Word: olympicsized
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Skinny Legs had two TVs. Playing on one was the movie of the night. This was St. John's only cinema. On the other was the Olympics, specifically the U.S. women swimmers going for gold in the 4X100 medley relay. As the American anchor touched the wall first, everyone took...
Which doesn't mean that stars haven't broken out. Chief among them is Richardson, who at 34 was the oldest member of the U.S. softball team and almost certainly its perkiest. A former college star at UCLA, she continued to play through medical school, and now works as an...
The basketball team, too, seemed refreshingly infused with team spirit, particularly compared with the ego-dominated Dream Team. "We don't want to take anything away from the guys," says forward Katrina McClain. "I love to watch them play myself. But we've been together a lot longer. We're...
The Olympics this year were a study in perseverance, from the thousands who breathed new life into a haunted party to the athletes who stayed focused amid bomb threats in a city that had waited forever to show off the New South (a phrase coined in 1886). As the Centennial...
At such moments, one could recall that the Olympics at heart are just a festival of youth, in which college-age dreamers come to live in dorms, meet new friends and learn about the world. And, in doing so, they teach us about the four other Olympic qualities that the...