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...HANADA, 55, slight but skillful grappler hailed as the "Prince of Sumo" for his courageous style and good looks; from oral cancer; in Tokyo. A trim 100 kg, Hanada?who fought as Ozeki Takanohana I?followed his grand-champion elder brother Wakanohana I into the dohyo (ring), reaching the sport's ?lite division at age 18 and attracting a spirited fan base over his 16-year career. After retiring in 1981, Hanada became director of the Japan Sumo Association; he is the father of two grand champions of the 1990s, Wakanohana III and Takanohana...
...DIED. GEORGE MIKAN, 80, pro basketball's first powerful "big man," whose aggressive play and graceful, ambidextrous hook shots elevated the sport's profile during the 1940s and '50s and led the Minneapolis Lakers to five championships in the team's first six years; in Scottsdale, Arizona. At a time when towering players were thought to be insufficiently nimble, the bespectacled, 2.08 m DePaul graduate single-handedly dominated the newly formed National Basketball Association, drawing crowds, forcing the league to establish new rules (the original 1.83 m key was expanded to thwart his offensive dominance), and once prompting New York...
...There was a sport where you tried to see how many could get into a telephone booth. You put the heaviest guy on the bottom and the lighter guys piled in on top of him. I suspect we knocked over a few telephone booths that way,” he says. “That was one activity. I suspect that eating goldfish was another...
...deserve a healthy snack after sweating in the hot sun. How about a jelly bean? Yes, Jelly Belly promises that its new lime-green Sport Beans will combine 120 mg of electrolytes, vitamins C and E and carbohydrates that will "sustain energy level" while preventing dehydration. Jelly Belly is not alone: Blitz Energy Gum assures a boost, and Quench Gum, with its double-orange and fruit flavors, claims it will pump up your salivary glands...
DIED. GEORGE MIKAN, 80, pro basketball's first powerful big man, whose graceful, ambidextrous hook shots elevated the sport's profile during the 1940s and '50s and led the Minneapolis Lakers to five titles in the team's first six years; of kidney failure; in Scottsdale, Ariz. The 6-ft. 10-in. DePaul graduate so dominated the newly formed NBA that he forced the league to change its rules, expanding the 6-ft. "key" to thwart his offensive dominance, and once prompted Madison Square Garden officials to promote a 1949 game as "Geo. Mikan vs. Knicks...