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Craig Hanson is up. The red ball rolls across the dirt. Hanson, 31, a financial adviser in Minneapolis, Minn., runs forward, kicking the ball into the outfield where an adept fielder snags it. But the throw is too late to prevent base runner Anthony Aderhold, 26, an engineer, from crossing home plate and lifting his team, the Ball Whackers, to victory. Yes, the recess game of everyone's childhood is piquing the interest of adults. The World Adult Kickball Association has more than 300 teams in 10 cities catering to more than 10,000 players. And the Midwest Unconventional Sports...
Before the top five were announced, Redd and Gray each had a chance to strut down the runway on national television, sporting casual wear, evening wear, and swimsuits. The Saturday show was broadcast nationally on ABC. It also featured performances by “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken and a “party” hosted in Colorado by “Bachelorette” stars Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter...
Harvard earned conference championships in women’s heavyweight crew, men’s heavyweight crew, women’s hockey—which was also national runner-up—and men’s tennis. The men’s hockey team placed second in the conference...
It’s hard to say how it happened. Maybe through gimmicky statements about representing the “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party” or through his impressive grassroots organization, but it’s appropriate at this moment to call Dean the front-runner in the Democratic primary race...
Sharing the runner-up position with Harvard in 2002 was Princeton. The Tigers lost two key seniors from its attack, but two-time all-Ivy senior Kellie Cramm should be able to provide the needed firepower and make Princeton a player in the Ivy race...