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...with Shaq and Kobe to idolize, not to mention all those loud wrestlers, what's the draw of a sport whose heroes are thousands of years old? Modern fencing isn't even as glamorous looking as it was in the movies Zorro and The Three Musketeers, although the high-tech electronic-scoring devices have a certain Nintendo-era appeal. Plus the modern gear makes it a lot safer, and that may be the key for parents. Weapons are covered at the tip, and fencers wear meshed masks and, often, plastic chest plates. The kids seem to enjoy the intricate rules...
...dreams of using his rear end to back down Arvydas Sabonis for a 5-ft. jump hook? Sports fantasies are spun of finer threads of memory and desire--Magic's no-look passes, Dr. J's finger rolls, Larry Bird sinking shot after shot. "People dream of doing what Kobe Bryant does more than they dream of doing what Shaq does," says NBC sports commentator Bob Costas of Bryant, O'Neal's telegenic 21-year-old teammate. "It's just human nature. They dream of doing what Michael Jordan did more than they dream of doing what Wilt Chamberlain...
...height or extravagant their talent, need teammates to step up if they want to become champions. Every NBA championship squad in recent memory has featured at least two superstars; no player can do it alone. Every Jordan needs a Pippen. Every Olajuwon needs a Drexler. Every Shaq needs a Kobe. The star adapts his talent for the good of the team; the other players learn from his example. He needs them--the fellow star, the role player, the Steve Kerr taking a pass from Jordan and knocking down the shot, the Brian Shaw coming off the bench and raining down...
...computer systems of the industrialized world," bringing down the developed world is not the raison d'etre of hackers (and computer schools and users) in less-developed countries, except for a small minority. Please do not reinforce, however indirectly, a phobia about the Third World. KATRINA O. MOLINA Kobe, Japan...
...Although one might question if the Knicks are consistent enough to play with L.A. in a seven-game series, they have one advantage that most teams other than Portland do not possess, which is the fact that they can guard the Big Three on the Lakers. Sprewell can defend Kobe just as well as he did Air Canada and Larry Johnson can more than keep up with Glen Rice and will even be able to exploit his size advantage on offense. Even though the Big Fella, Patrick Ewing, is as immobile as he has ever been, a double-team...