Michael Finkel

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By Michael Finkel

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Michael Finkel

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This Breakup Is the Talk of the Town When the river thaws in Nenana, Alaska, a pile of money changes hands

Just Add Water And Stir Briskly The result is room-temperature, artificial snow for those who prefer to ski indoors

IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL THERE'S NO REGION ON EARTH TOO REMOTE TO MERIT A LONELY PLANET TRAVEL GUIDE

THE ULTIMATE TORTURE THE TOUGHER THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CHALLENGE IS, THE MORE RIDERS LOVE IT

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD JAKE BURTON TOOK A CHILDHOOD TOY AND LAUNCHED AN INTERNATIONAL CRAZE

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT THE GRUELING 24 HOURS OF ASPEN IS DOWNHILL RACING AT ITS LONGEST AND MOST INSANE

DANCE OF THE MAGIC FEET NOBODY CAN KEEP A FOOTBAG ALOFT THE WAY KENNY SHULTS HAS FOR 20 YEARS

PULLING OUT THE STOPS THE MOTHER OF ALL TUGS-OF-WAR IS HELD EACH FALL AT HOPE COLLEGE IN MICHIGAN

NOT YOUR ORDINARY ALLEY THE NATIONAL BOWLING STADIUM IS STRIKING BECAUSE NO EXPENSE HAS BEEN SPARED

MORE THAN A 12-STEP PROGRAM EVEN WITHOUT KING KONG, THE RACE UP THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING WAS A BEAST

PLAYING WITH TRADITION THE WORLD ESKIMO-INDIAN OLYMPICS CELEBRATE AGE-OLD NATIVE AMERICAN SPORTS

THE LONG AND WINDING ROUTE THE GREAT DIVIDE TRAIL PROMISES MOUNTAIN BIKERS A STUNNING NORTH-SOUTH RIDE

THE DOPE ON LONGBOARDS IN 19TH-CENTURY BIG-SKI RACING, NOW ENJOYING A REVIVAL, IT WAS ALL IN THE WAX

Red-hot in the Cold

No Crowds, No Condos, No Cappuccino

Here's Mud in Your Eye

The Feet of the Fisherman

Volleyball with a Kick

One Hot Seat

He Knows When to Hold 'Em

Land of the Midnight Fun

Now for an Oblique Daffy

Rasslin' with Hard Times

The Ice King

A Hair-Raising Hero

A Taste for the Toothbrush

Fairest of the Fowl

Cycling's Singular Sisterhood

The Arctic Circle Gambit

Aunt Rosie, All-Star Seamstress

The High and the Mighty

The Best Pinball Player in the World