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...much as of a crusade. The U.S. women were good, they were good looking, and they were on a mission to prove that women's team sports, and soccer in particular, deserve the same kind of attention, admiration and money that the guys get. 'I grew up watching Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, men I could never emulate,' says Julie Foudy, the thoughtful, funny midfielder who leads the team in quotes. 'Girls need role models...
...maintained a virtual lock on the back pages of papers across the country ever since. From the continuing drama of The People vs. Barry Bonds in the BALCO steroid scandal, to Pedro Martinez’s ugly departure from the Red Sox to New York, to the Randy Johnson blockbuster, baseball has provided enough controversial, argument-inducing material to make the NFL playoffs seem as compelling as a bocce tournament...
...city of New York, the largest and arguably the most sports-crazed metropolis in the world, was abuzz not because the Jets had knocked off the San Diego Chargers in a wild overtime thriller to advance to the NFL’s divisional playoff round, but because both Randy Johnson and Carlos Beltran were set to be introduced at separate press conferences as new members of the Yankees and Mets, respectively...
Both New York baseball franchises realize the growing influence baseball off-season has on sports fans and the media alike. The Mets scheduled their official introduction of Beltran for the same day, last Tuesday, that the Yankees unveiled the pinstriped, 6’10 Johnson, in a successful attempt to steal the back pages away from the Yanks and increase their public exposure. Such media coups are growing more and more commonplace as every off-season becomes an extension of on-field rivalries and teams compete for the attention and money of fans by throwing enormous chunks of cash...
...studying for finals by calculating how many points of ERA Shea Stadium will save Pedro Martinez or how many days Randy Johnson will spend on the DL in ‘05, crack open a beer for Curt Flood, the patron saint of free agents. If he hadn’t courageously challenged the reserve clause in his contract in 1970, players might still be restricted to spending their entire career with one team...