Word: johnson
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Sophomore Brenda Taylor won the 55-meterhurdles and 400-meter, sophomore Kate Ousley thelong jump and junior Kristy Johnson the shotput...
...girls' ID bands somehow got misplaced. Hospital records show that at 6 a.m., Callie weighed more than Rebecca. After 8:30 a.m., the results were reversed. That no medical personnel noticed could mean legal trouble for the hospital. Now relatives are fighting over Rebecca, the biological daughter of Paula Johnson. Rebecca's two sets of grandparents were supposed to raise her jointly after the couple who had reared her died in a July car crash. But one set of grandparents now wants sole custody...
...currently being led by football's happiest reclamation project, Randall Cunningham, who found God--and receivers who can fly like angels. Having been cut by the Philadelphia Eagles, Cunningham was retired, tending to his marble business, when Green signed him last year as a backup to starter Brad Johnson. When Johnson was injured earlier this season, Cunningham stepped in and started throwing--long. The Vikes have now amassed an imposing record of 11 and 1 and seem poised for the Super Bowl...
...judgment. In the NFL draft earlier this year, he shocked the league when he picked Moss in the first round. Fans of Green's retort that he has pushed hard this season to reform his bad boys. By recruiting a young and charismatic team chaplain, the Rev. Keith Johnson, and being available as a father figure, Green is promoting faith and self-discipline among his wayward flock. Result: a season thus far without incident. Carter, whose drug problems got him waived from the Eagles, has become a team role model and a born-again Christian. Even Green, who was charged...
...that task Green enjoys several advantages. Black players, especially, trust him and feel he understands them. He can correct them without making them feel any disrespect--a skill many white coaches haven't mastered. Team chaplain Johnson says Green is creating a new model for coaching. "Guys like Randy Moss represent the future of pro ball," says Johnson. "Moss is talented, grew up without much male leadership, has a history of social deviance and was merely a commodity in college. How do we handle guys like him? Coach Green has tried to provide an environment where they can succeed." Some...