Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...rubber will burn on four continents, drawing in more than half a billion television viewers. Between them, the 11 teams have spent about $3 billion in their quest to be fastest. Throw into the mix the kind of A-list celebrities you used to see ringside at heavyweight title fights, and a scattering of supermodels and pop princesses, and F1 stands alone as a corporate and entertainment phenomenon...
...Jaguar Cars, one of Britain's most iconic - and troubled - automotive brands was on the block. The Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp., Detroit's two biggest heavyweight players in the industry, both wanted what resembled a dented, but potentially valuable, possession. Ford won the ensuing bidding war, paying $2.5 billion for the coveted car brand. Accelerate ahead 11 years to 2000, and Ford again had its checkbook out, paying $2.7 billion for Land Rover, another luxury British carmaker that had run into some rough road. It also invested many billions more trying to turn both companies around, mainly...
...Wintner says he met Page a few years ago through the crew team. Wintner rows on the Varsity heavyweight boat, and Page walked onto the team as an undergraduate...
...While freshman Michael Sadler (165), senior Billy Colgan (197), and sophomore heavyweight Andrew Knapp fell, they marked the only opportunities that Harvard had against Big Red wrestlers not ranked No. 17 or better...
...seven matches. “It’s frustrating,” Weiss said. “It’s great that so many young guys are getting opportunities [to wrestle], but it’s difficult to be competitive without eight guys.” Sophomore heavyweight Andrew Knapp echoed these sentiments. “It’s disappointing, but you just have to pick yourself up and look forward to next week,” Knapp said. With only one weekend of regular season matches left, it would be easy for the whole team...