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...Ming—was in town. As in every other American city the Rockets have visited during their regular season carnival, Yao, this season’s No. 1 draft pick, was the big draw. A nation that was not long ago terrified by a summer of shark attacks now eagerly embraces the Pride of the Shanghai Sharks...
...done any channel surfing over the past two decades, you've probably encountered Hendricks' pioneering brand of reality TV (he prefers the term real-world TV). Once an odd little documentary network making an occasional wave with shows like Shark Week, Hendricks' flagship Discovery Channel reaches 231 million homes in 155 countries and has become one of the most respected, popular cable channels around--and a powerful media brand whose global reach is matched only by the likes of MTV and CNN. It is also the foundation of a privately owned cable empire that generates $2 billion a year...
...next morning McClintock and a fellow Shark, 2.08-meter Kevin Byrne out of the University of Idaho, are watching tape of that night's opponent, the Guangdong Southern Tigers. The two players are in Room 301 of a dormitory at the Hui Feng Training Center of the Shanghai Technical Sports Institute, where all the Sharks save three?the two pampered imports and one Chinese player with U.S. college and pro experience?are made to dwell, dine and train...
...School echo with the clamor of wannabe Yao Mings. Teenage boys leap and shout and launch fadeaway threes, and a dozen girls who can't be older than seven dribble two balls at a time?perhaps the Olympians of 2020 and beyond. OUR DREAM IS TO BECOME A SHANGHAI SHARK, reads a banner strung on the fence, but it is out of date; the success of the Young Giant has trumped domestic glory. Now, says a coach named Wu, "the NBA is the ultimate goal...
Unless you're a shark gourmand, the disappearance of such lethal beasts might not seem like a bad thing. For marine life, however, it could be a disaster. Despite their ferocity, sharks ensure a kind of order in the oceans. Sitting at the top of the food chain, they keep other large predators in check, regulating who gets to eat whom and who gets to survive and thrive. Want to preview an ocean after the sharks have gone? Picture Yugoslavia after the Soviets: a bloodbath. "We know from studying lakes that top predators have disproportionate effects on their ecosystems," says...