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...True) Eighty percent of the time, a win by an old-NFL team has meant a bullish market. If it's a former AFL team? Buy gold...
...competition for the first time. Designed to force judges to back up their subjective scores in a more quantitative way, the revised system is not perfect, but support is growing. "It empowers the skater to participate in the result in a way she never has before," says 1984 Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton. "It is a step in the right direction...
Just before the 2004 national championships, Cohen made another abrupt change, leaving Tarasova, who moved back to Russia, for Robin Wagner, who had coached Sarah Hughes to Olympic gold. Wagner supplemented Tarasova's physical training with the emotional support that Cohen was missing. But by the end of that season, the old demons had re-emerged. Cohen finished second to Kwan for the third time at the nationals and was forced to miss several competitions because of a recurring back injury. When she returned to the ice, her confidence was shot. "At that point," she said, "I needed to take...
That may change in Torino if Meissner keeps with tradition: the past two women's gold medalists have come from the U.S., were teenagers and claimed their titles in upset wins. If Meissner can do that, maybe even her brothers will pay attention...
...Teter's bluffing - after all, she was the first woman to land a 900 in competition, and won?t reveal her new Olympic tricks (2002 gold medalist Kelly Clark, 22, and Elena Hight, 16, also made the U.S. women?s team). When she needs to escape the Gretchen grudge match, Teter meditates at a Benedictine monastery near her Vermont home. "I go there and kind of just forget about everything- my life, my stresses, my world," says Teter. She has also struck up friendships with the monks. ?They are sooooo cool,? she says. ?They are sooooo fun, and just super...