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Barnaby’s beginnings as a squash coach were modest. When he coached at the Harvard Club of Boston in the ’30s, squash pros received little respect and Barnaby was even required to enter the building through the back door...
...figuring out how to go faster in each segment. That led him to a new technology called shaped skis, which made turning easier for average skiers. Racers had dismissed the innovation, but Miller realized that shaped skis would let him carry more speed into the turns. Eventually, all the pros switched to shaped skis...
...typical New England "hockey town" 11 miles north of Boston. The local high school has boys' and girls' hockey teams. The locals are proud when one of their own goes on to play the sport in college or, like 1998 Reading High grad Chris Dyment, is drafted by the pros. And they have learned to live with strictures on violent behavior. Leagues in Reading, as in many other towns, have explicit rules forbidding parents from assaulting coaches. Some leagues even have security details on hand. Andrew Lauria, a police officer in nearby Revere with a seven-year...
...PRODUCERS Perhaps you've heard of it? Mel Brooks' first crack at a Broadway musical looks like it will run forever. And maybe it deserves to. Of course, the 75-year-old amateur had help from some talented pros, especially director Susan Stroman, who serves up show stopper after show stopper, and Nathan Lane (with Matthew Broderick, left), a Max Bialystock even Zero Mostel would have loved...
Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi The longtime tennis pros and fan favorites declared themselves a deuce and married in October, four days before son Jaden Gil was born. Considering the combined gene pools, watching former women's champion Graf cringe through some of Agassi's current matches might only be a prelude to Wimbledon...