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Zecha has created yet another version of his lifestyle in a second chain that he founded last year, Maha Resorts (maha means great in Sanskrit). The first offering?Mahakua-Hacienda de San Antonio, a converted 19th-century hacienda once owned by Sir James Goldsmith?opened in western Mexico last October. In a few months, the two resort chains will merge under the Amanresorts umbrella...
...late Sir Donald Bradman was the greatest cricketer of all time [MILESTONES, March 12] and had the respect of all who played the game, with him and after him. He changed the face of cricket. There are not many nondignitaries whose family receives a personal and private message of condolence from the Queen of England, but that is what happened to Bradman's. PETER HATLEY Sydney, Australia...
...TIME's Australia edition recently devoted its cover to an obituary of the legendary prewar batsman Sir Donald Bradman, noting his significance to Australia lay not simply in his unmatched ability to amass runs no matter how fearsome the bowling he faced, but in the ability of those storied exploits to lift his nation's spirits through the tribulations of the Depression and World War II. As writer Thomas Kenneally put it, "When we spoke of literary figures we spoke of Englishmen, but when we spoke of cricket we spoke of our own. No Australian had written 'Paradise Lost...
...cricket field that they could express themselves as the equal or the better of their colonizer, and challenge the shabby racism that underpinned colonialism. It is no surprise to C.L.R. James that the earliest campaigners for Trinidad's independence from Britain are its cricket greats, such as Sir Leary Constantine...
...DIED. SIR DONALD BRADMAN, 92, self-taught cricket player and courtly Australian icon considered by many to be the pre-eminent sportsman of all time; in Adelaide, South Australia. His perch atop batting stats was said to be "as changeless as alphabetic order"; over his 20-year career, he racked up an average of 99.94 runs per innings, 30 runs more than the next best in the game. A recent book comparing the relative statistical achievements in a variety of sports put Bradman ahead of Michael Jordan, Ty Cobb and Pele. One of Australia's most beloved heroes...