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...ANNIKA SÖRENSTAM, 32, Swedish female golf pro, at the Bank of America Colonial golf tournament, the first woman in 58 years to compete in a Professional Golf Association Tour event; in Fort Worth, Texas. Sörenstam, who last year won 13 titles, made her fairway debut on Thursday with a one-over-par 71. But despite best wishes from pros, fans and even U.S. President George W. Bush, Sörenstam's 74 on the second day of play wasn't enough for her to make the cut. She ended up tied for 96th place...
...weeks. But deep down, the Prague native remains the amateur paleontologist of his childhood. Today, he travels in time through his movies, and the fossils he excavates are buried in the Czech national psyche; the collision of rock 'n' roll and communism in 1950s Czechoslovakia in Big Beat, his debut feature. Czechs collaborating with Nazis in his Oscar-nominated Divided We Fall. As the protagonist of that movie, a Czech whose family hides a Jew, puts it: "You wouldn't believe what abnormal times do to normal people." "I like to explore national embarrassments," says Hrebejk. "I don't condemn...
Harvard’s end was hastened by the absence of sophomore Alexis Martire, whose tonsillitis prevented her from making the trip. Freshman Lyly Cao Minh was left to make her team singles debut at No. 6, a trial-by-fire unlike any Graham could recall...
Since overcoming shoulder trouble that kept him confined to his outfielder’s role for much of the season, it was just a matter of time until Salsgiver made his mound debut. After drawing what Walsh called “oohs and ahs” during a side session two weeks ago, Salsgiver was placed on call for last weekend’s do-or-die series with Dartmouth. Walsh even had him warming up in game four just in case Crimson closer Barry Wahlberg stumbled in securing the 14-10 victory over Dartmouth that clinched the divisional title...
Senior Brian Lentz trotted to Salsgiver’s spot in right field, and the double-switch forced the Crimson to forfeit the designated hitter’s spot in its lineup. And after playing four innings of musical outfielders to accommodate Salsgiver’s pitching debut, Harvard coach Joe Walsh had used just about every position player on his bench