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...last play. F.S.U. was restored to the top of the polls, to face undefeated, uninspiring Nebraska in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day. But once again the champ of college football will be decided by writers and coaches, not by the players. Attention, NCAA: This is a sport, not a beauty contest. Play-offs, puh-lease...
...conquered Madison Avenue with his megawatt smile. He battled the press over inquiries into his high-stakes gambling. But after his father's murder this summer, Jordan decided he'd had enough of fighting. His retirement stunned the hoop world and left a vacancy for the top spot in sport stardom...
...necessarily mean you’re a good instructor,” Murdock said. To ensure quality, each new instructor must complete a mentoring program with an experienced teacher before he or she can lead a class. Murdock and all the other instructors are employed by Town Sport International and contracted out by Harvard. “Getting paid to work out is one of the coolest things ever,” Simmons said. “It’s definitely something I’d like to do in the future. Exercise and fitness is a big part...
SWOOPES IS OUT BUT NOT DOWN When Houston Comets forward SHERYL SWOOPES became the most prominent team-sport athlete to declare her homosexuality, the strongest reaction was the lack of one. "I feel like I've been living a lie," the WNBA's three-time most valuable player and mom of son Jordan, 8, said. "I'm finally O.K. with the idea of who I love." Swoopes, who has been dating a former coach for seven years, didn't lose her Nike sneaker deal or her role as the sweetheart of the league, which has a strong lesbian fan base...
...study said that, due to the large number of jobs available in college athletic departments, “in terms of expanding opportunities in sport for women and people of color, the greatest prospects exist in college sport rather than at the professional sport level...