Word: pros
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...wouldn't think a golf ball would have to worry about its rep, but it turns out that little dimpled orbs can be a snooty bunch. At the top is Titleist, makers of the ProV1 series favored by PGA Tour pros and their wannabes. More than half the balls sold in the U.S. are stamped TITLEIST or PINNACLE, its value line, aimed at the duffer not willing to part with the nearly $60 per dozen for the top shelf. Nike, Callaway Golf and TaylorMade scramble for much of the rest...
...coach--the lowest level ever, according to a recent study by two retired Brooklyn College professors. In 1972, the year Title IX outlawed gender discrimination in school sports and any other federally funded education program, that proportion was higher than 90%. The trend has even carried over to the pros. When the WNBA started in 1997, seven of its eight head coaches were women. Now nine of its 13 coaches are men. "Just as opportunities are opening up for women coaches, [these jobs] seem to be escaping them," says NCAA president Myles Brand. "It's ironic, even a bit cruel...
...Grumet-Morris’ case, Donato, in his first year at the helm, was adjusting to life behind the bench as the senior goaltender was starting to prepare himself mentally and physically to compete in the pros...
...Donato] was essential in the way that he related to the players and helped us understand the mentality that we would need to have going into the off-season and the pros,” Grumet-Morris said. “In the transition period, he bridged that gap by telling us what it is that players and management are looking for in younger guys at the next level...
...final hours and the campaigns prepare to report their fundraising totals, every one of the leading contenders is playing down the size of his or her own haul and talking up the competition. That all but guarantees there will be some surprises. But here's what the political pros are watching...