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...RETIRED. MIA HAMM, 32, after 17 years on the U.S. women's national soccer team, during which time she scored 158 goals--a record for men and women--as her team won two World Cup championships, two Olympic gold medals and legions of young fans; along with teammates Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett...
MILESTONES: Mia Hamm retires; Dick Clark recuperates...
...RETIRED. MIA HAMM, 32, after 17 years on the U.S. women's national soccer squad, during which time the team won two world championships, two Olympic gold medals, worldwide fame and legions of young fans; along with teammates Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett. After playing a final game?a 5-0 win in California against Mexico?Hamm, whose 158 international goals set a record for both men's and women's soccer, said, "It's been a blast. We've done what we sought...
...BendIt like Beckham, the soccer movie that has grossed more than $100 million worldwide since 2002 and now incessantly runs on HBO, the two main characters, British teenage girls who dream of becoming the next Mia Hamm, stare at a television screen, jaws agape. They are watching a promo for the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the American professional league that featured the best female players in the world, including Hamm, Brazil's Katia and Bai Jie of China. Brandi Chastain knocks a header into the net. England's Kelly Smith shakes a defender. Unbelievable, the girls...
PRACTICALLY EVERY successful Broadway musical these days seems to look backward in one way or another. There are musicals inspired by old rock groups (Mamma Mia), old movies (Hairspray) and old husbands of Liza Minnelli's (The Boy from Oz). So it may be no surprise that somebody decided to make a musical based on the 1975 film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But Spamalot--scheduled to open on Broadway in March--could give the tired old genre a happy jolt. The movie, after all, seems a challenge from the get-go: an unwieldy hodgepodge of slapstick, splatter...