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...lifted his arms in desperate appeal for the applause he apparently knew Beck needed. The crowd cheered loudly in loving spurts; but all attempts to make the singer say something were met only by reticent nods and waves. Beck did start to break out of his shell on the Rick James-meets-Kraftwerk jam “Get Real Paid,” getting freaky at the front of the stage with his arsenal of B-boy and robot dance moves. But even with his soulful Mick Jagger strut, Beck looked like he was going through the motions...
...stars Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, John Stockton and David Robinson continue to share the spotlight with now veteran All-Stars Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan. It reminds me of the WWF (I refuse to ‘get the F out’), where Hulk Hogan and Rick Flair stick around to “nurture” the next generation of wrestling superstars until fans respect the new guys...
...weekend began with a relatively routine thrashing of Connecticut College. The Crimson outscored its hosts 11-2 in the first half in the romp. Junior Rick Offsay scored four goals for the Crimson, while Masterson and Schulte each had three. Junior Reid Bolton was rarely challenged and finished with six saves...
...brilliant career, at age 38 Bonds is widely regarded as the best hitter in the game today - perhaps the best ever. He is also a riddle wrapped in a cocoon of handlers and protected by a bulky "Barry Bonds" elbow pad. He is famously disliked, by sportswriters, certainly (Rick Reilly, for one, wrote an unkind, and unfair, piece about Bonds in Sports Illustrated last year), and by at least some of his teammates. One in Pittsburgh, where he played his first seven years, famously said he would "rather lose without Barry than win with him." The charges: He's aloof...
...denies trying to Americanize the film. Sources say some of the frightening imagery in the movie will be cut because the film is being pitched at American families with small children, complete with McDonald's Happy Meal tie-ins. "It's a matter of playability to U.S. audiences," says Rick Sands, Miramax chairman of worldwide distribution. "We don't believe the film is dark but we're marketing it as a family movie whereas in Italy it's being marketed as a Roberto Benigni film ... Roberto wants what's best for the people in each territory." There's some darkness...