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...course, there will be action figures. A popular one might be Hawaiian-born Kaleo, a former champ in Japan's pro league who, at his peak, weighed 345 lbs. He came out of retirement to compete, bulking up with an old sumo trick: eat chanko nabe, a rich stew, then promptly go to sleep. But size ultimately matters less than technique--there are 70 moves a wrestler can use to get his opponent out of the ring. "I'm a pusher, a thruster," says Kaleo, who fights for Japan. "I come out like a boo rush." An all-American sumo...
...Peter Marcus, many women took on male identities, fearing they would be easy targets. Having gained confidence, many are now requesting changes to female user names. "Poker is the great equalizer," asserts Duke. "Whether you are 70 or 20, man or woman, there is no physical limitation." Still, the champ believes that to succeed at high-level poker, most women must overcome cultural conditioning against being aggressive...
...those of you out there who aren’t regularly accused of music snobbery, congratulations for making it this far. Allow me to explain. For the past few years, Pitchforkmedia.com has been the reigning champ of online music criticism for that amorphous pseudo-genre we indulgently call “indie music”. Every weekday, their crack team of critics (including our very own indierati prince, Nick A. Sylvester ’04) post up news, reviews, interviews, and features, offering guidance to thousands of kids looking for their daily fix of interesting sounds...
DIED. GEORGE ARCHER, 65, towering golf champ known for his exacting putting stroke; of Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; at his home in Incline Village, Nev. Though the 6-ft. 5-in. Archer tried to follow his father's advice to pursue basketball--"where the hole is way up there," as the son recalled him saying--he went on to win 12 P.G.A. championships, including the 1969 Masters, and 19 events on the 50-and-older Champions Tour...
...There’s no question that games like this one play an impact on your ability to get an at-large berth should you not win your conference,” Lembo said. “We’re playing the Atlantic-10 champion, the Ivy League champ, and the Northeast Conference champ (Monmouth) from last season...