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...picure gig in IBM's finance-industry division. But, entrepreneurial at heart, he quit to start a company that bought, sold and leased used IBM equipment. The company was soon taken over by Cook Industries, a conglomerate headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., that had interests in everything from hardwood floors to termite-terminating. "Bark" ran the data-processing operation for the entire enterprise...
Ever since Michael Jordan stripped Karl Malone of the basketball and raced off to his sixth championship title in June, fans have wondered whether Jordan would hit the hardwood for another season. But now, with NBA team owners and players locked in a bitter contract dispute, the question is whether anyone else will show up, either...
...championship [MICHAEL JORDAN: THE END OF THE LINE?, June 22]. I haven't always been an avid Jordan fan. I once thought he was overpaid, that nobody was that good. But no more. He's turned playing basketball into an art form. He is the Lord of the Hardwood Floor, a unique athlete and classy human being. We've seen basketball played with perfection by the greatest player ever. JOHN L. HORTON Norfolk...
Brandt and Russell refer to themselves as "the enforcers," a title they created to define the specialty of their task. They are content to sit back and observe at the start of the game, but when they step onto the hardwood, they intend to make their presence felt...
...sports--perhaps because they're in a protected, infant stage--involve consensus in a way that doesn't jibe with pure, aggressive competition, critics say. If women are going to turn sports into some chick soap-opera drama, they argue, then perhaps women shouldn't be given the hardwood floor...