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...came down to a judgment error.? Adam has studied Felix more closely in recent years - he brags about the CD of Felix?s compositions, called Custer?s Last Band, that a South Dakota orchestra released in 2001. But he admits that he played favorites with family as a youngster. ?Obviously, I thought watching a guy jump off cliffs was the cool thing,? says Vinatieri of Knievel,?to whom he has spoken on the phone a few times since his Super Bowl kick, but has never met. ?All that history stuff was kind of secondary...
Temper tantrums are nothing new in kindergarten and first grade, but the behavior of a 6-year-old girl this fall at a school in Fort Worth, Texas, had even the most experienced staff members wanting to run for cover. Asked to put a toy away, the youngster began to scream. Told to calm down, she knocked over her desk and crawled under the teacher's desk, kicking it and dumping out the contents of the drawers. Then things really began to deteriorate. Still shrieking, the child stood up and began hurling books at her terrified classmates...
...swimming pool, but by that evening she was doubling over in pain every time she went to the bathroom. Her mother figured it was probably an infection and the next day took Hillary, then 10, to the pediatrician. Instead of getting a prescription for an antibiotic, however, the 220lb. youngster was immediately admitted to the hospital. Lab tests showed that she had something far more serious--Type 2 diabetes...
...when FREDDY ADU, 14, starts playing with Major League Soccer's D.C. United next spring, he'll have no trouble getting respect. Adu, who may be the next Pele, played barefoot pickup games in Ghana as a toddler. When his family moved to the U.S. in 1997, the youngster's formidable talent wowed coaches. Now Adu has spurned deals with prestigious European clubs to stay close to his Maryland home. Will a charismatic young star be what the sport needs to build its U.S. fan base? "Give soccer 10 years here, it'll be just as popular...
...healthy children, a six-bedroom house, a Mercedes in the driveway. But a few decades ago, life was much bleaker. They were both surviving day to day in Guyana, their families crowded into small cottages without indoor plumbing. Mervyn's father had died when he was 13, casting the youngster into the work force as a messenger who also attended school; Joyce studied furiously in the hopes of getting a job abroad...