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BIKESMITH Work stopped at the headquarters of Koga, the high-end-bicycle manufacturer, during the sprint event at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Netherlands-based company had sponsored star cyclist Theo Bos, and even watching on TV, managing director Wouter Jager, 48, knew his boy was struggling...
...BATMAN In the past, a katana, a Japanese sword, was a samurai's soul. The warriors may be long gone, but the samurai spirit lives on--particularly among Japanese professional baseball players. Take the Seattle Mariners' All-Star center fielder Ichiro Suzuki. Between games, Ichiro gives his bat the katana treatment: keeping it protected in a sealed aluminum case. After every game, he takes it to his locker and shows his gratitude for its service by going through the ritual of cleaning...
...battlefield near Saigon, a soldier stumbled on an elaborately camouflaged trapdoor. Haldane's team had found the now infamous Cu Chi tunnels, a maze that at its peak went on for 155 miles (250 km) and now draws thousands of tourists every year. Haldane, who won a Silver Star for helping wounded GIs amid the sniping...
...pitcher ever won a game by herself,” preaches Shelly Madick, the captain of the Harvard softball team. Maybe not, but no team ever won a league championship without a star pitcher. For the Crimson, Madick’s dominant and timely pitching unquestionably makes her that star. Need proof?Let’s go back to last year’s Ivy Championship Series, a best-of-three date with Penn. Naturally, Madick got the nod in game one. She didn’t just get the ‘W,’ she pitched...
...going to be there [on the] fourth day? Right now, it’s hodge and podge. We’re hoping somebody steps up.”Coming into the season, Harvard thought its rotation was set in stone. However, due to discipinary events this offseason, sophomore star Max Perlman will not be with the team this year.As a freshman last year, Perlman went 5-1 with a 2.91 ERA. His ERA and win total were tops among the starting rotation and earned him a spot on the All-Ivy Second Team. “That?...