Womens Hockey

Cam Brickley and his pro hockey teammates bet on everything: who can win five faceoffs in a row, who can do 40 pushups in less than a minute, who can eat a ghost pepper without puking. But when his buddies bet him he can't date the same woman - like, say, the hot blonde over at the bar - for two months and not fall in love, he'll take that bet all day. Then he'll laugh all the way to the hockey arena, where they'll be washing his jock straps for the rest of the season, because Cam's never giving up his bachelor lifestyle.

Sarah Palin, a hockey mom and small-town mayor, thought her dream of making a difference in Alaskan politics was over when she clashed with the state chairman of her Republican Party and went head-to-head with the powerful Republican governor. In 2006 she became a long-shot candidate for governor, demanding a higher ethical standard in state government. Her populist reform message suddenly became front-page news. Alaskans began listening to her, and they liked what they heard.