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...pinnacle of amateur sport in the U.S, college athletics, has been a joke for years. Large universities make millions of dollars in television and licensing contracts thanks to talented basketball and football recruits often drawn from poor urban communities; most of these schools could care less whether the so-called student-athletes receive good educations...
...greater lament, however, is that the scandal, rooted in the very recent commercial success of the Olympic games, signals another blow to the integrity of athletics and amateur athletics in particular. The Olympics have been selling out for years: the last decade has seen the steady introduction of professional athletes, from USA Basketball's "Dream Team" of NBA players to the world's top-ranked tennis players, competing in the Games...
...expect such high quality," said Michael D. Sudbury, a competitor from Utah State University. Other highlights of the ball included the performance and dance seminar given by professional dancers Jonathon Elkins and Katusha Demidova, the former U.S. Pro-Latin Champions. The U.S. Professional Standard Champions and the U.S. Junior Amateur Latin champions also performed. Also, Aida Moreno, the executive Producer of a PBS show, "Championship Ballroom Dancing," was inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame for her work...
...goal is to bring really good amateur competition from as many colleges as possible, and judging from the turnout, we have done well, Bortnik said...
DIED. ROBERT SHAW, 82, longtime music director of the Atlanta Symphony and dean of American choral conducting; in New Haven, Conn. In 1948, just two years after his conducting debut, Shaw founded the popular, internationally traveled Robert Shaw Chorale. He especially loved working with amateur singers, whom he cultivated with a methodical, humorous style. "Singing, like sex, is far too important to leave to the professionals," he said...