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...JENNIFER CAPRIATI...
After a career plagued by huge expectations, a 1994 drug arrest and a rather embarrassing shoplifting incident, the former everything-that's-wrong-with-modern-sports poster girl, JENNIFER CAPRIATI, 24, finally made good on all of her promise by whupping Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Australian Open, notching her first-ever Grand Slam tournament. "I got the chills," said Capriati, who wept after slamming a backhand winner on the first match point past Hingis for the championship. Hingis, 20, had never lost to Capriati in five previous matches, but Capriati actually used...
...after day, match after match, Monica is forced to confront her past. But unlike Jennifer Capriati, who recently pleaded with reporters to leave the past behind, Monica remains honest despite being "tired of the same questions, the same type of questions." Her honesty, perhaps, is the most remarkable part of Monica's personality...
Athletes in many sports, of course, have long had histories of run-ins with the law, from tennis pro Jennifer Capriati with her marijuana arrest (the charges were later dropped) to baseball legend Pete Rose and his gambling travails. But Benedict and Yaeger describe an entrenched culture of cover-up and tolerance of criminal behavior in the NFL. And they devote nearly a chapter to the Vikings, listing 15 players entangled with police since Green was named the team's head coach...
Melanie Zogg has been likened to a stage mother, but she has clearly instilled in her daughter a love of the game that Capriati never had. At the same time, she has given her daughter a life outside tennis. "I try to go to Broadway, some musicals," says Hingis. "I always do sports: horseback riding, soccer, basketball, swimming." She is self-possessed enough to conduct interviews in English, Czech and German, and she knows the right pose to strike, whether she's upset with a call or celebrating a victory. And there will be many victories to come. Asked...