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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...
Junior captain and pitcher Kara Brotemarkle battled a determined Suzanna Friel of Holy Cross, who managed a spinning line drive to second base for the second out. Brotemarkle avoided the last threat, forcing a pop fly to third base to end the inning...
...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...