Word: kerris
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...just a place but an attitude and a way of life. So you won?t find any of the top players complaining about all the hoopla. In fact, they relish the energy from a crowd that is moving and shaking. ?This is what is special about our sport,? says Kerri Walsh of the US, who is unarguably the best volleyball player the sport has seen since its debut at the Olympics in 1996. ?If we didn?t have the music and crowd cheering, we?d be wondering, ?where is everybody...
...among the rarest of gold-medal winners because they have such staying power. Most Olympic moments have notoriously short shelf lives, which means athletes with breakout performances this summer will have literally only a couple of weeks to capitalize on the momentum. Some past Olympic surprises, like gymnast Kerri Strug and sprinter Flo-Jo, had agents who either waited too long to respond or held out for bigger deals that never materialized. "Six months after the Olympics, advertisers aren't even thinking about it anymore," says veteran talent broker Nova Lanktree. So forget about savoring the moment...
MISTY MAY KERRI WALSH AGE 27 (May), 25 (Walsh) HOMETOWN Long Beach, Calif. (May); Redondo Beach, Calif. (Walsh) EVENT Beach volleyball THE DRAMA They're the top-ranked duo in this two-person game, but May recently suffered an abdominal strain. Walsh says they'll play anyway. THE COMPETITION Beach volleyball was a sensation in Sydney. This year Americans Holly McPeak (May's ex-partner) and Elaine Youngs, as well as second-ranked Brazilians Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede, are primed to capitalize on any openings May-Walsh may leave...
...implications of this would be staggering. Neither team has finished ahead of Harvard since 1996. For some perspective, President Clinton was still serving his first term in the White House that year, Kerri Strug made her famous vault on a bum ankle in Atlanta and Ted Kaczynski ’62 was arrested...
...took a 1-0 lead with less than five minutes to go in the first half, when the Eagles earned a penalty corner. Zacarian stopped the first shot from Lauren Schultz but was unable to spot the second shot off the rebound from Kerri Doherty...