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...Torres tests positive for steroid use, then certainly, let's all be disappointed and heap derision on her. For now, may we please celebrate her focus, competitive spirit, discipline and willpower? Nancy Johnson, AUSTIN, TEXAS...
...school and college, accounting for as much as two-thirds of severe school-sports injuries over the past 25 years, according to a new report. Yet cheerleading remains one of the least-regulated sports, despite more than 95,000 high school girls and 2,000 boys signing up for spirit squads nationwide each year...
...American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators. The certification course touches on key medical and legal issues and trains coaches on how to spot squad members properly during routines and how to safely progress teams through increasingly difficult stunts. Plus, in recent years, nearly all of the 75 major spirit organizations have issued some type of safety rules or guidelines. "On a local level, everyone involved must be sure safety precautions are in place - athletic directors, coaches, parents, the girls themselves," says Jim Lord, executive director of the cheerleading coaches' association. "They need to know they have a responsibility...
...years have done nothing to dampen Torres' aggressive spirit. As remarkable as her finish was, she was haunted by how close she came to winning gold, which would have been her first individual Olympic title. "I am very competitive, and I hate to lose," she said. "I told my coach it's hard for me to understand I swam the perfect race and lost by 0.01 sec. He said, 'Look, you went into the Olympics fifth in the world, and now you've got a silver medal.' " Three of them, actually, which is certain to impress her 2-year...
...what might be considered enemy territory. At the Wa-Bi Salon in Paris, customers can sample Fukumitsuya sake, including several varieties that will stand up well to the rich sauces of celebrity chef Dominique Bouchet, who owns the eatery. In the U.S., where imports of the rice-based spirit have doubled over the past five years, premium sakes now appear alongside wine on drinks menus at high-end restaurants like New York City's wd-50. "Over the past five years, foreigners have really begun to appreciate sake," says Matsutaro Fukumitsu, the 13th generation of his family to produce Fukumitsuya...