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...expert puzzle solvers are an odd, rare breed, and one to be cherished. For the aficionado, Wordplay performs a special service. It lends faces to revered names, the heroes of puzzleworld: constructors Payne and Reagle, Stanley Newman, Mel Rosen and Fred Piscop. (I wish I could have found '90s phenom Patrick Berry, to whom Maltby and Galli occasionally sublet their Atlantic cryptic page, and Henry Hook, the dark prince of cryptics and crossword editor of the Boston Globe...
...part because of a cameo by homegrown NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony, is both a celebration of thug life and an orgy of threats and denunciations against crime witnesses who cooperate with police. Since the DVD appeared, Stop Snitching T shirts, visors and other apparel have become a fashion phenom in inner-city America. The apparel has been banned from Massachusetts courthouses as of January. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has pressured store owners to stop selling the merchandise, at one point threatening to send city officials into shops to seize the shirts, provoking the American Civil Liberties Union to complain that...
While Danica Patrick's performance at the Indianapolis 500 reinvigorated fan interest in open-wheel racing, NASCAR, the more popular circuit, is grooming a female phenom of its own. Erin Crocker, 24, started racing when she was 7 and last year became the first woman to win a grueling World of Outlaws sprint-car race. She then signed with legendary NASCAR crew chief Ray Evernham, who guided Jeff Gordon to three Winston Cup titles. Though Crocker has risen quickly through the stock-car ranks, Evernham won't rush his prized talent. He had scheduled Crocker to drive full time...
...undergraduate libraries. But certain athletes of the fall season are making the Crimson known for something else—record-breakers. Three current Harvard stars—women’s soccer goalkeeper and co-captain Katie Shields, All-American junior running back Clifton Dawson, and sophomore cross-country phenom Lindsey Scherf—have all made names for themselves by assaulting the Harvard records. SHIELD IN GOAL Shields has been a force in net for the Crimson this fall season. The cornerstone of Harvard’s outstanding defense, Shields has already broken the school record for most shutouts...
Knoche made two saves on the day. The freshman phenom gave way to sophomore Siobhan Connolly with a little under five minutes left in the contest. In her first action of her college career, Connolly made one save to preserve the shutout...