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...author of the study. In fact, a vehicle's aggressive persona was a better predictor of road rage than the driver's personality. So if you come across the SWEAT-BOX OF DEATH--a name actually given by one of the study's participants to his Ford Bronco--steer clear. He's awfully territorial...
...Lewis, 58, the owner of a printing business in Leawood, Kans., recalls growing up in Bible Grove, Ill., with a population of fewer than 100, and the thrill of going to the nearby big town every Saturday, where he joined the line of kids waiting to ride the bucking bronco in front of the five-and-dime. Recently Lewis bought his very own pony, Nellie, from Kiddie Rides USA, a Denver outfit that purchases old rides, refurbishes them and sells them on its website. Lewis had Nellie branded with his initials, and she's now the pride...
...seasons as an assistant coach, starting with the newborn Boston Patriots in 1960, Red Miller dreamed of his moment. He never dreamed it would last but a moment. In his careful, defensive way, the 49-year-old "rookie" head coach squired the Broncos to the Super Bowl as Denver's deprived fans painted the country a bright orange. "I walked out onto the field," Miller says, "and thought, 'I used to coach at Astoria High.'" Within three years he was available to Astoria again, but the U.S. Football League's Denver Gold hired him for his marketability. Sales boomed briefly...
Until his death in 1980, Cy Taillon was known to the initiated as the "World's Greatest Rodeo Announcer." Around the circuit, which could extend from Puyallup, Wash., to Baton Rouge, La., and into Madison Square Garden itself, no exhibition of bronco riding or calf roping seemed quite complete without Taillon's booming, animated commentary. He became something more than legendary to those who followed the sport. Said one admirer: "I don't know what God looks like, but I know what He sounds like." In 1977 his daughter, Cyra McFadden, created a literary stir with her first novel...
...decline, Shoemaker steered 17-to-1 long shot Ferdinand to victory in the Kentucky Derby, making him the oldest jockey to ride a Derby winner. Shoemaker suffered only two major injuries in his 41-year racing career but was paralyzed in a 1991 car crash when his Ford Bronco veered off a road and rolled. He continued to train horses from a wheelchair until...