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...LONG after her debut with the WNBA's Washington Mystics in 1999, six-time All-Star forward Chamique Holdsclaw, 29, was dubbed the "female Michael Jordan." The Olympic gold medalist, who plays for the Los Angeles Sparks, jolted teammates by announcing she was retiring, effective immediately. "I'm not depressed or anything," she said. "I just want to kind of kick back...
Trim and muscular, Porto became national champion in her weight class. And on July 14, she will make her international debut in Los Angeles at the Fatal Femmes Fighting championship, where she will square off against other women competitors from around the world. Nevertheless, she is growing tired of her female opponents. She has offered to take on the best male Vale Tudo fighter in the country. "The rules won't permit it, of course," said Costa, adding that women have been involved in Vale Tudo since about 2003. "But she's totally serious about taking...
ORIGINAL KID SLEUTHS The crime-solving chronicles of Frank and Joe Hardy, boy heroes in the Hardy Boys book series, were launched in 1927. Nancy Drew, who always found a mystery to unravel, also made an early literary debut with her series...
...account of baseball’s color barrier, Satch, perhaps the greatest player in the history of the Negro Leagues, didn’t make his major league debut until 1948, when he was already 41 years...
Several students chose to independently finance the plays they wanted to see performed. The American debut of Jean Genet’s play “Deathwatch” was one such independent undertaking, produced by John M.S.W. Eyre ’57. Also directed by Aaron, the play earned the critical acclaim of The Crimson and was later invited to perform at the Yale Drama Festival in the spring...