Word: marlies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some parents hope their kids will win a college scholarship. Single mother Mar Rodriguez of Orlando, for example, is a graduate student at the University of Central Florida. Money is tight. She shuttles her three kids--Virgil, 14; Eva, 13; and Sara, 10--to dozens of youth-basketball events every week, year round. In a recent month, Rodriguez counted only three days without a practice or a game...
Inspired by her idol, Rebecca Lobo of the Women's National Basketball Association, Eva plays on five teams at once. Meals are on the fly, and other social activities are rare. Mar can only pray that the sacrifice will pay off in college aid. "By the time I graduate, it's going to be almost time for the two eldest kids to go to college," she says. "I'll need all the help I can get to pay for their education...
...Still, Mar Rodriguez knows parents who have hired private coaches for girls as young as 10. Andrew Roderick, who heads UK-Elite, the company that supplies British coaches for Kelly Donnelly's team, says such parents may be setting up their kids for disappointment. "The big thing is fun," he says. "If you're not having fun with it, you shouldn't be doing...
...Crimson has faced four teams that qualified for the tournament: Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Florida International and Providence. In those games, Harvard is 2-4, with wins over the Sooners Mar. 26 in Homestead, Fla., and the Friars Apr. 15 at O'Donnell Field. The Buckeyes received a No. 1 seed and host a regional in Columbus, Ohio...
...Crimson has faced four teams that qualified for the tournament: Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Florida International and Providence. In those games, Harvard is 2-4, with wins over the Sooners Mar. 26 in Homestead, Fla., and the Friars Apr. 15 at O'Donnell Field. The Buckeyes received a No. 1 seed and host a regional in Columbus, Ohio...