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Castron and linemates Chris Gunnarson and Benoit Quesnel broke into the Harvard zone with a three-on-two. The puck bounced across the slot. Brad Kwong went down to block Castron', shot, but Castron faked and angled...
With the exception of Joan Benoit's victory in the marathon, all the gold medals won by the U.S. in track and field were captured by black Americans. This feat is testimony that talent combined with motivation and opportunity can prevail against enormous odds. Nevertheless, as a black American I feel we must constantly remind young blacks that regardless of the achievements of Valerie Briscoe-Hooks and Carl Lewis, sport is an extra curricular activity. To abandon academics in favor of sports is as risky as betting the house rent on the lottery...
Retton flew to St. Luke's Hospital in Richmond for the surgical procedure. Benoit stayed in Eugene, where on April 25 in Sacred Heart General Hospital she was placed under general anesthesia. Surgeon James made a ¼-in. incision in her right knee and inserted a thin tube through which a saline solution was injected to flush away pieces of tissue and distend the joint. He then made another small cut and inserted the arthroscope, a 10-in.-long instrument as thin as a drinking straw, with optical fibers on its tip that throw a bright light inside...
Less than ten years ago, Benoit's and Retton's careers might well have been cut short by the disorder. Their knees could have required exploratory surgery just to diagnose the problem. Open-knee surgery would have meant at least a week's hospital stay and eight to twelve weeks of rehabilitation. In contrast, arthroscopy, which costs around $1,500 to $3,000, the same as open-knee surgery, necessitates at most an overnight hospital stay, and patients are usually on their feet the next...
...drawbacks. Its primary use is in removing torn tissue and bone chips, but doctors must still open the knee to work on ligaments and tendons. Also, patients seeing the small wounds and feeling little pain after the operation may be tempted to exercise too soon. James was surprised when Benoit arrived for a checkup only a week after surgery and told him that she had already completed two one-hour runs. Says he: "I've operated on a lot of other runners, but I haven't seen anything as dramatic as that." James was in the stands when...