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...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 if someday people might associate the name Martina with her and not just Navratilova, Hingis said, "I think everyone would like...
DIED. RAFAEL KUBELIK, 82, Bohemian-born maestro; in Lucerne, Switzerland. Son of renowned violinist Jan Kubelik, he became, at 27, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague. Seeking artistic freedom, he left Czechoslovakia when it went communist in 1948. Over the years he led the Chicago Symphony and Munich's Bavarian Radio Symphony...
...Flight 800 case, federal points of inquiry already assume the existence of a crime. If there was a bomb, did it contain Semtex, a powerful Czech explosive used by Libyan agents in the Pan Am 103 bombing? Or a lower-grade nitroglycerine-nitrocellulose mix? And what evidence can be extrapolated from the existing clues to help answer these questions...
...there are defections in Atlanta, they will not involve midnight scrambles over barbed wire or high-speed chases. They will, in fact, probably be like the first Olympian defection, at the 1948 Games in London, when Marie Provaznikova, leader of the Czech women's contingent, simply refused to return to Czechoslovakia. The drama will be in the number of Cubans or the names. Is it possible that Felix Savon, the great heavyweight boxer, or a flame-throwing pitcher named Omar Luis or even Linares might bolt before receiving his gold medal? "Anything is possible," says El Gordo. "Something will happen...
Emil Zatopek, the great Czech distance runner, once said, "The Olympics are the one true time." The passage isn't measured in seconds or minutes or days or even the fortnight in which the Games are held. The one true time is the length of the dream, the years of training and striving for just the chance at a gold medal. So while we remember gold medalists like Zatopek, we shouldn't forget the men and women who pushed them to greatness. In the past year, photographer David Burnett has staked out various events for Olympic hopefuls in order...