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...fouls and glares piled up on court, the fans simply started their own fun, cheerfully ribbing U.S. men's champs Kevin Garnett and Alonzo Mourning - who was so taken by Sydney that he gave the city's name to his newborn daughter, Myka Sydney - as the towering duo sat in the stands holding aloft a hand-drawn sign more suited to a junior-high pep rally: USA Came Down Under, Got Gold...
...pool - and tripled the stash by the end of the week. While Domenico Fioravanti won the breaststroke double, it was his compatriot Massimiliano Rosolino who will stay in the memory of swimming fans. Following a silver medal in the 400-m freestyle behind Thorpe and bronze behind the freakish duo in the 200-m freestyle, the 22-year-old Neapolitan stormed past American Tom Dolan to take gold in the 200-m individual medley. The crowd roared in rapture. The likable Italian, who lived in Australia as a child, danced, and danced, and danced. "We're writing history...
Perhaps the most exciting match of the day came at the doubles finals. One of the Crimson's only intact doubles teams from last year, Styperek and Lee, faced off against the Rutgers duo of Jagdale and Schweitzer. The match was fairly normal early on, with both sides trading service games and playing out long rallies...
...whirling thresher blades of changing tastes." By the '50s, Kavalier and Clay are not only old hat but also targets of a congressional committee investigating the effects of comic books on children. Then, like Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the real-life team that begat Superman, Chabon's fictional duo lose the rights to their character in a dispute with cutthroat publishers. Screwing the talent is an old story, but never before told with as much imagination, verve and affection as can be found in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay...
Starting this weekend, when Harvard hosts its Fall Invitational, tennis fans will be treated to many new faces and old faces in new places. Gone are John Doran and Joe Green, the Dublin Duo that captained last year's team. Gone, too, are the five straight Ivy League titles that made the Crimson one of the preeminent college teams in the country. And, perhaps most surprising of all, gone also is Dave Lingman, who had such a successful freshman season last year that he decided to go pro this summer...