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...TOUCHDOWN. Beautiful pass by Pizzotti over two defenders in the endzone and Matt Luft gracefully pulls it in and keeps both feet in bounds. HARVARD 7, LEHIGH...
...parents named him Edward Schreck, but never before has there been a more fitting nickname for a man standing six feet seven inches tall than “Teddy.” Despite his towering stature, men’s heavyweight crew captain Teddy Schreck projects a warmth that engages anyone, whether he’s displaying Quincy House pride or working nights as a bartender. But do not make the mistake of assuming his easygoing nature is a weakness while on the water. Rowing brings out an edge in him that has helped him claw his way up during...
...pushed himself to his feet and, chest heaving, examined his options. The room was crowded with chiseled torsos, the rippling biceps and trim hips of demigods and Olympians. Frederick felt his mouth go dry. Some of the youths lacked heads or arms, but that hardly mattered. He stumbled from one statue to the next, his hands pawing desperately at the frozen flesh. They were perfect. So firm—so cold...
...yards from the water. A Russian man named Vladimir Ossovski performed a similar stunt a year later when he jumped from a bridge in Rouen, France into the river Seine. In 1975, a member of the CN Tower's construction crew parachuted off the building - at 1,815 feet (553 m), the world's tallest free-standing structure - and was promptly fired. That same year, a man from Queens parachuted off the top of the World Trade Center and was arrested by security guards once he landed...
...BASE jumpers on many of its fjords. But it, too, is a dangerous place: in 1984, Boenish died from a failed jump off Trollveggen, the tallest vertical rock face in Europe. He had just set the record for tallest BASE jump a few days before - Trollveggen is 3,600 feet (1,100 m) tall - when his parachute failed to open. After 11 accidents and another three deaths, BASE jumping was banned at the site...