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PAUL HAMM, individual all-around Olympic gold medalist in men's gymnastics, after going before the Court of Arbitration for Sport to defend his medal, challenged because of a scoring mistake...
...imbalance that bankrupts other teams and adds instability (see Yankees, New York, and Expos, Montreal, in baseball). But single-team ownership builds incentives to leverage local sponsors, a strategy the WUSA missed the first time. "It's really important for them to understand that soccer is a community-based sport," says sports consultant Carter. "Sure, it's nice to have national names like McDonald's on board. But it's also nice to have Joe's Service Station. You must create that local feel." DiCicco has proposed a salary cap to prevent one team from scooping up the stars...
Then again, the WUSA might need some more time; failure is fresh in the soccer fan's mind. The timing debate is a draw, but most analysts believe some scaled-back women's soccer league will eventually be a winner. With 5.6 million girls playing the sport, the market is just too big for the sidelines. And as the first members of the Title IX generation become soccer moms over the next five to 10 years, the WUSA and other women's sports leagues will have ever greater chances of success. "America will support one," Carter says of a women...
Favorite childhood toy: My foil, which I used to propel me up the national and international ranks in the sport of fencing...
...have to be realistic and you listen, you hear about it on TV,” Lannon said. “The sport is struggling enough as it is as far as the ratings and the viewpoint the American public has of hockey. It doesn’t have the following it needs to survive a lockout...