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AWARDED. JANEAL LEE, 30, winner of the Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin pageant, whose title was rescinded after a newspaper photo showed her standing up (which Lee, who has muscular dystrophy, can do for short periods); the title of Miss disAbility International; in Appleton, Wis. The award was created by the World Association of Persons with Disabilities after Lee was disqualified from the Wisconsin pageant. "The focus," said Lee, "is on people's abilities, and I think that is excellent...
Nobel laureates Nadine Gordimer, Derek Walcott, and Toni Morrison joined hundreds of audience members last night at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum for an evening of readings in celebration of the 70th birthday of fellow Nobel prize-winner Wole Soyinka, who became the first African to receive the prize...
...RETIRING. LANCE ARMSTRONG, 33, six-time Tour de France winner; after this year's Tour ends in July. Armstrong, who overcame testicular cancer, told reporters covering the Tour de Georgia, probably his last U.S. event, that he missed his three children and his younger, fitter body, saying: "It's not an old man's race...
...ahead of him, including similarly-touted Kyle Orton of Purdue and Stefan LeFors of Louisville (both fourth round) as well as lesser-known players such as Tulsa’s James Kilian and USC’s Matt Cassel. Cassel, who saw little action as junior Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart’s backup this season for the national champion Trojans, was taken by the New England Patriots in the seventh round in a move that surprised many who predicted that Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick had his eye on Fitzpatrick as a late-round pick...
...thing that people often forget is that there used to be 20 rounds,” Rote said. “To be drafted in the seventh round is still a significant honor. The quarterbacks from Florida [State], Miami, the former Heisman trophy winner, the all-time leader in NCAA passing yards—all of them were not drafted...