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From Nazi pawn to U.S. champion
For more than seven decades, Gretel Bergmann has been haunted by a recurring dream.
"I'm in the middle of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, with 100,000 people staring at me and it's my turn to jump, but I just can't, I can't move a muscle," she says. "My...Tags: High Jump, Nazis, Multi-Sport Events, Germany, Judaism
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Can the Heat count on Cook? Ira Winderman Answers YOUR Miami Heat Questions
SunSentinel.comAsk Ira! SunSentinel Heat Writer Ira Winderman answers YOUR questions about the team! You can read his latest comments below. To submit your question, e-mail here. Please include your name, city and state with each question. --------------------...Tags: Alonzo Mourning, LeBron James, Jerry Stackhouse, Physical Fitness, Steven Hunter
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May 5, 2000: Avoiding unsavory characters is the price of success
Daily PressVirginia Tech's Michael Vick is a target. Opposing defenses shadow his every step. A media horde that expands with each dot-com venture dissects his every word. Obsessive fans and weasely autograph hounds pester him every day. But those are mere...Tags: NFL, Colleges and Universities, Peyton Manning, Michael Vick, Family
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Miramar complex to host U.S. Paralympics championships
Miramar will host the U.S. Paralympic Track and Field Championship in June 2010, an Olympic event expected to draw worldwide attention to the city's new sports complex and boost Miramar's economy.
"Athletes train all year to compete in this,'' said Scott...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Recording Industry Association of America
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High School Sports Hall of Fame to be built in Pa.; past inductees include LeBron, Joe Mauer
Associated Press WriterEASTON, Pa. (AP) — A new national museum honoring excellence in scholastic sports is going up in eastern Pennsylvania, spotlighting the high school exploits of pro superstars like LeBron James but also cheering former top athletes who excelled...Tags: Dwight Howard, Wrestling, Binney and Smith, LeBron James, Larry Holmes
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Pricey mouth guard adding NFL adherents
The undefeated New Orleans Saints are putting their money where their mouths are. Forty of them are wearing custom-fitted mouth guards that retail for $2,000 each and are designed to give them increased strength, flexibility and endurance by optimizing...Tags: Neck, Danieal Manning, Jamar Williams, New Orleans Saints, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Saints put their money where their mouths are
On The NflThe undefeated New Orleans Saints are putting their money where their mouths are. Forty of them are wearing custom-fitted mouthguards that retail for $2,000 each and are designed to give them increased strength, flexibility and endurance by optimizing...Tags: Neck, New Orleans Saints, Shaquille O'Neal, Jon Gruden, Rutgers University
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Easton tapped for high school hall of fame
OF THE MORNING CALLBob Ferraro believes the Lehigh Valley is ''probably the largest supporter of high school sports in the country.'' So in his view, his hometown of Easton is a logical site for the first-ever national hall of fame recognizing high school athletes. The...Tags: Museum Dioramas
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Miramar to vote on bid for Paralympics
The Miami HeraldBeijing benefited from it. Rio de Janeiro is eager to do it. And now Miramar is poised to carve its own small piece of the Olympics pie as host of the U.S. Paralympics National Track and Field Championships in June 2010. Miramar commissioners must...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Recording Industry Association of America, Athletics, Track and Field
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Gay athletes don't fit in what is perceived as a homophobic NFL
Athletes have heard the ugly words on practice fields for most of their lives. They hear them in the streets and at neighborhood hangouts. But when Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson used an anti gay slur on his Twitter account and in the...Tags: Jeremy Shockey, Cultural Development, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, NHL
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With 100 days to go, Ralph Lauren debuts offical Winter Olympics outfits
AP Fashion WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren's affinity for Americana will be on full display on athletes at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia — complete with red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes flags and, of course, polo ponies. Polo...Tags: Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Multi-Sport Events, Recording Industry Association of America, Winter Olympics, Marketing
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Benching your way off the bench
St. Thomas Aquinas“I want to be big. I want to get jacked. I’m in beast mode.” These are the typical phrases of a muscle-desiring American boy. Across South Florida, more and more teenagers are turning to weightlifting to enhance their skills. In this competitive...Tags: Weightlifting, Emergency Incidents, University of Southern California
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