Word: kerrie
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Loyola Marymount came back and tied the game in the 41st minute when Lion forward Kerri Tanksley won the ball in the air and deflected a header off a Crimson defender and into...
That's right. There are only so many times I can stare at a picture of Marion Jones draped in an American flag, listen to someone interview Kerri Strug like she's the next Joan of Arc, or hear about another Dream Team trouncing before I want to pick up my remote and switch to "Cops" or "Survivor" to see some real life...
After the teams swapped sideouts, an ace by Jellin boosted the Crimson's lead to 13-11, and freshman middle blocker Amy Asare tipped the ball over the net to force game point. A Denniston serve was too much for the Crusaders' Kerri Blumenauer to handle...
Sprinter Maurice Greene, Moroccan middle-distance hero Hicham El Guerrouj, basketball star Vince Carter--there will be plenty of glamour names. But there are those we will remember whom we haven't yet heard of. Who knew of Kerri Strug before she nailed her landing on a severely sprained ankle in Atlanta in 1996? And the real heroes, well, we may never hear about them. For every Michael Johnson or Marion Jones, sponsored athletes who are as media savvy as they are athletically spectacular, there are literally a hundred athletes like Sirivanh Ketavong, Laos' best marathoner, who had to train...
...Your dad, on the other hand, reminds us all a little bit too much of Bela Karolyi. Whenever old Earl appears on a talk show, praising you to the skies and harping over his overwhelming influence on your game, I half expect him to launch into proud reminiscences of Kerri Strug's bone-crunching, gold-medal-winning vault at the '96 Olympic Games. There's something about your dad that makes me nervous. Nothing I can put my finger on - just keep an eye on him. If he starts restricting your calorie intake or encouraging you to "play through...