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...SAMMY SOSA What if you trekked to the North Pole all by yourself, only to find Admiral Peary got there five days before? The great part is that Sosa's 66 homers weren't ignored. The fans embraced his fun-loving, gracious style, and major league baseball gave him the National League MVP--over McGwire...
...rancher Bill Dorrance, an early teacher of horse whispering, was "like a grandfather to me," Monty writes. But Dorrance's son Steve says his father hardly knows Monty. Similarly, horse trainer Don Dodge, in whose stable Monty claims to have worked 16-hour days, told TIME, "Oh my goodness gracious! Those things just aren't true...
Thursday's invitational welcomed varsity teams from Emerson and Wentworth Colleges, but the Crimson women were not gracious hosts. Led by their founders, they punished their guests mercilessly, winning 6-0 against both teams. The Crimson did not lose a set the whole event and Oreskovich and Jervis dropped a combined ten games between them. In fact, Oreskovich needed just an hour and fifteen minutes to dispose of two opponents...
...Wolfe was one of his most intimidating endeavors. "I was nervous about interviewing Wolfe because he is a superb interviewer himself," admits Gray. "And then there's the issue of what to wear." Gray put on his best suit to meet the author, whom he found "extraordinarily gracious and extremely well dressed." Gray, who on average reads three books a week, says Wolfe's latest novel, A Man in Full, offers "a deep look at society without skimping on pizazz and wretched excess." JOEL STEIN, who wrote this week's article on the Yankees, never played Little League...
...series Charmed and happen to sit in the canvas director-style chair with her name stenciled on the back, she won't punch you in the face or break a beer bottle over your head when she finds you there. In truth, she's perfectly gracious and nonvolatile. Is there anything more you really wanted to know on the subject...