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...addition, Lauralee tells me that the number of women wrestlers in America has increased four-fold in the last several years. It turns out that there is an entire circuit of women's wrestling tournaments and three or four full-scale teams on the collegiate level. Hobeika recently finished first in her weight class at a Christmas tournament in New York and Summer, who paid her own way sophomore year before she got a grant from Radcliffe as a junior, has in the past finished second and third. But because they both weigh less than 118 pounds--the lowest weight...
...sponsorship issue is just one battle in an ongoing war between snowboarding's two governing bodies, the I.S.F. (International Snowboard Federation) and the F.I.S. (Federation Internationale du Ski). The International Olympic Committee's 1996 decision to award Olympic-qualifying status to the F.I.S., organizer of skiing's World Cup circuit, nearly sparked violence at some European events. Says Fawcett: "The F.I.S. didn't want anything to do with us until they realized it was going to be an Olympic event and that there would be [TV] network interest and a great deal of money." Other riders felt the F.I.S...
...must-see rivalries will pit Richards, 28, against Powers, 18, who is an F.I.S. halfpipe prodigy and has already done much to pump up the competitiveness of the F.I.S. circuit. The outgoing Richards, though he had some difficulty in the first Grand Prix event, came on to win the second stop at Mount Bachelor with a fluid technical style rooted in his first passion, skateboarding. Powers, one of the more disciplined and reserved riders on the tour, has exploded into the top rankings this winter with several convincing wins. Even without Haakonsen, the U.S. will have its hands full holding...
Vinod Kapoor, owner of the Galleria Mall restaurant, said the fire was caused by a "short circuit in the exhaust fan's motor." He said that the fire occurred immediately after the cooks turned on the fan yesterday morning...
...discuss everything from the Mass. Ave. cryobank's handprint-scanning identification system to its small green cups to its closed-circuit TV system. Still, it isn't long before he starts to deconstruct the myth. It comes out that an extensive medical profile and a battery of tests are required to become a California Cryobank employee, as well as a sperm-count that doubles the average. This screening process leaves less than 10 percent of the males eligible...