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...Hawaii, was surfing near Kona in October 1999 when a 10-ft. tiger shark came halfway out of the water and pushed him off his board. The shark's nose struck Spencer's head, then its jaws locked onto his arm. "I could almost see the whole shark. My elbow was down his throat." The shark ripped muscles, tendons and blood vessels, then chomped down on the surfboard before finally disappearing. Spencer made it to shore, and today his arm is recovering, although he still cannot grip with his hand. His mistake? Surfing at sundown...
...Western Washington University is down 20% and the University of Missouri-Columbia is down 18%. One limitation to any college-based program is that many kids are arriving on campus with drinking problems. Fully half of binge drinkers do not wait for the freedom of college before they begin elbow bending in earnest; they start while they're still at home. "Colleges are inheriting behaviors learned in high school," says social psychologist Henry Wechsler, who heads Harvard's study on drinking among young people...
...putter. He proceeds to whip it around in a counterclockwise loop, stopping as soon as his hands reach his chest. Then Ichiro uses his right hand to hold the bat parallel to his upper body. When he brings his right foot into the box, Ichiro?knees bent, left elbow cocked high?is ready for the pitch. This routine is repeated before every pitch. "Some people may think it's strange," says Ichiro, "but if something works, there's no need to change it." It works. Thanks in no small part to Ichiro and despite not having a top slugger...
...after last summer, Crockett began having problems with his throwing elbow. That-combined with some chilly spring weather-plagued Crockett during the early part of the 2001 campaign...
...While Crockett bounced back strong at season’s end-throwing a no-hitter against Dartmouth in his final outing to finish the year 4-4 with a 4.04 ERA-his elbow troubles may have ultimately frightened teams away...