Word: player
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...dreams fulfilled and operatic passions played out, of fantastic athletic achievement stunning for what it was and stunning for what it meant. When Ben Hogan won three of golf's four major tournaments in 1953, some said it would never be done again. Had you wagered that the next player to do it would be a young American of eclectically mixed race--a bit of white, a bit of black, a lot of Asian--then you would have walked off the course with cash worth counting...
...tennis Pete Sampras set a new record for most majors--13--when he won again at Wimbledon. But for all his heroics Pete could not seize the spotlight from the dynamic, effervescent Venus Williams of Compton, Calif., who became the first black player to win the All England title since Arthur Ashe did it in 1975. She then added the U.S. Open crown and a couple of Olympic gold medals to complete a career year...
Marlins' Mike Lowell says radiation treatments for testicular cancer made him a stronger player...
...punches Dodger catcher Chad Kreuter, steals his cap, igniting player vs. fan brawl...
Martin's Greenspan is a better read. A former FORTUNE writer, Martin gives us a real biography, one that winds through Greenspan's geeky youth (band, glee club, math nerd) to his stint as a professional clarinet player and time spent in the inner circle of author Ayn Rand, and then to his advisory role with Presidents Nixon and Ford. Along the way we learn that Greenspan is yet another powerful political figure who was in the room but didn't inhale, and that as a child he was terrified of the movie Frankenstein. We also get plenty of quotable...