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...horses? Well, never mind, here's one. The main character was an improbable racing champion: undersized, injury prone and ridden by a one-eyed jockey. Yet Seabiscuit captured America's heart, which pounded harder when he faced War Admiral in a showdown in 1938. Seabiscuit won, and Laura Hillenbrand does too with her deft blending of racing lore and social history...
...horses? Well, never mind, here's one. The main character was an improbable racing champion: undersized, injury prone and ridden by a one-eyed jockey. Yet Seabiscuit captured America's heart, which pounded harder when he faced War Admiral in a showdown in 1938. Seabiscuit won, and Laura Hillenbrand does too with her deft blending of racing lore and social history...
...true to cinematic drama, there was a quite an ending. Shea Hillenbrand nearly ended Mussina’s bid for perfection by leading off the ninth with a hard grounder to the right side. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yankee first baseman Clay Bellinger (who had scored the lone run in the game when he replaced Tino Martinez on the basepaths) lunged at the ball as it skipped into his awaiting mitt. He flipped the ball to Mussina for the first out in the ninth...
...Beijing Bags It China gets its coveted 2008 Olympics. Now--can it pull them off? Jubilation on the Streets of Beijing Cell Phone from Beijing: TIME's Matt Forney reports from celebrations in Tiananmen Square Beijing Gets the Games TIME's Olympic veteran Barry Hillenbrand weighs in on the IOC's decision--and what it means for athletes and spectators...
...Beijing Bags It China gets its coveted 2008 Olympics. Now--can it pull them off? Jubilation on the Streets of Beijing Cell Phone from Beijing: TIME's Matt Forney reports from celebrations in Tiananmen Square Beijing Gets the Games TIME's Olympic veteran Barry Hillenbrand weighs in on the IOC's decision--and what it means for athletes and spectators...