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...Brazilians prompted other comparisons with the American Olympic basketball team in Barcelona. There were numerous teams at that tournament that the Dream Team could have handled with only four players against five. The Brazilians were equally blessed. They played the second half with one fewer man and still had the Americans badly outnumbered. What would have happened if the Brazilians had played with only nine? Or eight? The score might have been worse. The magic continued last Saturday, as Brazil dazzled the Netherlands in the second half, winning...
...sent to the sidelines in the fourth. Navratilova could be forgiven last Saturday if she was overcome with the urge to pinch herself. For there she was on Centre Court again, playing for an unprecedented 10th ladies' singles title against third- seeded Conchita Martinez, 22, a baseline basher from Barcelona, Spain...
...jubilant moments like those planned this week in New York City -- the Gay Games, an athletic gathering with more registered participants than the Barcelona Olympics; a companion cultural festival; and a Stonewall commemorative parade on Sunday, June 26, that is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of unafraid, unashamed marchers -- it can seem that the gay struggle has already succeeded, or at least that its eventual triumph is ensured. Everywhere one looks, there are signs of gay acceptability unimaginable to the dreamiest of Stonewall patrons...
...youths have combined a fondness for Nazi paraphernalia and street violence with a rabid attachment to their home teams, venting their anger on football-field rivals. In Madrid, local matchups resemble a military exercise, as armed police patrol the grounds to separate hooligan bands. Recently, three members of one Barcelona fan club, who frequently boasted of neofascist opinions, were sentenced to 15-year prison terms for killing a young supporter of a rival club...
Joining the coaching staff this season is Barcelona silver-medalist Carol Feeney...