us and on our national character. The quizzes revealed our deep psychological lust for material things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Watching Drama Become Farce | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

...Crimson bageled three teams (5-0) en route to the finals, defeating Williams on Friday, and Yale and an Atlanta-based club team on Saturday. The sole loss of the tournament came in the finals from the team's No. 2 player, junior Gray Witcher...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Squash Crushes Opponents at Tourney | 1/10/2000 | See Source »

...native of Taiwan, Wang had gone to Atlanta to meet a friend--Wen Ling Hsiu, 25, of Athens, Ga.--before driving to New Orleans for the New Year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPH Student Killed in Car Accident Dec. 24 | 1/7/2000 | See Source »

...Phoenix 2. Salt Lake City 3. Atlanta 4. Raleigh-Durham 5. Indianapolis 6. Washington 7. Memphis 8. Orlando 9. Dallas-Ft. Worth 10. Nashville 11. Denver 12. Louisville 13. Minneapolis 14. Charlotte, N.C. 15. Grand Rapids 16. Birmingham 17. San Diego 18. Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jan. 1, 2000 | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

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