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...Unless something wild happens this week, Wilford will be the one to lead the charges against Yale the final game of his career this Saturday in New Haven. Linden will watch from the sidelines as he always does--helmet on his head, football tucked under his arm, and close to Murphy's side. With Harvard mathematically eliminated from the title hunt, it's probable that Rich Linden will graduate without any meaningful football memories from his senior year...
This can't be just any dress either. Luisana Cruz, a 17-year-old senior, is a finalist for homecoming queen at her mostly Hispanic school in the Lincoln Heights section of Los Angeles. She hopes to wear both a football helmet and a crown before the day is done on Friday. "I want it bad," says Cruz, who is also student-body president and is listed on the football program at 5 ft. 6 in., 151 lbs. "But that's with the pads," she says defensively of her weight. She doesn't have a date for the dance...
...Thursday another fullback, Eulices Sierra, asked Cruz to the dance. That night she found a sassy little purple number with a sheer top. And then at halftime of the game on Friday, the princess in shoulder pads traded her helmet for a crown and climbed into a white Mazda Miata convertible for the parade of queen candidates. She looked stunning, if a little sweaty...
...HELMETS ON! Talk about headaches. Researchers have yet to prove it in humans, but a blow to the head of a pig may result in an injury that triggers brain lesions in the porcine brain that are remarkably similar to what's seen in human Alzheimer's patients. Though the findings are preliminary, they send a clear message: Watch out for speeding balls, swinging racquets and flying hockey pucks--and always wear a helmet when you ride a bike...
...Speaking of irresistible, don't turn down the Ravens in a pick'em over the Rams. Normally, we'd say stay away from any Baltimore team that doesn't have a horseshoe on the helmet. But put them up against a Rams team that belongs in the World League (and that's starting a quarterback fresh out of Arena Ball) and it's Baltimore with a bullet...