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...Wasatch mountains at the Park City Resort. How different is this sport? There was a warm-up act, the band Save Ferris playing at avalanche -inducing volume to the slushy mosh pit that formed in front of it. There's a sound track to snowboarding too, as each rider selects a song (from a pre-approved list) to play during his or her run, although most of the riders were listening to their own tunes. Kass had the AC/DC cranked - in part so he could drown out the crowd noise. The contrast between "Hells Bells" and John Williams' official Olympic...
...Every rider on the American team has a shot at the podium. Danny Kass, 19, is a show in himself. He blends natural talent with technical style and a blatant disregard for Olympic trappings like coaching, training and discipline. "I'm just here for the beer and [babes]," Kass said after qualifying for the Games. Still, he may pick up some gold as well: Kass is one of the few riders who has pulled off a 1080, or three revolutions, a move that will be a prerequisite for podium status...
...Tigers (7-6, 1-0) may be much improved from last season, but they have been inconsistent. After beating Penn last Friday, they were blown out 88-64 by 3-10 Rider on Tuesday...
...LANCE ARMSTRONG. After spotting the competition an Alp or deux, Armstrong blew past them with a lung-searing, spirit-crushing sprint up Alpe d'Huez to set up his third straight Tour de France victory, all this after recovering from cancer. The U.S. Postal Service rider was 23rd at the beginning of the mountain stages, first at the end, pausing only long enough to look back at the vanquished...
...convention--Hickey, 62, is the only American art critic of consequence who used to play guitar for a country-and-western band. He is also proof that MacArthur Foundation "genius grants," like the one he was awarded this year, go to some shaggy characters, the kind who like low-rider cars and chain-smoke as a reminder of more intense pleasures wisely put behind them...