Word: agassi
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Barbara got an unexpected hug from Andre Agassi when the Bushes dropped in on the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Both were startled when they went to a Hairspray matinee and received a rousing welcome, even from the cast backstage. In the spirit of the day, they pronounced it a great play...
...Andre Agassi will not win this year’s French Open. In fact, he’ll lose in the first round to a guy who has never won an ATP match in his life. Yeah, I’m like that guy from that TV show “Early Edition.” Only in reverse: Instead of getting tomorrow’s newspaper today, I get yesterday’s newspaper...
...tour to create the U.S. Open Series, which will try to build rivalries by forging a six-week summer "season" that links tournaments. Golf sales hit a 15-year high in 1997, when Tiger Woods arrived on the scene. TIA president Baugh is more optimistic: "An Andre Agassi or a Jimmy Connors is icing on the cake. You can't count on that." He points out that exercise walking is the largest participation sport in the country. "There are no big-time professional walkers kids are looking up to," Baugh says. But unlike tennis and golf, walks don't cost...
...reigned through much of the '90s. And now? Well, there's ... no one, really. There's an official No. 1, of course - the American Andy Roddick - but only the tennis nuts would know that for sure. Nearly everyone else would be tossing up between Roddick, the ageing great Andre Agassi, that Swiss guy who's trying to bring back bandanas (Roger Federer) or perhaps the handsome Spaniard with a name like a fast car (Juan Carlos Ferrero). Nowadays, no one's much surprised when a Top 10 player loses to anyone who wields a racket for a living...
...auspicious time for Plattner's prodigy to step up to the plate. The $40 billion business-software industry is heading for a shakeout, and SAP has to protect its dominant 35% market share. Agassi's vision? "Training people on computer systems is stupid," he says. "We need to train the systems to work with people." If he can turn that idea into a profitable reality, the punch-card kid might find himself captaining the team. --By Chris Taylor/San Francisco