Word: iron-man
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...squibbler that took an amazin' bounce (Mookie Wilson, 1986). But they chose one that took no athletic ability at all: walking onto a baseball field at the beginning of a game. When Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles did that on September 6, 1995, he broke Lou Gehrig's iron-man record of 2,130 consecutive games. Ladies and gentlemen, your all-time Most Memorable Baseball Moment...
...were two seasons and two sports, with a decent interval between, during which courtships occurred and family members became reacquainted. In that distant era, bars were appropriately morose settings for the serious contemplation of fate and its ironies, not frenetic assemblages of monitors bringing us football in August and iron-man competitions from the antipodes. Guys who liked sports didn't just kibitz from the sofa, they went out and played softball or bowled. And for those who thrive on deep partisan passions, there was always politics...
Hancock also found that his skill in biking and running provided him an excellent advantage in another variation of the "iron-man" sport--the duathlon...
...league's best newcomers last year, Snowden has picked up right where he left off, leading the team with 16.5 points-per-game and an iron-man 35 minutes-per-game. Seemingly immune to the shooting bug, he is connecting on a robust 65 percent from the floor...
...reputation for being a tireless teacher of young writers -- and a tireless everything else, for that matter. It is a rare closing night that does not find Joe at his computer terminal, mulling over some late-breaking story, raising questions, smoothing transitions, apparently impervious to the late hour. That iron-man constitution should serve him well as the leader of TIME's Olympic team. Joining Ferrer for the task is senior editor Stephen Koepp, a ski enthusiast on a break from his duties in the Business section...