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...Bavarian company says it plans to introduce a type of mild hybrid system next year, and may extend it to the entire product line. Next up is General Motors, which plans to roll out a hybrid version of the Saturn Vue next summer and offer hybrid versions of lumbering sport-utility vehicles such as the Chevrolet Suburban by 2007. Volkswagen and Porsche also have announced plans to introduce hybrids before the end of the decade...
...streets of the Windy City, where baseball, like politics, is a blood sport, the Sox-'Stros series has divided the city anew. The North Side Cubbies have always laid claim to the soul of Chicago in a way the South Siders could never match. They play, badly, in the ivy-clad splendor of Wrigley Field and boast alumni like Ernie Banks and Billy Williams. The anonymous Sox play in a soul-challenged modern bowl on a site that was once downwind of the city's now vanished stockyards. One poll found that 36% of Cubs fans will cheer...
WANTED: POLO SHIRTS, SIZE XXL Big-and-tall stores should brace themselves for some wealthy new customers with an urgent need for sport coats. When the NBA's new dress code goes into effect Nov. 1, Philadelphia 76ers guard ALLEN IVERSON is one player who will have to retire his throwback jerseys, do-rags and chunky gold chains to comply with the new "business casual" rule for games and league events. To tackle a perception problem, NBA commissioner David Stern has banned all headgear, shorts, T shirts and necklaces visible outside clothing. "Everybody has their own style," says Iverson. "That...
...that involves avoiding people or things that remind him he is not the character he is trying to play. Eventually, having exhausted his favorite subject and parried the introduction of any other, he announces that time's up. The defensive victory is his. At least he's a good sport. During a moment alone with the tape recorder, knowing he will not be heard until later, Phoenix leans in and whispers, "Boring you to death. I know it. My apologies...
Golf is not an individual sport at Harvard—that much is certain. Five players from the Crimson are lined up for each tournament, and at the end of each round their scores are added up to determine the team’s finish. When one player takes a swing from the tee or putts a ball across the green, he is doing so for the four other players around him. The Crimson men’s team has taken this message to heart, and its three freshmen have shown flashes of brilliance and, more importantly, many rounds...