Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said midfielder Michelle Akers. "I am a bit uncomfortable with Brandi's deal." But most took the attitude that if sex was a factor in the Giants Stadium, Soldier Field and Rose Bowl sell-outs--well, that's life in America. "I don't think you have to run around naked to sell the game, but it's good to at least be on the minds of people," said goalkeeper Briana Scurry. "I don't think it's degrading...
When I was young in the Dark Ages, I played field hockey with a stick that had duct tape around its base. The nun who coached us would pin up her long blue sleeves, hold an instruction manual in front of her and pray. We sewed numbers on old gym suits to make them look like uniforms, while the guys wore miracle-fabric football jerseys over molded plastic sufficient to protect them in the event of a nuclear attack...
...used to seeing girls throwing, batting, kicking and catapulting themselves around the place. Because girls didn't see other girls doing it, we didn't know what we were missing. Even pros had it hard. Bobby Riggs advised the queen of women's tennis, Billie Jean King, that when playing doubles she should "stand in the alley, and don't hit anything that doesn't hit you first...
WILD THINGS If you happen to be around caves or attics this summer, consider this: bats that bite are twice as likely to carry rabies as bats that don't. Just like infected raccoons and other animals, rabid bats act aggressively and lose their natural fear of humans. The message? Stay away from the critters--especially if they stand their ground when you approach...
...worst cardio-fitness program in this century was that of Egypt's King Farouk. The King weighed around 300 lbs.; he looked like an immense, saturnine party balloon. Staples of the royal diet: a few tablespoons of caviar, lobster thermidor, slabs of roast lamb, a cubic meter or so of trifle, a pound of chocolate, a magnum of champagne. Workout: two or three dancers from the chorus...