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...BARBARO that instant arose as the horses came charging to the turn for home in the 2006 Kentucky Derby. Lying dangerously close to a fiery pace, the colt rushed to the lead and--following one of the fastest final quarter miles in Derby history--won the Roses by nearly seven lengths, the longest Derby victory margin in 60 years. I had witnessed every Derby but one since 1972, and Barbaro struck me--for his sheer athleticism, his explosive speed, his unbridled joy for running--as the finest 3-year-old I had seen since Spectacular Bid in 1979. Vast ability...
...Motion Picture Academy loves them too. Babel earned seven Oscar nominations, Pan's Labyrinth six. That's more than The Departed or Letters from Iwo Jima or Little Miss Sunshine received, and just short of Dreamgirls' eight...
...Seven years ago the stage was set for the premiere of Birdbrain, choreographer Garry Stewart's first work for Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide. The new artistic director had opted for a contemporary version of Swan Lake, and when a video screen on stage displayed the word begin, nothing could have prepared the audience for the dance explosion that ensued as the worlds of ballet and techno music collided. Stewart's dancers deconstructed the story of Prince Siegfried and his dying swan Odette in T shirts wittily printed with words such as doom, lust, sieg and fried. But more amazing...
With each team in the Ancient Eight having played at least two league games, things are shaping up, not surprisingly, as Penn and the Seven Dwarfs. The Quakers have the two best players in the league, and won their first pair of league road games by an average of 22 points...
Starting off with the easiest of the batch. Brown, without emergent talent Keenan Jeppesen, who jumped ship after seven games, might be the worst team in the league. And the Pizzatola Center is one of the arenas rivaling Lavietes for worst home court advantage. Set the over/under for fans in attendance at the number of points Penn will score—86—in easily slaying the Bears...