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...Derek Jeter’s out for a minimum of six weeks after he dislocated his shoulder, much to the anguish of Yankee fans and fantasy team managers alike. Do you think for a moment that Jeter would take six weeks off were he a marine? New Braves pitcher Mike Hampton is on the DL to start the season after he strained a calf muscle…running on a treadmill. Do you think that injury would stand for a second in the service...
...Crusaders (2-13) to no hits and the minimum three batters in the top of the first inning, Harvard came out with a spark as sophomore leadoff hitter Lauren Stefanchik was walked and then stole second. Stefanchik reached third by an illegal pitching motion by Holy Cross senior pitcher Megan Manner. It was a solid grounder through the middle of the infield by senior first baseman Tiffany Whitton that drove Stefanchik home and put the Crimson...
...world's first sonic boom, a sound that marked the end of the Wright Brothers' era and the beginning of the age of the astronauts, taking humankind into outer space. His XS-1 had accelerated to Mach 1.06, or 700 m.p.h. That night Yeager fixed his buddies a pitcher of martinis to celebrate. But the world would have to wait to learn of Yeager's feat. It was all top secret until Aviation Week broke the story in December. The government wouldn't come around to confirming it had happened until May 1948. --By Cathy Booth Thomas
...death of baseball pitcher Steven Bechler may have been linked to the herb ephedra [HEALTH, March 3]. It brings to the fore a problem that needs urgent regulatory attention. Alternative-medicine gurus and the burgeoning over-the-counter drug industry have fostered the notion that anything natural is safe. Well, the poisons strychnine, belladonna, ricin and botulin are all natural. Legislation is needed to prohibit advertising that implies "all natural ingredients" means "safe." HERMAN BIEBER Kenilworth...
BASEBALL'S BOOMER STARTS SOME RUMORS Hard-throwing, hard-drinking Yankees pitcher DAVID (BOOMER) WELLS is causing a ruckus with a tell-all memoir due out this week, Perfect I'm Not! In 1998 Wells threw a perfect game--hence the title--but in Perfect I'm Not! he says he did it "half drunk, with bloodshot eyes, monster breath and a raging, skull-rattling hangover" after a night spent partying with the cast of Saturday Night Live. He also claims that "between 25% and 40%" of Major League players use steroids. Wells, who says he may soften up some...