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...fans slowly filtered into the Soldiers Field athletic complex on Saturday, the focus was on stadium security. By the end of the day, however, ball and lead protection were all anyone wanted to talk about...
...father and brother were watching in Harvard Stadium, much like how Rudys father and brother watched on in Notre Dame. Staphs teammates were cheering in and out of the huddle. The crowd and those of us in the press gallery were standing up and taking note...
...primary six stadium courts that are used for varsity matches, four have cracks and two of those four show signs of bubbling. Some of the other 12 courts, which are used for team practices and are open to the University community for recreation, also show signs of damage unusual to such a new facility...
...even get nauseous. After all, the U.S. Open women's all-Williams final on Saturday night seemed a lot less like a gladiator fight than a carnival. Before the match, two women on stilts with tennis-ball headware watched couples dance to blaring Elvis Presley right outside the main stadium. The Harlem Gospel Choir performed before Diana Ross sang God Bless America. Vanessa Williams, Rick Fox, Brandi and Spike Lee poured into the seats. There were certainly more black people in this tennis stadium than the last time sisters met for a majors final--in 1884, in pasty-white Victorian...
...source of White's well-dispersed fortune is the J.F. White Contracting Co., which he took over from his father in 1945. The firm built much of the Boston subway system, as well as the Charles River Dam and Foxboro Stadium. White's business success fueled a run to the top of Boston society. At one time, he belonged to half a dozen private clubs and was John F. Kennedy's chief fund raiser in New England. But White grew disillusioned keeping company with the rich, in his view an often selfish lot. Some 20 years ago, he decided...