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...that may have been because they were bad. Coach Larry Brown's team went 5-3 on its way to becoming the first NBA-stocked bunch not to win gold. For the most part, America's athletes were treated courteously, though geopolitics probably kept retiring medalists Rulon Gardner and Mia Hamm from getting the stadium-size love that enveloped Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj. When El Guerrouj, perhaps the greatest middle-distance runner ever, hauled in the 1,500-m gold medal that had eluded him in the past two Olympics, he fell to the track and bawled. His fellow runners...
...stereo in my living room knows too much about me. It knows that I listen to cheesy love songs by Rod Stewart and that I am hooked on show tunes from the Mamma Mia! original-cast recording. It remembers which songs I play five times in a row and which ones I skip altogether. Called the Bose Lifestyle 48 and available this week for $3,999, the stereo understands all this because it comes with uMusic, an "intelligent playback system" that stores hundreds of CDs on a hard drive and can learn its owner's musical tastes...
...MIA HAMM AGE 32 HOMETOWN Austin, Texas EVENT Soccer THE DRAMA The greatest women's player ever, probably competing in her last Olympics, wants to avenge her team's shattering overtime loss to Norway in the 2000 gold-medal game. THE COMPETITION Germany and Sweden finished 1-2 at the 2003 World...
...characters together for a few key confrontations, and the superb actors (Brian F. O?Byrne, Swoosie Kurtz and Laila Robbins) help keep our eyes transfixed on events almost too terrible to contemplate. The fact that this bleak and unsettling play transferred from off-Broadway to the land of Mamma Mia and The Lion King (where, even if it wins a Tony or two, it has slim chance of surviving) is a sign there?s at least some daring left on Broadway...
However, assuming Ruggiero had made it to this round against Wickenheiser, how far could she have gone in this bracket? Surely Ruggiero’s countrymen and women would have rallied to support her and send her into the semi-finals. Once there, she would likely face Mia Hamm, who is currently going head-to-head against gymnast Carly Patterson. Talk about a bout of Olympic heavyweights...