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ANDREW FERGUSON, a TIME contributor since 1996, can draw upon his experience as a presidential speechwriter when he writes about politics. But this week he draws upon his experience as a father of two--Gillum, 8, and Emily, 6--for our cover story on kids' athletics. Earlier this spring, Dad spent every Saturday driving his players to the ballpark, cheering and, when the ball machine was down, subbing his writing arm for the Iron Mike. He is no rookie, though. "In grade school I played a lot of sports," he says. "The difference is, we would just bring our friends...
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Rumors that Stevenson's birth father was a famous athlete had swirled for years in California, where she played junior tennis and attended La Jolla Country Day School. Dark-complexioned Alexandra, 6 ft. 1 in and powerfully built, had shrugged off the talk, commenting only that her Caucasian mother had played both parental roles. That pat answer might once have been enough, but her run at Wimbledon renewed the speculation. Last week a Florida newspaper published a birth certificate listing her father as Julius Winfield Erving II. That's basketball legend Dr. J, the dignified, eloquent superstar whose spectacular play...
...soon as most of us became aware of her, Alexandra was answering a flood of questions with "No comment." In addition to those about her father, there is the matter of her mother, a prominent sportswriter who had worked for the New York Times, Playboy and other publications and was a reminder that tennis moms can be a bit overzealous. She has been a dedicated single mother, driving her daughter in an old Volvo station wagon to junior tennis tournaments throughout the U.S. and paying for expensive lessons. She has also publicly acknowledged, since Alexandra was four, that she intended...
DIED. JOSHUA NKOMO, 82, Father of Zimbabwe; from prostate cancer; in Harare. Nkomo spent years fighting Britain and later White Rhodesia for independence. Despite Nkomo's leadership, his erstwhile ally Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister in 1980. A subsequent split led to bloody clashes that ended with a 1987 peace accord and Nkomo's appointment to a powerless vice-presidential post...