And they have a big incentive for A-Rod to disappear.

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He had also caught, off Long Island, some of the largest sharks ever landed: a 4, 500lb (2, 000kg) great white harpooned in 1964, and a 3, 400lb one, big as a Volkswagen, caught with rod and reel in 1986.

ECONOMIST: Frank Mundus

Big names like Paul Simon, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and the craggy Rod Stewart have all been playing to rows of empty seats this summer.

FORBES: Dinosaur Rock

Williams beat Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-3 in the match preceding the Djokovic-Harrison encounter at Rod Laver Arena, which will be the likely venue for her big matchup Friday against Sharapova.

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