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...door to his balcony each day around 9 a.m., stepped outside, looked at the glittering sea and took a deep breath of salt air. Another fine morning in Sydney. Marion Jones awoke in her suburban apartment and said good morning to her husband, the very large, very injured shot-putter C. J. Hunter. Meanwhile, at the Olympic Village in Homebush, 10,000 young athletes were being shuttled to competitions. They were busily proving that Korean women sure can shoot arrows; that Ping-Pong isn't just kid stuff; that while Americans and Australians still rule swimming, the Dutch and Italians...
...married, fills that paternal void. At the University of North Carolina, Jones was a basketball star--as a freshman point guard, she led the team to the national championship in 1994--whose track career was interrupted by a broken foot. In 1996 Hunter, a former NCAA champion shot putter from Penn State and a Carolina coach, became a friend during her rehab. Already separated from his wife, he soon separated from the university because it barred coaches from dating athletes...
...attitude common to all is resentment. Johnson is resentful that, with so few positive tests among so many athletes, Olympic sport is being tarred, with consequences that will extend to TV ratings and sponsorships. Masback is resentful that in the summer of 1998 shot putter Randy Barnes made headlines for a positive steroid test even as baseball hero Mark McGwire made headlines for hitting home runs while taking a steroid, androstenedione, that Major League Baseball, in its don't-ask-don't-tell cynicism, sanctions...
...married, fills that paternal void. At the University of North Carolina, Jones was a basketball star - as a freshman point guard, she led the team to the national championship in 1994 - whose track career was interrupted by a broken foot. In 1996 Hunter, a former NCAA champion shot putter from Penn State and a Carolina coach, became a friend during her rehab. Already separated from his wife, he soon separated from the university because it barred coaches from dating athletes...
...that and has led in total driving. He had trouble controlling his distance with the irons, so he worked on that, and now leads in greens in regulation"--hitting the ball on the green with a chance to putt for birdie or eagle. "He was always a good putter, but he's worked to be more consistent. Whatever he sees as a weakness in his game, he turns into a strength." Harmon has tutored Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Jose Maria Olazabal and other international golf greats. He says of Woods, "He's only at about 75% of what...