Authors have stopped turning to the natural world for size comparisons and started referring to sports.

COMPUTERS
Led by an ex-FBI agent, a new team of investigators is using data analysis and modern forensic techniques to solve a 70-year-old mystery.
Many of the world's richest people studied engineering in college.
They have not been seen in at least 30 years.
The home computer typing tutor was such a hit that she kept getting invited for speaking engagements and interviews. Too bad she wasn't real.