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Hewitt is the leading snit-distributor in men's tennis, a player whose take-no-prisoners attitude has produced two Grand Slam singles titles. This week he defends his U.S. Open crown, two months after conquering Wimbledon. It's the same attitude that has driven him to unseemly conflicts with fans, opponents, tour officials and umpires. At the French Open, he called the chair umpire "spastic," and he got into an ugly run-in with an umpire at last year's U.S. Open. More recently he rang up a $105,650 fine, now under appeal, for allegedly running afoul...
...thrashing on an air guitar. Meanwhile, Miserable Faith's musicians kick off their set with a groove-heavy bass riff, and the 50 Naxi kids around me, all painted like soccer hooligans, restart their mad moshing. True to the matriarchal traditions of this culture, the girls match the guys slam for slam...
...guitar. Meanwhile, Miserable Faith's musicians kick off their set with a groove-heavy bass riff, and the 50 Naxi kids around me?all painted like football hooligans?start up their mad moshing again. True to the matriarchal traditions of their tribal culture, the girls match the guys slam for slam...
...World Cup football overload are turned off by the wrangling, they might not even buy into that. TENNIS Open Contest, Closed Results What a difference a year makes. Last September Australia's young gun Lleyton Hewitt comprehensively beat Pete Sampras at the U.S. Open to take his first Grand Slam title, and the Williams sisters faced each other across the net for the first time in a Grand Slam. Now a Hewitt victory, the eclipse of Sampras and an all-Williams ladies final have become the norm. The two-week tournament that begins this week in New York is unlikely...
...seasons; of a head injury sustained in a fall at his Encino home; in Northridge, Calif. As the only regular voice of the Lakers since the team's move from Minneapolis, Minn., in 1960, Hearn delivered eloquent and witty play-by-play that added phrases such as "slam dunk" and "air ball" to the basketball lexicon...