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...police departments. In 1957, it introduced the Sportster, a sleeker, less expensive alternative to the company's popular touring bikes and a response to a wave of British imports. The Sportster's relatively small size made it appealing to women. But by the 1970s, motorcycling had become a marginalized sport. Its renaissance came in the late 1980s, driven largely by baby boomers' new affluence. From 1992 to 2007, new-bike sales soared from 278,000 to 1.1 million annually. Harley-Davidson rode much of that wave, chiefly with touring bikes like the brawny Ultra Classic Electra Glide (starting price...
...take that game 9-5, and rolled over Guruge 9-1 in the fifth as the Tigers celebrated the championship.“We were in a winning position,” Harvard coach Satinder Bajwa said. “It was just not meant to be. Sometimes sport works in mysterious ways. Everybody played their best squash, but it just didn’t seem to go our way.”With the outcome already decided, Sophomore No. 4 Alisha Mashruwala and No. 7 Snyder turned in gutsy performances, winning 3-1 and 3-0, to narrow...
Even in the face of unprecedented challenges, NASCAR has plenty of horsepower. The sport is three years into an eight-year, $4.5 billion television deal with Fox, ESPN/ABC and TNT. The steady TV revenue can help cushion sponsorship losses. NASCAR is still the second highest rated regular-season sport on television. Plus, the sport has even signed up some new partners, like Ask.com and O'Reilly Auto Parts. Companies such as Mars Inc. and DuPont renewed their deals. And still others want to get into the game. During the recent NASCAR media tour, France noted that 15 new teams...
...cleaning up to do. In his televised confession, Rodriguez cited the "loosey-goosey" attitude toward drugs earlier this decade. That's putting it mildly. The decision by management, coaches and the players' union to ignore the steroid problem was a beanball aimed straight at the sport's credibility. If we wanted a pharmacological freak show, we'd watch pro wrestling...
...Princeton’s Mauricio Sanchez. The moment West stepped onto the court to face Detter, Harvard had already lost its first eight matches of the day to the Bantams, who hold the longest winning streak of any American college team in intercollegiate sports with 183 wins in a row. What factors contributed to West’s victory? Talent? Plenty. Determination? Ditto. But, most importantly, selflessness and humility—two qualities that are inversely related to the big egos (and high salaries) often found in athletics today. West is not new to success on the court...