Word: wheelerism
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...Bike has neither Mustang pizazz nor minivan practicality, but it sure will turn heads at the mall. Designed by an assemblage of talent, including Harald Belker, who gave Hollywood the Batmobile, the two-wheeler is a mountain bike with an ignition on the handlebars. Just turn the key, and it will carry you about 20 miles between charges (at any 110-volt outlet)--unless, that is, you're not too lazy to pedal, in which case it'll take you as far as you want to go. The sticker price...
...Wheeler points out--the off-court personnel whose livelihoods depend upon basketball lost...
Still, the players gave a lot of ground. Like Gienapp, Wheeler says the athletes were forced to make so many concessions because they "realized they had lost their following...
...Wheeler says the high salaries arrived with the advent of televised sports, when "athletics became entertainment...
...course not," says Wheeler, who believes the lockout was caused by greed. "It's hard to see what's changed or who will be chastened by this experience...