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Roger Rosenblatt's commentary on the extreme sport of base jumping [ESSAY, July 19] included a reference to the death of a man who parachuted from the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The correct spelling of the jumper's name is Frank Gambalie III. Also, he did not die from the jump but apparently drowned after diving into a river as he fled from park rangers...
...June 9, Frank Gamballi, a friend of Kappfjell's, was killed in a jump from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Marta Empinotti, a Californian jumper whose boyfriend Steve Gyrsting crashed into a river at 100 m.p.h. when his chute failed, says that nonetheless she "couldn't live without" the sport: "I would die inside." To date 39 people have died outside...
...entertaining as anything on Broadway, including The Scarlet Pimpernel. The Pacers, a deep, veteran-led team, have a pair of genuine New Yorkers in Mark Jackson and Chris Mullin. They also have Reggie Miller, who runs his mouth like one. He has a habit of draining one unmakable jumper after the next at the Garden while engaging in a trash-talking marathon with Knick fan Spike Lee, who has replaced his Ewing jersey with a Sprewell one. The Knicks, who were moments away from self-destruction heading into the play-offs, are now firing on every dysfunctional cylinder...
Sophomore high jumper Dora Gyorffy and sophomore hurdler Brenda Taylor both qualified for the NCAA Track and Field Championships after winning titles at the ECAC Championships at George Mason this past weekend in Fairfax...
Sophomore high jumper Dora Gyorffy and sophomore hurdler Brenda Taylor both qualified for the NCAA Track and Field Championships after winning titles at the ECAC Championships at George Mason University this past week-end in Fairfax...