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...CAL RIPKEN JR. Ripken ended his record 2,632-consecutive-game streak quietly, sitting out a game unannounced at the end of the season, when SportsCenter was tuned to McGwire, Sosa and the Yanks. Ripken was healthy, but knew it was time to give someone else a chance to play. Before he started The Streak, the Dow Jones was 819.54. Worry...
...athlete, turning pro straight out of high school, scoring a luxurious home in San Diego and becoming no-worries wealthy through the sport he loves. He has appeared in commercials for Mountain Dew, Gap, AT&T, Gatorade and milk, taking his place beside the white-mustached Pete Sampras and Cal Ripken Jr. But Tony Hawk isn't a tennis or baseball player. He's a professional skateboarder who spends his time in swimming pools. Empty swimming pools. Preferably lefthanded, kidney-shaped pools with lips of grindable concrete coping, perfect for landing nollie backside 180s, pulling fakie 540 kick-flip indies...
...just tell Timmy that baseball, for once, showed people how to live. While America's leaders disgusted them and the economy frightened them, they got a wholesome epic. McGwire and Sosa congenially ribbed each other into amassing 136 home runs while Cal Ripken ended his fantastically mundane consecutive game streak by silently slipping away because it was time to let someone new have a turn. And the Yankees played hard, worked together and won a lot of ball games. We got everything we wished We hope, when you tell this story, America won't need baseball as badly...
This week, Magyera is representing the Crimson at the All-America Championships in Pacific Palisades, Cal. Harvard will also send a representative to the Rolex Regional Championships in Syracuse October...
Ravi is named after his father's friend, Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar player and composer. While attending graduate school at Cal Arts in Valencia, Calif., Ravi met Ralph Alessi, who was also the night's trumpet player. Although Ravi was the featured musician, Alessi repeatedly upstaged his friend. The captivated audience watched as Alessi proved his expertise with almost perfect synchronization. Shouts of praise and waves of applause from former students of Alessi concluded each solo. Graceful competition and mutual admiration between these two masters filled the stage...