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Capriati was a phenom at age eight, on the WITAtour by the age of 13. Yes she can point totournaments won and past grand slam successes, butshe now points from afar--the strain ofcompetition demanded of her by her parents hasrobbed her of a life she is trying to put back inorder...
...People should go out to hear music, because it is a totally different experience live," she says. Miller recounts how, after hearing both of jazz phenom Joshua Redman's first two albums, she was initially unimpressed. "He was obviously a good player, but he didn't really move me," she says...
Vicki Goetze, a 20-year-old phenom on the LPGA tour, is being touted as the next great star. But you know what? She'll never make it. Oh, she can play, but an LPGA golfer needs exposure to become famous, and Goetze is a fountain of cliches so mundane people throw up their hands in disgust. Someday, Goetze will figure it out. She'll start showing some emotion and humor, and one year after that she'll be a household name. Writers are always happy to interview an interesting person...
...side, Harvard lost only two matches on the way to an easy win. Third player sophomore Mike Oh was cleaned, 3-0, and top player sophomore Tal Ben-Shachar dropped his match to freshman phenom Mike Bittner...
Captain Alais Griffin, junior Jennifer Kearney and freshman Caitlin Hurley are suffering from patella tendinitis, injuries which have effectively ended their cross-country seasons. Back and hip problems kept freshman phenom Karen Goetze, winner of this year's Greater Boston Invitational, off the women's course...