Aaliyah Edwards Has to Wear a Mask in Games Following Some Difficult Injuries"The only issue I had was my peripheral vision, but I got better adjusting to it," Aaliyah Edwards explained.
By Alex WestJun. 14 2024, Published 8:16 a.m. ET
Source: Getty ImagesUConn women's basketball alum and Washington Mystics rookie Aaliyah Edwards is known for her incredible gameplay. She has become one of the most-watched female athletes in sports. However, it isn't just her play style that people notice, but also how she wears a mask during games. Read More...
The most ineffective bit of French engineering since the Maginot Line, the Renault Dauphine was originally to be named the Corvette, tres ironie. It was, in fact, a rickety, paper-thin scandal of a car that, if you stood beside it, you could actually hear rusting. Its most salient feature was its slowness, a rate of acceleration you could measure with a calendar. It took the drivers at Road and Track 32 seconds to reach 60 mph, which would put the Dauphine at a severe disadvantage in any drag race involving farm equipment. Read More...
Aryn Baker
July 25, 2011 12:00 AM EDT
No one better encapsulated the central conflict of how we wage war in Afghanistan than Ahmed Wali Karzai. Half brother to the President, Hamid, and a powerful tribal leader, Karzai wielded extraordinary influence in Kandahar, where he served as head of the provincial council. He once boasted to a senior U.S. diplomat that he, not the governor, was its most powerful official. At times a suspected narcotics kingpin, Karzai, who was killed by his longtime head of security July 12, ruled the southern provinces with a combination of verve, guile and fear that Don Corleone would recognize. Read More...