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Eliot House started its work with the Jimmy Fund when John M. Petkevich '71, a skater, injured himself while he was a junior. During his stay in the hospital, Petkevich, an Eliot resident, encountered some children who were being treated for leukemia. He then decided to help the Dana Farber Institute by organizing a show where his skating friends would perform to raise money for the research center...
...popularity index. Never mind that the back of his head is more familiar to audiences than his face or that he speaks Russian with a syncopated Estonian accent. Soviet viewers feel that they are eavesdropping on an intimate chat with such personalities as chess champion Anatoly Karpov, figure skater Irina Rodnina, painter Ilya Glazunov and pop singer Alla Pugacheva...
...think what [the Bruins] are looking for is his speed," Associate Coach Ronn Tomassoni said. "He's a tremendous skater. He also has the ability to move the puck and get it out of the zone...
Despite this, Blacks are beginning to participate in other sports. Besides Nesty, another Black who makes headlines nationally is figure skater Debi Thomas. She is liked and respected all over the world. But how many parents, particularly poor, working Black parents, are able to drive their daughter 40 miles to the nearest skating rink at four in the morning as her parents...
...Birmingham Barons game can order a birthday cake brought to his seat and watch his name being flashed on the electronic scoreboard. The El Paso Diablos give away used cars -- after shooting off smoke bombs inside them. At a recent Buffalo Bisons game, the crowd watched a figure skater do her act on a plastic sheet atop a dugout...