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...done. "He'd take the stage with this group of dancers, all in their 20s, but you couldn't take your eyes off him," says Dorian Holley, vocal director for Michael Jackson's This Is It series of concerts, planned to begin this month in London. During Jackson's run-through at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, "he was giving a clinic to those dancers," recalls Bashiri Johnson, the percussionist on the tour. "Whenever he would do a move, he'd raise the bar." If somebody screwed up, the star took it placidly, saying over and over, "This...
Last year, the team started a tradition of doing a final run-through of its presentation the night before the competition while wearing bathrobes provided by the D.C. hotel where they stay...
...run-through minutes before the event was due to start, Peszek tweaked her ankle on a tumbling run on the floor exercise. "On the take off, she initiated twisting a little early," says Martha Karolyi, national team coordinator. "It wasn't a fall or anything. But it gave us a tiny disturbance at the last minute - we had to reorganize things, and readdress." It was the women squad's second injury in as many weeks - the first came just days before the Games, when Chellsie Memmel, a contender for the all-around title and a critical part...
Ultimately, says Hamm, his sketchy ankle would have prevented him from competing in the floor exercise, one of his stronger events. On Wednesday, during his first run-through at the Olympic venue, Hamm had a rough practice on the floor routine, but shrugged it off to the bounciness of the mat. Today, he acknowledged that "When I came to Beijing, my ankle was not 100%." The ankle injury is the result of bone spurs that dig into Hamm's tibia, or lower leg bone, and causes extreme pain. And while he did not address why he hadn't taken care...
...enough for you to start making an effort, then let’s talk about my fourth reason, probably the best one for you to make an effort: Gillette is the sight of both the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Lacrosse Championships. Why not get a real-life run-through, a trial shot at making sure everything will run smoothly...