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Another Cup tradition - engraving the names of players, coaches, and executives from each winning team on the trophy, which is now almost three feet tall, and weighs nearly 35 pounds - offers more opportunities for misadventure. With so many names, misspellings are inevitable. Still, it's pretty difficult to explain how the Toronto Maple Leaes, not Maple Leafs, won the 1963 championship, or how the New York Ilanders, not Islanders, took home the 1981 trophy. And what's with the 16 "Xs" under the 1983-1984 Edmonton Oilers? No, they don't refer to the nocturnal fetishes of Messier, who starred...
...father, and joined the St. Louis Herpetology society at age 12.“He was probably their youngest member,” said his father. When it was time for Jonathan to leave for college, the caimans had swelled to a full two and a half feet. Losos decided to donate his prized pets to the St. Louis Zoo, where he had volunteered every summer.Even outside of St. Louis, Losos insisted that reptiles play an integral role on every family vacation—or he would refuse to attend.During a trip to Arizona in his early teens, Losos created...
What is the correct way to run? Prior to the creation of the modern running shoe, people were taught how to run either by a running coach or by simple feedback from their feet. If something hurt, you would start running differently. You'd never, ever land on your heel on a thinly cushioned shoe, because it hurt. Your heel's not designed to absorb impact. Running should feel weightless. It should feel like you're floating in space. It's basically a series of controlled jumps. Then we started trying to trump nature and come up with something...
...Kong and New York City. In one set piece at a dinner party in a Hong Kong high-rise, Chowdhury cracks open the insular world of the Indian jet set, exposing their insecurities and pretensions. "The Indian guests ate as they usually did, on the rocking balls of their feet, curiously surveying each other's plates, clawing at the procession of half-heard jokes and gossip swirling around...
...seconds to go, Princeton squandered its last chance when guard Jessica Berry missed a crucial jumper. Markley grabbed the board and was fouled, then connected on two free throws with nine seconds remaining. The pair proved to be the dagger. A joyous, electrified home crowd was at its feet, basking in glory and blissfully unconcerned with explaining what it had just witnessed. “That was just…an awesome game, awesome win,” Markley said.The comeback win cannot be fully replicated by report. Like in many famous contests, some moments cannot be fully understood...