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...Centers for Disease Control has traced 247 cases of measles in 10 states to a single skier who visited a Colorado resort last spring. Most of the victims of this sometimes fatal disease were unvaccinated high school and college students...
Sports life is so much more complicated -- and dramatic -- than life in sports movies. As Allen Barra, a sportswriter for the Village Voice, says, , "We know that sometimes the skier breaks her neck. Sometimes the hero is crushed. And sometimes you achieve some minor victory that only means something to yourself. That is something a lot of people who know they will never be stars or professionals can relate to -- the victory you yourself have won, the satisfaction you can get out of it." There is surely such satisfaction felt by the Jamaican bobsledders at the end of Cool Runnings...
Hayek, who is personally worth more than $1 billion, is passionate about his playtime too. He is a fervent tennis player and skier, owns two vacation homes in southern France, collects art (a Dali melted-watch sculpture graces his office), adores classical music, Cuban cigars and good food. "I'm a sensual kind of guy. I drink life fully," he says...
Proofreader's Worst Nightmare: Finnish cross-country skier Tuulikki Pyykkoenen...
Most Embarrassing Reason for Not Competing: U.S. Nordic-combined skier Tim Tetreault slipped on ice while running to catch a bus, breaking...