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Though their names aren't as well known as those of Olajuwon and Barkley, all the players are at the top of their game. The leader is shortstop Dot Richardson. Voted NCAA Player of the Decade for the 1980s, Richardson, 34, is a clutch hitter who has the hands of, well, a surgeon. In fact, she has taken a leave from her medical residency in orthopedic surgery to join the Games. The U.S. pitching staff is as impressive as the Braves'. It includes Lisa Fernandez, a four-time All-American at UCLA; Michele Smith, with a college record...
Speaking of Dream Teams, U.S.A. Basketball has named Sacramento Kings guard Mitch Richmond and Phoenix Suns forward Charles Barkley to fill the final two spots on the Olympic team. Richmond, the N.B.A.'s second-highest scoring guard (next to Michael Jordan) and a tough defender, was an expected pick. But the outspoken Barkley, a member of the gold-medal squad in Barcelona, was a surprise selection because he had initially told officials he wasn't interested...
Perhaps we shouldn't expect anything greater than such image-making from the son of Camelot. In the current issue we have plenty of it-a shirtless and bewigged Charles Barkley dressed as our first president; a puff piece titled "Jesus in '96," and presidential candidate makeovers. George reads as if nothing more were at stake in the election than the aesthetics of the face behind that nice blue podium...
...much has happened in four years, in both AIDS research and AIDS education. One of the players who opposed Magic's return three years ago, Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz, said last week, "I have no problem playing against him, absolutely not. We're more knowledgeable now." Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns echoed Malone, though somewhat more earthily: "It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic on the floor." (According to the Centers for Disease Control, a basketball player's chance of contracting AIDS from incidental touching is 1 in 85 million...
Orlando will be joined in the NBA's final four by New York, Utah and San Antonio, which will make quick work of the Suns and Charles Barkley's never-to-be-realized title dreams. A Knicks-Magic matchup will be worth watching. I have always hated everything about New York, but right now it is the most complete team in the East, and it closed the year on a hot streak. The Magic will have its day in the sun, but this year it's the Knicks in seven...