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...Messala to the Rock vs. the Undertaker--grudge matches have spiced the playing and watching of sport. Badminton? Fiercely contested by the Chinese and the Danes. Volleyball? Watch out for that Cuba-Brazil match. Swimming? You should hear the trash talking. Basketball? Everyone would love to knock our block off. Man was not automatically civilized simply because he agreed to live, or play, by the rules. He did not abandon rancor, envy or the thirst for vengeance. Just watch any match between Yugoslavia and Croatia...
...that imperfect test for EPO--use it anyway. As gold medal marathoner Frank Shorter, now chairman of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, says, knowing a test is looming will knock cheaters off stride. Shorter says that if there is no EPO test at Sydney, then every endurance or strength performance is suspect. He's right. And when sport becomes suspect--when no one believes in it--it's no longer worth watching...
...medalists Jason Morris, a 1992 silver winner at 81 kg [178 lbs.], Brian Olson at 90 kg [198 lbs.] and Hillary Wolf in the women's 52 kg [115 lbs.]) will be dealing with two distinct judo styles. The traditional Asian approach emphasizes speed and balance in order to knock the other judoka over. "With the Japanese and the Koreans there'll be a lot of space. It's a free-flowing, let's-see-who-can-throw-the-other-guy type of thing," says Pedro...
MICHIGAN Gore has struggled to cement labor's support here. The United Auto Workers met with Nader before finally endorsing Gore. That helped knock Nader down from...
...that was the upshot of my story in Rochester. Aging male, out of shape ("deconditioned") but in pretty good shape for the shape I'm in. Knock, knock. I have the cholesterol levels of an 18-year-old, in case you're curious, which is highly unjust, considering the eggs and cheese and beef I've snarfed, the zero hours of aerobic exercise, and thank God for His Unjustice. Knock, knock. That is all I have to say on the subject at this time, and there will be no questions, thank...