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Lefties have the edge
Baseball's southpaws play to their strength
July 7,
2008 --
Baseball diamonds are a left-hander's best friend. That's because the game was designed to make a lefty the "Natural," according to David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and über baseball fan. Peters is a mechanical engineer who specializes in aircraft and helicopter engineering and has a different approach to viewing America's Favorite Pastime.
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'Playbook of Champions'
Football coach solicits words of wisdom from famous, successful people to motivate his team
Nov. 9,
2006 --
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| Photo by Chris Mitchell |
| Above is a selection of letters football coach Larry Kindbom has collected for his student-athletes since 1998 and self-published in his "Playbook of Champions." |
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Instead of getting his team fired up with movies or fire and brimstone, Larry Kindbom, football coach at Washington University in St. Louis, solicits motivational letters from successful people in all walks of life. He has received responses from people such as former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, Vice President Al Gore, Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher, sportscaster Bob Costas and a host of other notables. This year, Kindbom's taken the responses and self-published a book, "Playbook of Champions," for his student-athletes. More...
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Rededication of Francis Field today is moved inside
June 16,
2004 --
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| Courtesy of Missouri Historical Society |
| WUSTL will rededicate Francis Field, site of the 1904 Olympic track & field events, at 5 p.m. on June 16. |
Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will be joined by Charlie A. Dooley, St. Louis county executive; Jeff Rainford, chief of staff for St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay; John Schael, Washington University athletic director; Robert Marbut, chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee's National Governing Bodies' Council; and former Olympic athletes Craig Virgin and Wendy Williams for a 5 p.m. ceremony June 16 recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 1904 Olympics at WUSTL and the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. During the ceremony, which has been moved inside due to inclement weather, Wrighton will host a rededication of Francis Field, the site of the 1904 Olympic track and field events. The ceremony will be held in the Field House in WUSTL's Athletic Complex.
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Background on the Washington University Athletic Complex
Site of first world Olympics in Western Hemisphere and the first three-candidate presidential debate
June 14,
2004 -- The Field House has a rich and storied past. It was the site of several NBA games and outstanding Missouri High School state championships, not to mention numerous Bears games with Illinois, Missouri, Princeton, Harvard, Purdue, Arkansas and others. The university has also been asked to host debates in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 — an unprecedented record.
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Olympic comparison
A comparison of the 1904 and 2000 Olympic games
June 10,
2004 -- How much have the Olympics changed in 96 years? View a brief comparison between the two.
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St. Louis among world's top cities to host Olympic Torch Relay in 2004
A tribute to 1904 St. Louis Olympics, first in the Western Hemisphere
June 10,
2004 -- One hundred years ago, St. Louis was the first city in the Western Hemisphere to host the modern-era Olympic Games. The 1904 games, held on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, had been revived in 1896. Although the III Olympiad was overshadowed on the world stage by the concurrent 1904 St. Louis World's Fair (a.k.a. the Louisiana Purchase Exposition), the event, held from Aug. 29 until Sept. 3, was notable and takes a place in the history books.
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WUSTL campus was venue for lasting Olympic memories
First Western Hemisphere Olympics left lasting impressions in St. Louis
June 10,
2004 -- Although the III Olympiad was overshadowed on the world stage by the concurrent 1904 World's Fair (a.k.a. the Louisiana Purchase Exposition), also held in St. Louis, the event left lasting impressions in the St. Louis area. The official games were held Aug. 29 through Sept. 3, 1904, although numerous so-called "Olympic" events were held from May through November as part of the fair's Department of Physical Culture.
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WUSTL scholar-athlete honored
Softball's Liz Swary named CoSIDA Academic All-American for second straight year
June 3,
2004 --
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Washington University junior first baseman Liz Swary earned Academic All-American honors for the second consecutive year as she was named to the first-team of the 2004 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America College Division Softball Team.
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Academics drive WUSTL's athletic program
Division III Washington University passes up big money, big problems
March 29,
2004 --  Ben Malcolmson, sports editor of The Daily Trojan at the University of Southern California, explores the athletic and academic success of Washington University, which has won 12 Division III national championships in the last 15 years, despite the innate differences within the realms of Division I and Division III athletics programs.
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Women's sports gets big boost
Women?s sports programs receive a major boost with gift made in honor of Nancy Fahey
Jan. 28,
2004 -- Women's sports at Washington University in St. Louis received a big boost recently with an anonymous gift of $350,000 to establish The Nancy Fahey Women's Athletic Endowment Fund. The Fahey Fund will provide much-needed resources for all women's intercollegiate athletics programs, and is named for the women's basketball coach.
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