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WHAT ABOUT BOB? Tom Knapp, president of...

WHAT ABOUT BOB? Tom Knapp, president of Club Sportswear in Irvine, was outraged that the U.S. volleyball team’s Olympic victory was taken away because of bald player Bob Samuelson’s antics. Unfair, cried Knapp, whose volleyball apparel company sponsors Samuelson. . . . So when Knapp heard that Samuelson’s teammates would shave their heads in protest, Knapp decided he would too. . . . “Bob called me from Barcelona; he was shocked, but loved it,” Knapp says. “I didn’t tell my wife until later.”

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