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...world records, as thousands of locals joined forces at the third annual “Life is good Pumpkin Festival” to shatter the Guinness World Record for most pumpkins lit in the same place at the same time. Boston’s fierce competitor for the pumpkin champ title, Keene, N.H., has proudly bled orange since lighting a record 28,952 jack-o’-lanterns in 2003. Although the town of 22,000 people lit more than its population in pumpkins, Boston ultimately came out on top. According to the James S. Laughlin, head of the Festivals...
Cover your ears. Tickets go on sale this week for the Mike Tyson World Tour, a series of bouts starting Oct. 20. The ex-champ hopes to pay his bills and said, "I'm going to feel better about myself...
...sport does take off, it will be thanks in part to dumb luck. nbc decided in 2002 to stop paying huge fees for sports like NBA basketball and started stacking its lineup with niche events--bull riding, arena football, Champ Car racing. The PBR paid the network for airtime, guaranteeing that nbc wouldn't lose money if no one tuned in. As it turned out, audiences liked watching corn-fed young dudes cling to enraged animals for dear life. "People want to see a big bad som'bitch hoof the s___ out of somebody," says Jerry Nelson, a top bull...
...fiercest bovine in the land. The tour promotes the bulls with merchandise like T shirts, dolls and bobbleheads, which sell better than any rider-themed goods. (The first bull to sign an autograph will make a killing.) "The bulls should be more famous than us," says two-time champ Adriano Moraes. "They're better athletes." They also have better names, which reflect their personalities. Bodacious, a bull who died in 2000, was the Babe Ruth of bull riding, the sultan of cowboy swat. A bull named Ugly wasn't beauty-contest material, but in the arena he was a champ...
Roger and Rafa offer dozens of differences. Federer, the two-time defending U.S. Open champ who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles, threatening Pete Sampras' record of 14 championships, is refined (he wore a cream-colored blazer to his Wimbledon matches) and sublime. "The way Roger moves, he's a ballet dancer out there," says McEnroe. "He floats above the court. His style is the most beautiful I've seen." Federer's volleys, awe-inspiring angled shots, and fluid one-handed backhand recall a bygone serve-and-volley era before today's high-tech racquets encouraged players to grip...