Word: home-run
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Dartmouth pressed on an inbounds pass, and Clemente (in an act that required some cojones and a lot of confidence in his teammates) tossed a home-run pass to junior guard Drew Gellert, who was streaking down the court. The pass was perfect, and Gellert blew by Big Green freshman Jordan Naihe to make the catch and the layup...
...week a St. Louis jury ordered McFarlane to pay $24.5 million to one TONY TWIST, 32, a former NHL enforcer for the St. Louis Blues, who sued McFarlane for using his name without permission. McFarlane, a sports nut who paid $2.7 million for Mark McGwire's record-breaking 1998 home-run ball, waffled in his testimony about the exact provenance of the Twistelli name, but in letters to fans he admitted that Twist was the inspiration for his snarling mafioso character. Never mind that Twistelli bears little resemblance to Twist; if the judgment stands, McFarlane's Image Comics imprint could...
...survey of more than 1,000 students found kids as early as sixth grade turning to creatine for its supposedly magical powers. That's not hard to believe, considering that such sports heroes as home-run hitters Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have admitted taking the stuff. In the same survey, 44% of high school seniors said they regularly use creatine, mostly to enhance athletic performance, especially in football, wrestling, hockey, gymnastics and lacrosse...
...bright white, though, including the one signed by both rival sluggers Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. There's a case for the totems offered by today's most popular player. "Best of Luck in 2000. Your friend, Mark McGwire" reads a bat and a ball from the St. Louis home-run king...
...barons of the game say baseball is back. "The game is more popular today than ever before," boasted commissioner Bud Selig after the '98 McGwire-Sosa home-run chase. That burst of excitement gave the widespread impression that baseball was on the rebound...