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...Because Sydney, as part of the bid that brought the Olympics to the most ridiculously located country in the world, promised to fly any athlete to the Games, Moussambani was able to get free airfare, housing at the Olympic Village and food at the cafeteria. This guy was my idol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic-Size Freeloading | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...Australian swimming idol Dawn Fraser, three-time winner of the Olympic 100-meter freestyle and a teenage champion in 1956, said the relay was the best race she had seen. Most observers were wondering whether they had seen the best swimmer of all time. Australia's head coach, Don Talbot, once described Thorpe as possibly the "swimmer of the century." On Saturday night, the chatty coach was almost lost for words. "How can you enhance the opinion I've got of him?" said Talbot. "I don't have the superlatives." But it was the question that commentators were not going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stuff of Heroes | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...turned out to be Simons, and Wyclef's new CD only further confirms his Simonhood. Why should Wyclef let the pressure to reunite get to him? He's duetting with Mary J.; he's got half a mike on Eminem; and he's following in the footsteps of his idol, Sting. Wyclef may be traveling solo these days, but he's walking on the moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Wyclef's World | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...other words, Woods, already considered the best by many of his peers, was gambling that he could get dramatically better--and was willing to do whatever he thought might help him someday surpass his idol Nicklaus as the greatest ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Best Got Better: The Game Of Risk | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues 2. White Wedding -Billy Idol 3. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 4. Smooth - Santana 5. Broken Wings - Mister Mister 6. Here Comes the Sun - Beatles 7. Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan 8. Long Cool Woman - Hollies 9. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 10. Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All-Time Top Ten: The Readers Give Us an Earful | 7/13/2000 | See Source »

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