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...stock car racing largely understand their sport’s unique attachment to U.S. forces overseas. Such feelings were movingly articulated by NASCAR president Mike Helton at the outset of Operation Iraqi Freedom. “We believe there is a special bond between our troops and our sport,” he said. “Each branch of the American military is represented in NASCAR racing, and our chairman, Bill France, has always described NASCAR fans as ‘the kind of people who go to war and win wars for America.’ Many...
...groups of three or four people and may last anywhere from a few hours to 10 days--though the shorter ones are more common. Participants work as a unit to finish a devilishly designed course and stagger across the finish line together in the fastest time possible. Although the sport was first taken up by rugged outdoorsmen, women have embraced it enthusiastically. Because teamwork and stamina are as important as brute strength, coed teams tend to finish higher than all-male ones, says Troy Farrar of the U.S. Adventure Racing Association (USARA), and it isn't unusual to see parents...
Expedition racing isn't cheap. A weekend race costs about $500 a competitor, plus equipment, and a USARA survey last year showed that serious competitors spent an average of $5,600 annually on the sport. John Hartley of Ridgewood, N.J., a mountain biker turned expedition racer, is just one participant who thinks it's worth it. "It's almost like being a kid again," he says. "You run in the woods, ride your bike on mountain trails and play in the water--and you do it with your friends...
...Singer relies on the orotund majesty of British thesping. Stewart and McKellen give heft to their respective patriarch and pariah. They make each debate on the shaky future of mankind sound as if it were taking place in the House of Lords--even if they are both forced to sport the goofiest headgear in fantasy-film history...
This is all hypothetical, Lewis says—there are no definite plans to further reduce the numbers of recruits in football or any other sport. The reduction in numbers and academic standards, however, will be two of the major topics of discussion at the Athletic Committee’s next meeting...