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...TIME CANADA Stubby Clapp This infielder could help lead Canada to a medal in baseball
...self-centered way," says Begoña Lasagabaster, a Basque congresswoman. The bad publicity just kept coming. Cadena Ser, a well-regarded Spanish radio network, reported that in January the Spanish government hired Washington law firm Piper Rudnick to, among other things, help Aznar collect the Congressional Gold Medal. Officials from Aznar's Popular Party say it's common practice for governments to hire Washington lobbyists, but critics are charging misappropriation of public funds. The U.S. Congress has yet to approve the medal. Aznar, meanwhile, rejects all charges of impropriety: "People can invent many things to distract attention," he said...
...weight lifters have trained in Romania) are picking up the slack. With Najah Ali now fearing a hard-charging coach named Termite rather than a psychopath named Uday, come August, sports may bring long-awaited glory to Iraq. And what company wouldn't want a place on the medal stand...
...there something in the water? Dénes Kemény can't think of any other explanation for Hungary's stellar record in water polo. From 1928 to 1980, the Hungarian men won medals at every Olympics, taking home gold six times. In 2000, they won their seventh title. "Hungary has lots of spas," says Kemény, who coached the squad to gold in Sydney and hopes to repeat that success at this year's Summer Games. Nature's gift allowed players to train all year round even before the era of indoor swimming pools. But can Hungary...
...pair to win a world championship when they captured the gold in London in 1950; of pneumonia; in Seattle. The dominant American pair skaters in the years after World War II, Karol and her elder brother Peter won five consecutive U.S. championships, from 1948 to 1952, and a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics...