I'd hurt the most decent man I'd ever known over a guest list to a hypothetical marriage to a nonexistent girl.In the last days of January, after the temperature dropped to eight degrees and the city seemed at its most desolate, I went home to Ohio to see my father.He was alone there. He'd come back from a trip to his native India a month before my mother, and spent the past three weeks unvisited. That made me-by default, really-the benighted son,...
Vijay Amritraj, who will play for India against Sweden in next month's Davis Cup final, has been hired to represent Chiswick in the Mortgage Corporation national league competition. Tennis will play six matches spread over three consecutive weekends from February 13 to 27. The semi-finals will be played on February 28, the final on April 16.Every match will consist of three singles and two doubles. Teams are allowed to include one overseas player and the acquisition of Amritraj...
Right-handed pitcher Dave Palmer, a free agent who played with the Atlanta Braves last season, Friday signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Palmer, 8-11 last year, was paid $725,000 by Atlanta in 1987. The Philadelphia contract was for $675,000. Palmer injured his left arm when he slipped while backing up third base last season and was out a month. He was examined by the Phillies shortly before the signing. Philadelphia was the only team to contact Palmer. The Phillies are...
He relishes Indian food without too much spice and his heart goes out to the beggars that line Mumbai's streets. The image of a typical foreigner fits the winner of the Wimbledon men's singles final in 1996, 33-year-old Richard Krajicek. The Dutchman was in Mumbai to announce the ABN AMRO Tennis Challenge, which will be held in the city on December 10 and 11, and will provide the winning Indian singles player an opportunity to visit Rotterdam for the qualifying matches...