Pep Rep

The team captain, #4, inspires his unit with a combination of personal anecdotes of championship play, historical significance of today's match, and the long-term satisfaction of impending victory.

Mission Implausible

When NASA discovered a new debilitating problem for the Mars rover, they quickly assembled a crack team of über-astronauts who have been training quietly for decades on a classified project.  These pioneers risked it all in their journey, but were able to rescue the Curiosity mission.  Here they are seen shortly after discovering an unexpected phenomena: a tiny pocket of atmosphere containing enough oxygen and heat to sustain human life.  After marking the location with an advanced transmitter disguised as a common traffic cone, they hopped back into their transport and vanished into the cloak of DoD secrecy.

Quantum Phantom

His effect is universal -- in one moment, the club patrons are filled with self-doubt, the next they are inspired to surpass self-imposed limitations.  All the boys at the club, steeped in envy, fail in their quest to muster hatred toward him.  The girls, they just swoon and whisper to themselves their desire for him.  Who is this wraith, this apparition?  From where did he enter the scene?  What are his origins and what will be his destination? 

Lick d'Azur

Severe oxygen deprivation is rare in highly-trained athletes, but when it occurs, the symptoms are extreme.

Havin' a Ball

The pros always have a unique approach for training at the USBC Open Championships.

Handleable Mandible

Recently, Air Force forensic pathologists renewed the investigation of a WWII era crash site in the remote wilderness of high Colorado alpine terrain.  For decades it was assumed the crew perished upon impact, but new research methods reveal evidence of a rare carnivorous wapiti that seems to have had a larger influence on their fate. 

Tacklee

Running Backs are not as durable as most other positions on the field.  One of the reasons is the sheer magnitude of multi-body collisions they participate in over the course of their short careers.  Modern preparation methods extend their longevity, but even they have limits.