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...least as of now, the weather forecasts for Denver and Boston are not disastrous. "Our long-term models project higher-than-average temperatures, and lower-than-normal chance of precipitation," says Kyle Fredin, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Denver-Boulder office, of the games that would be played at Coors Field October 27-29. But remember, we're talking about the weather here. "In Denver, it's game on," says Fredin, recalling the blizzard of 1997 that fell before Halloween. "Anything goes here." In fact it snowed over the weekend in Denver, forcing the Rockies to practice...
...cold. "Lick your fingers, and wipe them off on your pants," says Hershiser. "But make it a fake wipe." But wait, isn't that a spitball? Hershiser says everyone does it, and the umpires let it go in the cold. "Look, you're just looking to recreate a normal environment," he says. "You're not gaining any kind of advantage...
...hard for everyone,” Rhoads said. According to junior Ali Bode, the challenging greens placed an emphasis on both putting and approach shots. “The wind was up, which made approach shots even more difficult and scores in the field higher than normal,” added Bode, who shot 162 (82-80). Harvard’s Day 1 score of 330 was the highest the team has posted all season—and especially startling for the squad coming off its historically low one-day score at the ECAC Championship. “During...
...that included a national title in 2003—the Radcliffe varsity heavyweights found themselves on the outside looking in, missing the cut for the all-important NCAA Championships.For any other crew, these ups and downs are understood and even expected. But Radcliffe is not your normal program—it is one of the most storied in the history of women’s crew. As a consequence, failing to make the 16-team NCAA Championships field in 2006 was a shock. The crew was forced to respond, and with a stronger heavyweight field breathing down its collective neck?...
...just as key to the show's success is her Clark Kent--the fictional Miley. Celebrity today is as rarefied as ever, yet with YouTube and reality TV, seems more accessible than ever. It's tantalizing but, as personified by Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, terrifying. Miley--a normal, grounded schoolkid--makes the fantasy safe. The theme song says it all: "You get the best of both worlds...