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...fact that the former seems to occur more often than the latter, arguably, becomes even more remarkable once one takes into account not only Farkes’ age, or even his deceptively unthreatening stature—he charitably stands at 5’11, 195 lbs.—but the relatively trying schedule of modern-day Harvard baseball...
...field. He lacked both the size of a typical college linebacker and the speed of a running back, but he was dogged and smart. In his senior year Tillman was named Pac-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year --no small trick for a guy who weighed 202 lbs. in a world where your average lineman looks like a major appliance with a helmet. When a reporter congratulated him, Tillman admitted that he was proud to win but allowed that the whole thing had him a little worried that he might "start being happy" with himself. "And then...
...mess. Then he hit upon a cure-all: low carbs. Saltzman went on the Atkins diet at about the same time he helped launch Pure Foods, a specialty retailer based in Beverly Hills, Calif., that sells only products with comparatively few carbohydrates. Today Saltzman is 25 lbs. lighter, and his wallet is weighty. He has 24 employees, up from just four when he started, and will have 40 full-timers by June. "It was a eureka moment for me," Saltzman says of his carb-counting catharsis in October. "I needed to lose weight, and I needed...
...Atkins, South Beach, Zone and other protein-packed eating regimens are part of a fad that will soon run its course, like low-fat diets in the 1980s. But they can't deny his weight loss or that of countless others who have dropped 20 or 50 or 100 lbs. after cutting carbs from their meals. Exactly why all those pounds melt away when we give up potatoes and bread remains something of a mystery to the dieting public. Is it mostly the temporary loss of water weight? Do low-carb fanatics lose weight while consuming more calories...
Whether both survive the pre-season roster cuts at tight end, however, is an even more open-ended question. While both drew rave reviews for their intelligence and football acumen from scouts, Cramer’s size—6’2, 245 lbs.—makes him a likely candidate to be shifted into the backfield to fill the role of a fullback rather than dropping into a three-point stance...