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...also made the cut. The most surprising inclusion, however, was of Maine native Caitlin Cahow, whose rapid rise up through the ranks of the national program will now culminate in representing her country against the world’s best on the biggest stage in sports next month. A forward in her rookie season for the Crimson in 2004, Cahow switched to defense last year with great success. After ranking third nationally in defenseman scoring and placing on the All-Tournament team at the Frozen Four in her sophomore campaign, Cahow earned an invite to the Team USA National Festival...
...than a hodge-podge collection of the habits and idiosyncrasies of our aunts, uncles, and grandparents. I, for instance, always thought my brother and myself were the first of our relatives to row. After all, none of my uncles ever rowed and I certainly thought that the somewhat-patrician sport had been beyond the reach of any of my grandparents. I thus took a certain amount of pride in trailblazing, in being unique, in treading new ground for myself and my family. Well, it turns out, I was wrong. Not only did my maternal grandfather row for several decades...
Over the past couple of decades, however, engineers armed with an array of high-tech materials and sophisticated ideas about angular momentum and moments of inertia have transformed the sport--and, most notably, the bowling ball. Nowadays the ball comes with a dizzying array of options, each imparting a different spin and roll. So where serious bowlers used to carry just one ball to the lanes, they now haul around half a dozen or more to be ready for whatever conditions they might encounter. "It's just like a golfer carrying 14 different clubs," says Bill Wasserberger, director...
...OLYMPICS. DO YOU AGREE? No, I don't. Nationals is one of the biggest events of the year, but it can't compare to the Olympics. At the Olympics there is 10 times as much media attention--and athletes from all over the world from every different sport. People stop and pay attention to the athletes for two weeks...
...person; in Sydney. Packer took over his family's media empire, Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd., in 1974, and expanded it into areas including gambling, real estate and gemstone exploration. His TV-friendly World Series Cricket, with shorter matches, colorful uniforms and night games, helped revitalize public enthusiasm for the sport. Packer suffered a heart attack in 1990 and was dead for eight minutes before being revived, later prompting him to tell a talk-show host, "The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven...