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MILESTONES: An arrest in Sarasota; an al-Qaeda acquittal in Hamburg; a murder case resolved in Rapid City; the death of a mischievous Olympic champion...
CHARGED. JOSEPH SMITH, 37, auto mechanic; with the abduction and first-degree murder of Carlie Brucia, 11; in Sarasota, Fla. Brucia's body was found in a church parking lot four days after a security camera recorded her kidnapping at a nearby car wash...
DIED. OTTO GRAHAM, 82, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns during the team's Golden Age, from 1946 to 1955; of a heart aneurysm; in Sarasota, Fla. He set a state record at birth, weighing in at 14 lbs. 12 oz., and went on to outsized contributions on the football field, passing for 23,584 yds. and 174 touchdowns and leading the Browns to an astonishing 10 championship games in his 10 seasons with the team...
...season rather than of the century, a configuration that doesn't make sense until you start reading, and some of the best writing comes at the beginning, in the chapters covering the meaningless, sun-soaked overture of spring training. There, sitting in the stands with the senior citizens in Sarasota, Fla., watching a trio of trainee pitchers share a joke, Angell confronts the hidden pain nursed by every bleacher bum: "We would never be part of that golden company on the field, which each of us, certainly for one moment of his life, had wanted more than anything else...
Still out of rhythm after one set, Riddell concentrated on finding his opponent’s weakness. The Sarasota, FL native knew that it would be a close match, and “played with a deciding-match mentality,” which he advises as the optimal way to play tennis...