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The growth of stores such as R.E.I. and other purveyors of high-tech outdoor gear arises from technological advances that have spawned a host of new synthetic fabrics and materials. These innovations are unprecedentedly light and durable, not to mention increasingly resistant to heat and cold. Even better, especially from...
Boxing is never a beauty pageant, but the sport turned acutely ugly last week in Madison Square Garden when Riddick Bowe's heavyweight bout became an audience-participation slugfest. Bowe was clearly losing to underdog Andrew Golota when Golota punched him below the belt for the fourth time. Bowe hit...
Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) is the epitome of the easy-going, yet inquisitive town peacemaker--even his name seems responsible. Unfortunately, it's also the name of his legendary father in whose, enormous shadow he and the rest of the town, it seems, stands. The townspeople are happy to...
NEW YORK CITY: The Riddick Bowe-Andrew Golota bout-turned brawl, left another black eye on the sport of boxing and may have delivered a knockout punch to professional fights at Madison Square Garden. The bout turned ugly in the seventh round, when referee Wayne Kelly disqualified Golota, a heavy...
"The girls slept four to a cabin, but our accommodations were like the Ritz compared with the men, who often slept on the deck rather than in the hold. We all shared one canvas tank in which to train--we would swim strapped to the side of the tank. Jack...