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Some people still can't look past his ethnicity. Everywhere he plays, Lin is the target of cruel taunts. "It's everything you can imagine," he says. "Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian." Even at the Ivy League gyms? "I've heard it at most of the Ivies if not all of them," he says. Lin is reluctant to mention the specific nature of such insults, but according to Harvard teammate Oliver McNally, another Ivy League player called him a C word that rhymes with ink during a game last season. On Dec. 23, during...
...organizers of the extreme 40 sailing series look chipper as they solicit your signature on forms absolving them of responsibility in the event of your death. And waive you must if you intend to ride shotgun on what are known, with justice, as the baddest boats in yachting. Behold the disquieting outlines of these huge catamarans, straining malevolently at their moorings, and the brain immediately apprehends the many ways in which they might contribute to your demise. But why think about that too deeply when roaring across the waves at 40 knots, on a 45-degree tilt, is such great...
...sailors have joined the circuit, including British double world champion Paul Campbell-James and Austrian double Olympic gold medalists Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher. Hefty corporates are among the backers, lured, perhaps, by the fact that there's room onboard for one guest as well as four crew. Look carefully at each catamaran in competition and you're sure to find, spread-eagled on the nylon mesh, a grinning sponsor (or interloping journalist...
...capital of Abuja, passengers are now subjected to extra screening, with officials there saying everyone will now be subjected to body-screening. "It's a joke, man," Asaba-One says. "They may have functioning X-ray machines, even though they are older, but I'm not sure the person looking at the screen even knows what to look for. If, for example, I had a liquid explosive that is going through it, will they be able to tell the difference between a liquid bottle of Coke versus a liquid bottle of PETN? I don't think they can tell...