Word: skates
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
LIKE REALITY TV, ROLLER DERBY mixes contrived personae with real conflict, theatrics with real spills. The women of the Austin, Texas, Lonestar Rollergirls league are equal parts athletes and punk-feminist performance artists (with drag-queeny noms de skate like Venis Envy and Miss Conduct); they wear Catholic-schoolgirl skirts and fishnets and deal out bruising blows. "You can be completely feminine and athletic, threatening and sexy," says a skater of the sport's appeal. Gorgeously shot and structured like a drama, each episode delves into the lives of skaters, some fighting off demons, others blowing off steam. As their...
...favorites. U.S. Speedskating coach Bart Schoute didn't expect Davis' decision-he refused to comment after the media relayed Davis' announcement to him. Davis also cites altruistic reasons for his choice: U.S. skaters Clay Mull and Charles Ryan Leveille are pursuit specialists, any may now get a chance to skate in the Olympics since Davis has pulled out. "I didn't think it was fair to take away a chance for someone else to skate," Davis says. "Everyone has dreams...
...another teammate's dream may now die. Hedrick clearly isn't thrilled, though he won't complain. "I'm not going to beg Shani to a skate the pursuit with me," says Hedrick, who met Laura Bush at the previous night's opening ceremonies-nd couldn't believe she recognized her fellow Texan. "It's his prerogative-it's just his way." Plus, Hedrick wanted to relish his gold. "I've never been one to go home and go to bed at 10:00 when I do something well," he says. Chad Hedrick, with three days to recover from...
...final, U.S. referee Stacey Livingston dealt a lopsided number of penalties to Canada, which added to their fury. "The refereeing was atrocious," recalls Canadian captain Cassie Campbell. "But we expected it, and we were numb to it. The scoreboard clock could have fallen, and we were still going to skate around it and win." Canada triumphed...
...matchup,” he reasoned, “so there was some pressure there.” SHOT THROUGH THE HEART Though it ended the night on the losing end of a 5-3 score, Harvard outshot Boston University by a handy 41-26 margin. But the Crimson skated off the ice for the first intermission down 2-1 and failed to make up ground with a four-shot second frame in which “guys were real tired,” Hafner said. “We took a lot of penalties, spent a lot of time...