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...Clara Blattler’s clearance of 3.51 meters and senior Mary Serdakowski’s time of 9.07 leading the way. Sophomore Sarah Bourne also won the 5000-meter run with a time of 18:00.94. By herself, Scherf competed in the Meyo Invitational, placing second amongst 44 racers in the 3000 meter run. The only racer to beat her was the 2005 NCAA cross country champion, Johanna Nilsson. —THE CRIMSON STAFF

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: While Track and Field competes in the non-scoring Dartmouth Invitational, Scherf races amongst nation’s best | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

...world's best ski racer, but whatever the result, he laughs it off and maybe has a beer afterward. Or two. In a world where winners get endorsements and losers work for the ski patrol, Miller actually believes in that old Olympic canard that it's playing the game that counts. "Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say it is not all about winning," he told TIME during pre-Olympic training at Colorado's Copper Mountain. The important thing to him is to try to ski well - to improve, to reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebel on the Edge | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...World Cup circuit Miller is rock-star popular and travels like one. Rather than stay in hotels, he does the Alpine tour in a recreational vehicle driven by his boyhood friend Jake Sereno. His uncle, Mike Kenney, a former ski racer, acts as his personal adviser. From Camp Bode, he patrols the Internet (where he met his girlfriend Karen Sherri), writes an online journal for the Denver Post, conducts a radio show for Sirius and hangs out, often with the press and his fans camped outside. "For me, he's all the best things about America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebel on the Edge | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...change character when thrust into the limelight. Comedy Central made remote-controlled fighting robots famous with its show Battlebots, and in doing so contributed to the rapid burnout of the sport. Snowboarders lost their counterculture mystique, and their boards are more plastered with corporate logos than your average NASCAR racer. And baseketball? Don’t even get us started. Beirut is facing the same fate. Lebanon is being slowly Westernized despite continuing political strife, and it’s character is gradually changing under the weight of French and American corporate interests. Stores from Starbucks to Zara cater...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Save Beirut | 10/18/2005 | See Source »

...Mart parking lots under a huge tent, where the sponsors were waiting with all kinds of kid-friendly entertainment. It was a sensation, so much so that the championship event had to move to a bigger venue. On the water, Jacobs outfitted each boat like a NASCAR racer, to the point where the outfit became unofficially known as BASSCAR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding the Bass Boom | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

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