Word: capriati
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after day, match after match, Monica is forced to confront her past. But unlike Jennifer Capriati, who recently pleaded with reporters to leave the past behind, Monica remains honest despite being "tired of the same questions, the same type of questions." Her honesty, perhaps, is the most remarkable part of Monica's personality...
Athletes in many sports, of course, have long had histories of run-ins with the law, from tennis pro Jennifer Capriati with her marijuana arrest (the charges were later dropped) to baseball legend Pete Rose and his gambling travails. But Benedict and Yaeger describe an entrenched culture of cover-up and tolerance of criminal behavior in the NFL. And they devote nearly a chapter to the Vikings, listing 15 players entangled with police since Green was named the team's head coach...
...Martina is in the vanguard of a new generation of players that also includes 15-year-olds Anna Kournikova and Venus Williams. But it's the last generation of teenyboppers as far as the Women's Tennis Association is concerned. Mindful of the burnout suffered by child prodigies Jennifer Capriati, Andrea Jaeger and Tracy Austin, the w.t.a. has instituted new age restrictions: players 14 and under are barred from tour events, and players 15 to 17 will be gently introduced to topflight competition. Hingis, Kournikova and Williams turned pro before the rules went into effect, so they are exempt...
Hingis is a special case anyway. "I don't like to rave about a 15-year-old," Collins said after the Novotna match, "but the new Martina is a real tennis player. She came to net more this afternoon than Monica Seles has in her whole career. Unlike Capriati, who relied on pure power, Martina has a sophisticated game that is only going to get stronger. Her mom may be a great teacher, but this girl has a sense of the court that can't be taught. I have just seen the future of tennis, and it's thrilling...
Melanie Zogg has been likened to a stage mother, but she has clearly instilled in her daughter a love of the game that Capriati never had. At the same time, she has given her daughter a life outside tennis. "I try to go to Broadway, some musicals," says Hingis. "I always do sports: horseback riding, soccer, basketball, swimming." She is self-possessed enough to conduct interviews in English, Czech and German, and she knows the right pose to strike, whether she's upset with a call or celebrating a victory. And there will be many victories to come. Asked...