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...against Cornell and UConn. In an indoor collegiate game, a team of three plays a group of six horses for the first two chukkers, or periods of play, and the other team plays those same six horses in the last two. Because of the idiosyncratic dynamics between horse and rider, the advantage is huge for the home team playing on its own string—the mark of the exceptional polo player is the ability to adapt to any horse...
...networks cut costs, they're less likely to make the next West Wing (or Knight Rider). But smaller shows survive that once wouldn't have lasted a season. Take NBC's finely detailed small-town drama Friday Night Lights, which draws as few as 4 million viewers a week. It was able to air a third season this year because NBC signed a cost-sharing deal with DirecTV - one of the very satellite providers that have helped atomize the audience...
...worst two-wheeled offenders are usually Vélib' renters - despite the statistics that suggest as much. The number of Paris accidents involving cyclists has exploded 37.2% since the scheme was introduced, surging from 506 crashes in 2006 to nearly 700 in 2007 (including three Vélib' rider deaths that year; there were four in 2008). However, that surging accident rate is largely accounted for by the more than 70% increase in cycle traffic since the Vélib' launch...
...taking the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle while anchoring both medley relay teams.Classmate Anne Taylor was named Diver of the Meet after sweeping the diving events, while freshman Jessica Stanchfield was runner-up in both.Harvard entered Sunday’s competition just 1.5 points ahead of runner-up Rider. Aided by the return of Mills and Pickard, the Crimson was able to extend the margin to 23.5 points by the end of the meet...
Dubbed "Pitbull" on account of his fearlessness as a freestyle motocross rider, Jeremy Lusk, 24, whose interest in motorcycles began when he was 3, died after sustaining head injuries during a backflip fall...