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Professional video gamer Jonathan (Fatal1ty) Wendel likes comparing himself to Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Tony Hawk. Wendel doesn't have a 350-yd. drive or a turnaround jumper, but he has dominated the PC-gaming field, winning 12 championships and collecting more than $500,000 in prize money and well over $1 million beyond that in sponsor deals. To prepare for big matches, Wendel says, he imports sparring partners from as far away as Finland, avoids alcohol and caffeine and runs a couple of miles a day. "Fitness is crucial," he says. "It's all about...
...little tougher [in the] second half—better execution, better effort. It took us a while to wake up.” Wake up Yale did, as Flato nailed both technical free throws to open the second half, and on the next possession forward Caleb Holmes buried a jumper. That made the score 41-40 Bulldogs, their first advantage since early in the first half. Yale would never relinquish that lead. The Bulldogs ripped off a 12-2 run to open the second half, establishing a lead which did not sink below four the rest of the night...
...added. Lin continued his roll with a steal off Dartmouth guard DeVon Mosley. Once more, he drove to the basket and drew a hard foul. On Harvard’s next possession, Lin changed pace, dribbling right-to-left and releasing a gentle stop-and-pop jumper. The shot from thirteen feet out fell to give Lin his tenth point in fewer than four minutes. Lin added two free throws later to finish with 12 points. Though Lin’s play was far from perfect, especially in the final minutes, his effort put the Crimson back on track...
...Harvard’s next possession, Lin changed pace, dribbling left from the right wing and releasing a gentle stop-and-pop jumper from just in front of the free throw line, scoring his tenth point in fewer than four minutes. (He added two free throws later to finish with 12 points...
...taught lead actor Corbin Bleu his rope-skipping skills for the film, says the same thing used to happen to him while he was growing up. "I got teased all the time when I was younger," says Taylor, 20, who went on to become a world champion rope jumper in 2004. Now when people poke fun at him, Taylor just takes out his rope and wows them with his gravity-defying jumps, flips and tricks. "I know that jump roping is so cool," he says, adding that most people realize the same thing after seeing what...