Titusville

THE TEDIUM of office life can inspire brilliance. T.S. Eliot wrote poetry while clerking in a London bank, Albert Einstein daydreamed of theoretical physics while working in the Swiss patent office, and Joseph...

Anne Poleska, KREFELD, GERMANYSwimmingPoleska, a freshman at Alabama, won both the women's 100- and 200-yard breaststroke at the SEC championships. She finished the 200 in 2:08.85, breaking a 1998 conference record...

The six of us were jammed together, frozen in quiet panic. No one spoke or looked around. We all knew that in a few moments our little plane with a big hole in its side would level off and the pilot would yell, "Ready!"

RICKY CHATMANLSURicky, a 6'2", 215-pound running back and linebacker from Winnfield (La.) High, gained 1,395 yards last season and scored 10 TDs. On defense he made 498 career tackles and intercepted 28 passes in...