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...That's the name of the hard-pressed fictional franchise featured in George Clooney's Leatherheads, in which the director stars as an aging, wise-guy running back named Dodge Connolly, who may have lost a few steps on the field but is yards ahead of most people in sensing pro football's glittering future. That potential is personified by Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) who has it all: he's a war hero, a snake-hipped runner and cute as all get out. He is a version of Red Grange, who came out of Illinois, signed a huge contract with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leatherheads: For the Love of Football | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...seeks to "disrupt the spaces in which the body performs." By presenting the human form in a new and alien way, he wants audiences to see it through new eyes, and to understand its possibilities. Some have found the work unsettling. "You meet Wayne and he's the nicest guy," says former Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell. "And then you see the steps and think: Hey, this is not so nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wayne McGregor: Mind in Motion | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...with a walk.One out later and a stolen base later, first baseman Eric Oxford delivered a triple that was helped by some forceful winds, and Akashian came around with the run that put Holy Cross on top for good.“[Akashian] is their best guy, I’ve played against him in the summer,” Haviland said. “The wind was blowing out, and I wanted to make sure he didn’t beat us with one swing. I was pretty careful with him, and maybe I shouldn’t have...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Struggles Continue in Loss to Crusaders | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...Deon Meyer's latest offering, Devil's Peak, former freedom fighter Thobela Mpayipheli is on a vigilante revenge mission after his eight-year-old adopted son is gunned down. Is he the good guy or the bad guy? Kunzman reckons: "The relationship between criminals and the forces of the law is different. American and British crime fiction is largely about a society that is firmly in control, but which is momentarily imbalanced by an act of murder. In South Africa, that's wishful thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa's Crime Wave — in Bookstores | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...Kettl, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. "In some of these communities, he's been playing to his base, such as the rally at Penn State. However, he's also made a few long reaches, such as bowling in Altoona, as much of a white-guy play as one could make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Blue-Collar Battle in Pennsylvania | 4/1/2008 | See Source »

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