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...Spaccare la faccia, porco!'" Cam says with a laugh. The phrase roughly translates as "Shove it in your face, pig" and was "probably one of the milder things he learned," says Cam. "I had to learn Italian to get food at the table," John recalls. "I could make a sailor blush in Italian, no question about...
...60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion [May 31], was one of the most moving pieces I have ever read on the topic of war. As the daughter of a soldier who served in World War II at the Battle of the Bulge, the wife of a sailor who served on river patrols in Vietnam and the friend of a young man who died in Iraq last October, I thank Gibbs for her insights and for putting the lessons of those conflicts in perspective. MARION DENNEHY Wakefield, Mass...
...after almost two decades on the professional circuit. "There is pressure on me, but it's not intense pressure," she says of the build-up to Athens. "I don't feel like I have anything to prove to the world, or to myself, that I'm a really good sailor and that I can do it over and over again. It's just a game...
...Former mentor Grant Beck believes Kendall's temperament, family support and natural gifts as a sailor - rather than as an athlete - have enabled her to be the best ever in boardsailing. "She has a great ability to quickly make judgment calls on the water that are crucial; she's more aware of the nuances on the race track than others and she is able to take in a large number of inputs and then make a decision." Beyond that, says Beck, a coach with New Zealand's Athens sailing team, is Kendall's determination and big heart...
...captain Cardwell Potts was named the ICSA College Sailor of the Year, while sophomore Genny Tulloch won Quantum Collegiate Woman Sailor of the Year, marking a Crimson sweep of the two top honors...