Word: kerry
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, the fact that Pete had made the finals was the real miracle. The greatest moments in sports are when an athlete's spirit drives him or her beyond all physical expectations. Of course, we have had Kerri Strug rammed down our throats since the Olympics...
Sampras' victory was what sports is about; we watch games in hope for a moment like this, to see someone or some team defy everything that stands in its way. Muhammed Ali defeating George Foreman. Team USA's "Miracle on Ice." Dare I say, Kerri Strug...
...Kerri Strug's torn ligament at the Olympics may be the cloud with the fattest silver lining ever. The gutsy gymnast isn't letting her pint-size voice stop her from hitting the big time. Instead of touring with the rest of her team, she's working on two books, a TV-movie deal, a cameo on Beverly Hills, 90210, a tour with the Ice Capades, and maybe even a gymnastics exhibition. Oh, and college...
...worst things for a newsmagazine is a long drought of news. Almost as challenging is being hit with two stories the same week. Sometimes they pair interestingly in our minds and on our cover: Kerri Strug's golden heart and a two-bit pipe bomber's tarnished mind allow us to grapple with the courage and cowardice of the human soul. But sometimes the stories are eerily disparate, hard to balance in our minds because the relative weight of each seems more difficult to calculate the closer together we bring them...
...mother Melanie turned to Kerri's father in the stands and said, "Oh, my gosh, something's wrong." Burt Strug tried to reassure her that it was just a charley horse. Strug's coach, Bela Karolyi--a camera-hogging cheerleader throughout the competition--shouted encouragement as Strug tried to shake off the pain. Actually, Strug's score of 9.162 was enough to ensure the U.S. victory, making a second vault unnecessary. But no one on the team knew that. "We had no idea what the score was," said co-head coach Mary Lee Tracy. "What...