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Getting their share

Michigan's Charles Woodson seemed to hover above all his competition this season, picking off this Ryan Leaf pass in the end zone during the first half at the Rose Bowl, and intercepting the…

Rules That Needed to be Broken

Rule changes this century that shaped the way players play and fans talk about sports today. by John Gettings Could last summer's amazing home run totals in Major League Baseball have something…

The Endurance

Shackleton's expedition trapped by an iceberg in the South Atlantic by Susan Hyde On December 5, 1914, Ernest Henry Shackleton, an Irish explorer, and 27 men set sail on Endurance…

Aesop's Fables: The Slave and the Lion

by Aesop The Bear and the TravellersThe Flea and the ManThe Slave and the Lion A Slave ran away from his master, by whom he had been most cruelly treated, and, in order to avoid capture,…

The Matrix

Directors/Writers:Larry and Andy WachowskiWarner Bros.; R; 136 minutesRelease:3/99Cast:Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss The Matrix is a cool, sultry film set a few hundred…

Michael Jackson

InvincibleEpic Six years after the new material on his greatest hits collection (HIStory) dropped with a thud, Michael Jackson's long-awaited follow-up doesn't sound much better. Invincible…

Pollock

Director:Ed HarrisSony Pictures Classics; R; 117 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor It's hard to make solid movies about cultural icons. So much of what…

Comet Hale-Bopp

THE GREAT COMET OF 1997. Above, the bright head of comet Hale-Bopp, called the coma, is pointed towards the Sun. The coma is composed of dust and gas, masking the solid nucleus of the comet…

2000 Sports Moments

Clemens Goes Batty, Carter Plays Leapfrog, and Rulon Gardner Upsets by Mike Morrison, Gerry Brown, and John Gettings Related Links 2000 Year in Review2000 Baseball Season2000 Grand Slam…