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...maybe it was this kinder, gentler version of Rudy, tossing grounders to the kids and giving them a chance to bat, that won them over. Mets' co-owner Fred Wilpon, who went to college on a baseball scholarship and has a mean arm, engaged the mayor in a pitching matchup, hurling a hardball at him, moving back farther and farther, throwing harder and harder, showing his stuff. But there wasn't anything Rudy couldn't catch and return just as well. Wilpon was the first to miss. You could almost hear Rudy saying to Hillary, "Batter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Rudy's Playground | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...over impeachment, guns, Hollywood and the budget, House members on Tuesday turned to the subject of boxing. A House commerce subcommittee heard testimony from boxing promoter Tony Holden in support of legislation pinning down his peers to a set of national standards. The bill, which seeks to even the matchup between wheeling-and-dealing promoters and their often young and inexperienced charges would, among other things, require promoters to reveal more financial information (including their take from boxers? purses) and impose a one-year limit on boxing contracts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Tries to Knock Boxing Into Shape | 6/29/1999 | See Source »

Yale beats Harvard 28-0 in The Game. The traditional matchup is still in its wartime guise and as such is not official intercollegiate play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1945-1949 IN REVIEW | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...Yale football squad defeats Harvard, 31-21, in the teams' 64th annual matchup...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1945-1949 IN REVIEW | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

...even though there is a championship series afterward (the San Antonio Spurs meet the Portland Trailblazers in Western Conference finals), this could be the best matchup of the play-offs. Though the Pacers are favored, many sportswriters are now wondering if the Knicks' slapdash style is the Taoist answer to a messy season. After all, if the fans didn't care about the lockout, why should the Pacers be rewarded for trying to act as if it didn't happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Knicks' Shooting Spree | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

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