Word: athleticism
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The NBC television cameras panned slowly across the podium. One by one, the young athletes came into view, bowing to receive the medals that will forever distinguish them as Olympic participants, that will serve as lifetime tokens of their two-week trip to the Winter Games in Turin in the...
“He could really fund the athletic program,” one player said, his eyes lighting up. “Maybe take some of the 25 billion out of research, where it’s not needed any longer.”
Yet the U.S.'s two top women half-pipe snowboarders almost missed their final runs--the most important moment of their athletic lives--because they had crept away to an off-limits slope to sneak in some extra rides. Hannah Teter, 19, and Gretchen Bleiler, 24, returned in time to...
Russia, by contrast, is struggling to keep its Olympic luster. After the Soviet Union fell, sports funding dried up. With no income to support them, some athletes found refuge in the crime world. Others, who might normally have passed on their knowledge to the next generation, simply left the country...
We as students shouldn’t let the walk over a bridge deter us from providing the support our athletic teams deserve.