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...United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s voice echoes over Tercentenary Theater during today’s Commencement address, protesters hope that many in the audience will sport bright green ribbons to show their displeasure at his humanitarian record...
Since then, the world's fastest couple have been the sport's darlings. They're good-looking, they win, they share shoes, and they've now had a baby together, Monty, who can undoubtedly crawl with alacrity. They even have each other's names tattooed on their arms. Jones--who is so good that when she got three golds and two bronzes at the Olympics in 2000, she considered it a disappointment--is charismatic, does charity work and constantly signs autographs for kids. She's known for her intensity. "Marion's work ethic was like none I've ever seen...
Athletes and officials in the world of track and field hope the current investigations reach the finish line swiftly. "It's in the interest of the sport that whatever the evidence is, that it come out and the convicted be kicked out of our sport as soon as possible, " says Craig Masback, CEO of USA Track & Field...
Former Olympian and longtime track-and-field TV commentator Dwight Stones, 50, says steroids pervaded the sport as far back as the 1970s. In 1976, he says, he was tempted to take dianabol, an earlier steroid, at the Olympics. But "it wasn't enough of a guarantee of improvement that I was willing to risk breaking the rules and potentially impacting my children or grandchildren," he says. One fair solution, as Stones sees it, would be to "legalize all steroids. That would surely level the playing field." While that might be an easy fix, it would turn sports into...
...couch. Even after they had reached their target weight, participants continued to spend an hour a day--often more--most days of the week, in some type of vigorous physical activity. Walking was the most popular, but practically everyone added at least one other sport or activity...