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...early focus on DJs like Grandmaster Flash and Kool DJ Herc gave way to a more producer-centric organization as hip-hop started to have a commercial life beyond the South Bronx. As rap radio shows and records soared in popularity, Marley Marl became the archetype of the champion beatmaker for the “Juice Crew” of rappers centered on the Queensbridge projects. Ever since, from Dr. Dre to Organized Noize, Timbaland to the Neptunes, hip-hop producers have often been just as famous as rappers, a phenomenon that Saldaña and Cabrera have brought...
...Heaving a 16-lb. metal ball farther than anyone else in the world takes prodigious strength. It also takes grace, balance and technique. Parry O'Brien was a shot-put champion whose great innovation was a 180 spin that built momentum for his toss. He broke the shot-put world record 17 times between 1953 and 1959 and in four Olympic Games took home two gold medals plus a silver. O'Brien, 75, had a fatal heart attack while competing in a Santa Clarita, Calif., swim meet...
Finkton—who wasn’t even originally planning on competing Saturday night—was declared champion. Looks like this is one Harvard kid who’s not going to get schooled...
...prefrosh. “They thought it’d be funny to try and get me to do something like that.” Finkton had reason to thank his prefrosh by the end of the night. After three rounds of competition, he was crowned freestyle champion. Aside from Finkton and Lombardo, Saturday’s competition also featured William C. Quinn ’10 a.k.a. ‘Jam Master Q,’ Malcolm R. Rivers ’09, Lev A. Shaket ’10, and Suffolk University freshman Cameron B. Parke...
...winter and early spring. Though some facets of their games showed their potential for success, none of Harvard’s golfers mustered a solid enough all-around performance to break into the top five, with the Crimson’s lowest-scoring golfer, sophomore and defending Ivy League champion Emily Balmert, coming in seventh with a combined score of 238 (78-80-80). That performance did, however, earn Balmert a spot on the All-Ivy team. “Emily worked really hard to make sure that her long game was cooperating,” Rhoads said...