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...Bias in the test] has a lot to do with the way questions work. Here's an analogy that's been used in the past--racquet is to tennis, as: spring board is to diving; horse is to polo;glove is to boxing; club is to golf; gun is to hunting. First, racial discrimination is a problem. I am a middle-class white male, and I know what polo is, but someone in the inner-city might not know. And like it or not, males tend to know more about sports," Gordon said...
Kids no longer pick up a bat and ball, racquet or hockey stick, without having some vision of stardom. After all, with Michael Jordan's (new) number on their shirt and an overwhelming desire to "Be Like Mike," how could they not dream...
From the time that Capriati first stepped into the arena, she was compared with her coach's famous daughter. Even as a young tyke, Capriati sported the same clothing brand and racquet manufacturer as Evert...
Virtually form the minute Capriati emerged from her crib, her father thrust the tennis racquet into her hand, ready to take both his daughter and himself step-by-step down the road to fame and fortune. As a famous child, Capriati seemed oblivious to her surroundings. Yet one day, the fun and frolic of fame was likely to transform itself into a deeper commitment to her full-time...
...boxers and gave a rose to Professor [Mary T.] O'Rourke, saying that it was from her fans," said Abbas A. Hyderi '95-'96 of her Anthropology 136, "Diet, Nutrition and Human Growth" Tuesday lecture. "Then guys dressed in females' tennis clothes, one of them with a racquet, walked to the end of the classroom and back...