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Blink and you might just miss it. The blur of crisscrossing hands and zigzagging neon cups is probably the weirdest organized sport you've never heard of. Dubbed sport stacking, this rapid-fire competition could at first glance be mistaken for some peculiar carnival game. Players are tasked with arranging 12 lightweight plastic cups into various formations; a stacking kit comes with a touch-pad timer and cups that have a trio of holes in the bottom to reduce air resistance. At slower speeds, it seems easy enough: build up pyramids and break them down in a predetermined sequence...
...mention his unforgettable voice, familiar not only to fans of the Philadelphia Phillies--for whom he had broadcast games since 1971--but also to people across the nation who heard him narrate highlights for NFL Films. When I joined the Phillies broadcast crew in 1980, I was a neophyte. In the beginning, my job was pretty much to get chairs for all the other guys. But I was lucky to work with a legend. Harry never pulled me aside to give me any kind of speech. I learned by observing and listening. I'd study his flow, his cadence...
Haven’t we heard this one before? Last week, Iran’s controversial president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, made a speech in which he said nasty, provocative things about Israel, leading to international uproar. Controversy is nothing new for Ahmadinejad, whose previous remarks—including “The American empire in the world is reaching the end” and “Israel is about to crash. This is God’s promise and the wish of all the world’s nations”—are notorious...
...many people risking death by crossing the firing line? Because, as Rageswari explained, they realized they are trapped. "The Tigers always made sure that a large number of civilians fell back with them when they retreated," she said. "Finally there was nowhere else for us to go. When we heard soldiers using loudhailers (megaphones) and calling people to come out, I thought there was no point staying here and risking death. I might as well risk death and run, so I ran with my family...
...with most of its star players. Gino Gordon's just chilling on the sidelines, Luft, as I already mentioned, is up here in the press box, and a lot of the usual targets at receiver—Levi Richards, Chris Lorditch, Mike Cook—have yet to be heard from...