Outdoors
testing 123
this is a REVISED TYPE HERE test of a story with pubdate 5/14 Possible Manny home run chart (Boston Globe, 5/14/08)
Sails man Read takes on world with Il Mastro in Volvo Ocean Race
The skipper is going to sail around the world with half a toothbrush. (Boston Globe, 5/13/08)
It's all downhill for local siblings
Siblings Julia and Mark Marino of Winchester are making names for themselves nationally in freestyle skiing and snowboarding. The two combined to win four medals - two silver and two bronze - at the USA Snowboard Association national championships last month on Copper Mountain in Colorado. (Boston Globe, 5/11/08)
Reeling in the years
CARLISLE - The fish weren't biting Wednesday, but that was OK. Had I returned here to the side of the Concord River Thursday or Friday, or even this morning, I suspect the outcome would have been the same. I learned long ago that fishing is rarely about the catch, even before I learned - after a great deal more angst ... (Boston Globe, 5/11/08)
Biathlon World Cup likely to skip northern Maine
Residents of Fort Kent, struggling to recover from recent flooding along the St. John River, now find that their hopes of playing host to World Cup biathlon races next year have dimmed. (AP, 5/10/08)
Their weekend gig: Racing gigs
PLYMOUTH - A cold, gray Plymouth Harbor awaited the rowers. With no wind at low tide, the water was dead calm. Michael Jenness Jr. wished it were anything but. (Boston Globe, 5/1/08)
Monroe a reel trail-blazer
When Ish Monroe of Clear Lake, Calif., became the first African-American professional angler to win a $100,000 Elite Bassmasters Tournament in March 2006, he shook the foundation of what is still perceived as a Southern, country-music-loving, good-ol'-boy network. (Boston Globe, 4/29/08)
Whitewater rafting on Deefield River is a rush, even in April
CHARLEMONT, Mass. - There is still snow on the ground in the Berkshires in April, making the decision to climb into a raft with my wife and two children and paddle down a raging river seem a bit dubious. (Boston Globe, 4/27/08)
Harvard, Brown top impressive field
With four of the nation's top-ranked collegiate crews in action on the Charles River, yesterday's races provided an opportunity to flex some muscle. And when the water had settled, it was Harvard and Brown that struck the most impressive poses. (Boston Globe, 4/20/08)