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...will make a killing.) "The bulls should be more famous than us," says two-time champ Adriano Moraes. "They're better athletes." They also have better names, which reflect their personalities. Bodacious, a bull who died in 2000, was the Babe Ruth of bull riding, the sultan of cowboy swat. A bull named Ugly wasn't beauty-contest material, but in the arena he was a champ. This summer, one bull literally tore the pants off a handler before an event. The animal's nom de guerre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bring On the Bulls | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...Until 1989, police would stay on the perimeter and wait for the SWAT team," Delorme said. "Because of the Polytechnique, they are trained to act fast. Their job was to save people's lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police Seeking Motive In Montreal College Shooting | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...officers investigating an unrelated drug crime nearby serendipitously spotted the gunman and followed him into the college, Delorme said. More officers arrived three minutes later and the force deployed more than 100 officers, SWAT teams and canine units, who cordoned off surrounding blocks and secured the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police Seeking Motive In Montreal College Shooting | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

ARRESTED. Al Unser Sr., 67, and Bobby Unser Sr., 72, car-racing legends; after the brothers separately drove through a roadblock abutting a street named after the Unser family, where a SWAT team had cornered a violent carjacking suspect who ended up fatally shooting himself; in Albuquerque, N.M. Police said they repeatedly warned the Indy 500 champs to leave before arresting them. The Unsers, who were trying to drive to their property, said they did not know the area was a crime scene, denied any wrongdoing and decried the use of unnecessary force. The incident, said Al, was "embarrassing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 21, 2006 | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

DiMaggio had a career batting average of .325 and still holds the record for a consecutive-game hit streak--56, set in 1941. Little wonder he was among great batters like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays who won the Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat Award, named for his Yankee predecessor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Own a Piece of Joltin' Joe | 5/15/2006 | See Source »

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