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Kenneth Lafler, the systems coordinator for financial aid at Harvard Law School, Nathan Logus, a Web page designer at the School of Continuing Education, and Paul Simonoff, 33, a local motorcycle racer, are also in the band...
After the lights release the cars from the starting line, they hurtle down the track, leaving shimmering waves of fumes. As they cross the finish line, twin giant billboards flash their time and speed and each racer gets a printed receipt with his (or, pretty rarely, her) time. Bob's personal record for his 1978 Cougar (" a little old-fashioned," he admits) is 12.5 seconds...
...miserable complacence of "I've Changed my Plea to Guilty" is mercifully kicked into high gear with the sugary, jumping "The Boy Racer." That melodious negative energy is back. "Boy racer; We're going to kill this pretty thing" has such pretty musical packaging that homicide seems lined up right with rainbows and lollipops. Morrissey is not a happy man, no. But this song is candy. It has all the elements of the glory days; ambiguous sexuality, ironic self-awareness and a morose premise...
...Lisa's a really good ski racer," Harty said. "Soyoun took up the sport having very little race experience. He became pretty fearless. We also had good progress with a lot of our freshman skiers. By the end of the year, they were skiing pretty well...
...tennis and golf, snowboarding has functioned with independently contracted athletes enjoying, in some cases, six-figure contracts. At competitions, snowboarders are usually adorned with various sponsors' logos. Within the Olympic system, competitors must wear officially sanctioned uniforms provided by a contracted supplier. Mark Fawcett, Canada's dominant giant-slalom racer, who draws a good portion of his income from Fila, must suspend that contract to advertise Nike, official sponsor of the Canadian team. At one point, Fawcett was so frustrated by the rule that he tried to join the New Zealand team. In the end, he decided to go Canadian...