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...Baseball Anecdotes (Oxford University Press; 1989). In that compendium, now considered a classic, the authors called Lou Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 consecutive games during the 1920s and 1930s "unapproachable." Wulf does deserve credit for spotting Ripken's ability, if not his potential as an endurance champ, back in 1982, when the rookie was still in spring training. "He'll make people notice him," Wulf wrote at the time, quoting an Orioles coach...
Former heavyweight champ and ex-convict Mike Tyson made a successful return as Peter McNeeley's corner called it quits after 1 min. 29 sec. of the first round. -By Kathleen Adams, Nick Catoggio, Lina Lofaro, Jeffery C. Rubin, Anastasia Toufexis and Sidney Urquhart
ARTHUR ASHE Statue of Richmond's civil rights champ gets to stand with the city's Confederate heroes...
...fall began with a second-place finish in the Fordham Invitational, with defending Heps champ Cornell taking the win, and a eighth-place finish in the Boston College Invitational out of 30 teams...
Slowly, however, the team began to gel, Over the last six games, the Crimson beat Yale, Brown and No. 8 Northeastern, while playing well in losses to Ivy champ Princeton, Ivy runner-up Dartmouth...