"Tens of thousands stood watching the electric ball," reported The Times.
On January 18, Wilson underwent lap-band surgery -- a procedure in which a silicone band is placed around the stomach, effectively shrinking it to the size of a golf ball, reports People magazine.
Wisden considered Crawford's bowling to be one of the most successful features of the tour and praised his ability to spin the ball, reporting: "It was said of Crawford that even on the most perfect wickets he could at times make the ball break back".
"In the past three years (during a worldwide economic slump), sales of sex toys have reached an all-time high with manufacturers of ben-wah balls reporting a 300% increase in sales and manufactures and distributors of bondage tools reporting a 40% spike in sales," she said.
Combined with another divestiture, the sale allowed Ball to report a 14% gain in net income, continuing a ten-year record of 14% annual increases".
Some, such as Artsy, 'lead' potential buyers to art galleries and take a percentage on the sale price, relying on the dealers to play ball and report them.
Incredibly, Orth and Ball both report that Cunanan really did tell a partier named Brad he was a serial killer, then a banker.
"Marty Hogan...made a bad fumble, and then looked up at the sky to see if it had moved while he was locating the ball", the paper reported.
She was arrested after a scuffle as she tried to get into the Governors Ball, The Associated Press reported.
Allen's curve ball, he reports to Al, "has not got no more smoke than a rabbit or something".
As other journalists were ball watching — reporting scorelines or writing player profiles — Jennings was digging into the dirty deals underpinning the world's most popular game.
