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...want to make an excuse for Apple, however. While Front Row does turn your valuable collection of iTunes into a more easily accessed jukebox, it's a little weak on the video side. The DVD player is nice, but we could watch DVDs in full screen on iMacs before, we just couldn't pause the playback as quickly. I think Apple needs to offer easier access to more programming. I'm sure the folks in Cupertino are hard at work trying to make these deals happen, but they did give us a bit of a taste of what...
...Parker plays the game. She vaulted onto the sports scene in 2004, when she became the first girl to win the McDonald's High School All-American slam-dunk competition, beating two future NBA first-round draft picks in the process. Only three college women and one WNBA player have ever dunked during a game; Parker first slammed as a high school sophomore. Although her dunks fetch the most attention, her game is complete: she dribbles like a point guard and throws no-look passes from the post, and during one workout, the right-hander...
...team this summer one-on-one. At one stage, Parker, 19, drove to her right and leaped toward the basket. Her opponent rose to block her shot. What followed had probably never before happened in the history of hoops: Parker dunked the ball over the player's outstretched hand, as several men playing a pickup game nearby froze, jaws agape. A girl had dunked not only on a guy but on a guy who played major college basketball. Her victim? "I promised him I would not tell you that," says Parker. "He's already got it bad around campus...
With more young women playing organized basketball today--there are more than 472,000 high school and NCAA participants, up 21% over the past 15 years--and refining their ability, Parker represents a new wave of skilled female stars. "Candace will be the next player to change the sport," predicts Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman. "In 10 to 15 years, there will be a lot of Candace Parkers. But right now there's only one, and she's going to set the bar high. Young girls will strive...
...that I didn't think I was good," says Parker. Another older brother, Marcus, 27, knocked not-so-little sister around in late-night games one-on-one. The tough love paid off: Candace is the only person--male or female--to have won the Naismith national High School Player of the Year Award twice...