Word: careers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sophomore back Sarah Luskin closed the scoring with 17:06 remaining in the second half, as her first career goal came after she picked off a clearing pass on the left side of the circle and flipped it into the cage...
Hamlet's old man may have set the standard for stage parents when he swore his son to a career of revenge, and screwed up the boy's life royally. Until recently, the definition of a stage parent was he or she who attempted to satisfy personal ambitions by directing the course of one's progeny, usually toward hell. Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall was driven mad by his father's desire to play vicarious baseball. For Gypsy Rose Lee's obsessed mother, everything was coming up roses "for you and for me," but mostly...
...else about the film is ludicrous. The nattering violins, orgasmic from the first moment, alert you that director Sam Raimi has either no control of the production or no belief in the material. And why should he believe? Dana Stevens' script buries the compelling story of an athlete's career crisis under a no-fun affair he has with a charmless woman (Kelly Preston--big mistake) and a daughter problem that adds 15 minutes of emotional lard. As domestic drama, it's down there with Stepmom. And much of the jock stuff will look loony to true fans. Costner...
...LOOK FORWARD TO A TV career: Mary Hart (1) (Entertainment Tonight) was Miss South Dakota 1970; Delta Burke (2) (Designing Women) was Miss Florida...
DIED. JIM ("CATFISH") HUNTER, 53, Hall of Fame pitcher; of Lou Gehrig's disease; in Hertford, N.C. During his 15-year career with the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees, Hunter won five World Series, pitched a perfect game, won a Cy Young Award and became the first multimillion-dollar player when he declared free agency in 1974. "He taught us how to win," said his onetime boss George Steinbrenner...