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...help shape the run-up to Athens 2004. "You're looking for people to get into the top eight," says Jones. "They'll be in touching distance for a medal next year." The Paris contest is likely to be dominated by a flock of athletes who seem near unbeatable. Maria Mutola of Mozambique is undefeated this year at 800 m. Mexican 400-m runner Ana Guevara hasn't lost since August 2001. Felix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic has won his last 22 races in the 400-m hurdles. And Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj, the three-time defending...
...Sept. 1, Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures Maria M. Tatar will become dean for the humanities; Loeb Professor of Social Sciences David M. Cutler, an economist, will become dean for the social sciences; and Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti will add dean of the physical sciences to his title. A nationwide search for a dean for the life sciences is ongoing, Kirby said...
...those inclined toward terra firma, golf is an attractive option at the renowned Fontarrabie club, located 20 minutes south of Biarritz. (Reservations can be made at americangolfschool.com. The wooded course with exceptionally fast sloping greens is home to Basque golf great Jose Maria Olazabal. Explains Mike Magher, a New Jersey native who runs the American Golf School in Biarritz: "If you play here, you will understand why Olazabal won the Masters twice...
Meanwhile, as legislators have shut down or severely restricted public-run summer camps, an influx of new applicants rushed to the PBHA summer programs this season, said Maria Dominguez, the organization’s deputy director...
...athletes," says IMG sports agent Max Eisenbud. "There is a reason they're getting involved with this kid. If he dominates the sport at 17, it's not a big investment." Two years ago Nike signed tennis prodigy Brendan Evans, now 17, for $250,000, and Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova, 16, pocketed $750,000 from Prince. The lucrative deals are a risk: athletic-company endorsements mean the kids lose amateur status and can't compete in college athletics, which can push them prematurely into the pro arena. The parents of tennis wunderkind Donald Young...