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Ron Dayne

Ron DayneBorn: Mar. 14, 1978Football RB NCAA Div. I-A all-time leading rusher, gaining 6,397 yards at Wisconsin (1996-99); 1999 Heisman Trophy winner; selected in 1st round (11th overall) of…

Vladimir Kondrashin Biography

Vladimir KondrashinAge: 70 coach of the Soviet Union men's basketball team that won a disputed gold medal victory over the United States team in 1972; coached the U.S.S.R. to a world…

Laura Patterson Biography

Laura PattersonAge: 43 part of a 16–member professional bungee jumping team scheduled to be part of the Super Bowl halftime show; husband and sister on the team as well; of head injuries…

Masaji Kiyokawa Biography

Masaji KiyokawaAge: 86 Olympic swimmer from Japan who won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1932 games in Los Angeles; served as vice president of the International Olympic Committee…

Robert Moog 2005 Deaths

Robert MoogAge: 71 electronic music pioneer who in 1965 created the Moog synthesizer. Many experimental and rock bands, such as Tangerine Dream, used the synthesizer in the 1960s and '70s.…

Mark McCormack

Mark McCormackBorn: Nov. 6, 1930 founder and CEO of International Management Group (IMG), the sports management conglomerate that represents Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, Arnold Palmer, and…

Willie McCovey

Willie McCoveyBorn: Jan. 10, 1938Baseball 1B led NL in HRs 3 times and RBI twice; MVP in 1969 with SF; 521 career HRs; indicted for tax evasion in July 1995, pled guilty; “McCovey Cove,” the…

Bill Bradley Biography

Bill BradleyBorn: July 28, 1943Basketball F 2-time All-America at Princeton; Player of the Year and Final 4 MOP in 1965; captain of gold medal-winning 1964 U.S. Olympic team; Sullivan Award…

Brian Pearson Biography

Brian PearsonAge: 27 a walk-on who earned four basketball letters at Iowa State; he set a school record with five three-point field goals in a game, a feat he accomplished four times; in…

Aesop's Fables: The Flea and the Ox

by Aesop The Travellers and the Plane-TreeThe Birds, the Beasts, and the BatThe Flea and the Ox A Flea once said to an Ox, "How comes it that a big strong fellow like you is content to…