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More important, they are too busy worrying about one another. Donn Nelson, a coach with the National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors, who is assisting the Lithuanian team, says, "There are two totally different events. When the U.S. plays, it is more of an entertainment. When the other teams play, it is very exciting. Anybody can win." Petar Skansi, the thoughtful coach of the Croatian team, has a slightly different perspective. "No one wants to beat the Dream Team," he says. "It would be bad for the sport because they are clearly the best. Maybe someone will beat them...
...NELSON ROCKEFELLER (1976). With Gerald Ford facing a challenge from Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination in 1976, Rockefeller served as a lightning rod for conservatives, who had never forgiven him for opposing Barry Goldwater in 1964. Rocky tried to appease the right wing by attacking welfare "cheats." To no avail: Ford's campaign manager described him as the President's "No. 1 problem" in winning the G.O.P. nomination. In November 1975 Rockefeller jumped off the ticket before Ford could push him. Ford replaced him with Kansas Senator Bob Dole, but the ticket lost to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale...
...played contain an element that Princeton basketball coach Pete Carril calls "glorious uncertainty." Anything can happen, as Carril's teams have proved season after remarkable season against superior opposition. But not this superior. "This is not a great team," says Carril. "This is the greatest team ever." Don Nelson, the + shrewd and artful coach of the Golden State Warriors, whose son Donn is helping to coach Marciulionis and the Lithuanians, agrees. "The once-in-a- lifetime game is not going to happen," he says. "The Dream Team will not allow any second shots. Even if the Americans play poorly, there...
...Nelson Diebel...
...lied his way into the Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J., claiming swimming prowess he didn't have. He made the team, but then for a stunt he tried jumping into a pool from a balcony and landed on the deck, breaking both arms. Six months later, in 1988, Nelson Diebel won his first national title. Later he tattooed the Olympic rings on his hip and arrived at the '89 nationals with a double Mohawk -- one side dyed black, the other white. "Nelson's the wildest, most accident-prone human being who ever lived," says his coach, Chris Martin...