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...Evening With Champions," formerly "An Evening of Champions," has showcased many famous skaters over its 19-year history. Past participants include Dorothy Hamill, Debi Thomas, and Tai Babalonia and Randy Gardner. Lari says that many of the top-notch skaters come back year after year because of the show's relaxed atmosphere and because they have so much...
Onlookers at the men's platform-diving final knew what should happen. But would it? The days are gone when Greg Louganis competed one notch above everyone else. He had taught the world to dive at his level, and now teenagers from the Soviet Union, East Germany and especially China threatened to beat him. At 28, Louganis is a superbly fit adult male; his imitators tend to look like underclassmen at a military school. But after nine dives he was 3 points behind Xiong Ni of China, young-looking even for his 14 years. Xiong's tenth and last dive...
...going to lose your hearing if you keep listening to all that loud music," parents railed right from the beginning. "No way!" offspring scoffed, and gleefully cranked up Hot Tuna another punishing notch. Today that parental admonition is being echoed by a new -- and more credible -- source: rock musicians. John Flansburgh of the cult band They Might Be Giants half jokingly says: "Deafness is one of the little sacrifices you have to make for rock...
...every event, there is a favorite. But it is one thing to have the odds point your way and another thing entirely to bestride a sport. Here is a selection of athletes who collect world records the way lesser competitors notch victories. They may have rivals to watch out for, but they have no one to look up to. They are the rulers of the field...
...Pickens. If that fails, Pickens' critics plan to make his heavy-handed treatment of the school an issue in this year's state elections. Pickens dismisses his antagonists as a "few noisy malcontents." Says he: "We're only trying to create a quality school to keep our top-notch young people in the Panhandle...