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...Vegas was once again the center of the sports universe, swamped with fight fans and those who just wanted to be a part of an American spectacle. An unprecedented 7,000 rowdy fanatics, digital cameras flashing, went to Friday's weigh-in, a much-ignored ceremony in which the fighters stand on a scale in their underwear. On fight night, 19 HBO television cameras followed the action with one dedicated to getting facial reactions from the fifty deep contingent of celebrities, including Helen Mirren, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sean Combs, Tobey Maguire, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lopez, whose husband...
...fight roosters are known - bring their avian warriors to their neighborhood cockfighting arena. The wealthier galleros show up in pickup trucks and SUVs, carrying their roosters in wooden travel cases. The poorer ones show up on bicycle or by bus, carrying their birds in a plastic bag. After the weigh-in, the birds get razorblades strapped to their feet, the bets are cast, the beers are popped, and the fights begin...
...can’t pinpoint the guys who gave up those falls. As a team, we take responsibility for each and every one of us.” Harvard faced challenges unique to dual meets for the first time all season. Dual-meet rules permit only one hour between weigh-in and competition. In larger tournaments, competitors usually enjoy a two- to three-hour gap. Some on the team seemed to have difficulty managing the challenge effectively. “All these guys have done it before, and I don’t want to use this as an excuse...
...started seeing some really drastic improvements in my own performance.”The team’s true racing season, however, does not begin until April. Muri expects that no more than 30 freshmen will remain with the team by the spring. And with spring comes the weekly weigh-in for lightweights, an added element that makes dedication all the more necessary.“Crew makes me very much more aware of my weight and what I eat. Basically, I eat normally five days a week,” he says. “Then on Thursdays...
...dual racing season, each of the Harvard varsity lightweights must weigh in under 160 pounds, and all of them have pre-determined weight marks to hit each week.For four weeks in April, the lightweights have a last meal every week. After Thursday night, most lightweights forego eating until after weigh-in on Friday. I only made it to the table for one of these meals, but one was enough for an unseasoned, uninitiated writer just looking for column fodder.The plan was this: choose a varsity lightweight to shadow from Thursday morning to Friday at 5pm, when Harvard weighs...