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...Heaving a 16-lb. metal ball farther than anyone else in the world takes prodigious strength. It also takes grace, balance and technique. Parry O'Brien was a shot-put champion whose great innovation was a 180ş spin that built momentum for his toss. He broke the shot-put world record 17 times between 1953 and 1959 and in four Olympic Games took home two gold medals plus a silver. O'Brien, 75, had a fatal heart attack while competing in a Santa Clarita, Calif., swim meet...
...covered in the sports section, one of its more compelling figures was the beefy Polish-born fighter Abe Coleman. At 5 ft. 3 in. and 200 lbs., the man dubbed the Hebrew Hercules fought such he-men of the 1930s as George Temple (Shirley's brother) and the 465-lb. Man Mountain Dean, whom the agile Coleman once lifted in the air before the pair crashed through the ring. Among Coleman's moves: the airplane spin, the flying head butt and his trademark "kangaroo kick"--an assault on an opponent's jaw that he allegedly learned from marsupials when...
Some analysts are skeptical about the whole category. "Not everyone is keen on the idea of thumbing his way through life," says Shiv Bakhshi, a mobile-device expert at IDC, a Massachusetts research company. An early review from eWeek derided the 1.75-lb., $1,999 FlipStart as "the three C's: cool, clunky and costly," while Infoworld called it "flat out unusable for work." Using it is a lot like handling a laptop with a shrunken screen and keyboard; it's fine for a few minutes, though you'll feel cramped working for a longer stretch. But there are strengths...
...swept away by all the emotions and nerves and everything else that’s going on in an arena like that, but you have to remember the things that made you successful during the year.” O’Connor, the sixth seed at 149 lb., went 5-2 in the tournament. After dispatching his opponents in the first two rounds, he took on third seed Josh Churella of Michigan in the quarterfinals and lost 6-3. After coming up short, O’Connor recomposed himself and came back to win two more matches, solidifying...
...Championships with an additional seven wild card slots, making a total of 47 wrestlers who qualify from the conference.“All four of us are all capable of coming home with the national championship,” said tri-captain Max Meltzer, who finished third at 141 lb. despite suffering a tough first-round upset. “Each of us knows it because we train with each other. We have to make sure we train smart in the next couple of weeks, and then the sky’s the limit.”Sophomore Louis Caputo...