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...Flushing, N.Y., could be the hard-court rubber match and fuel a high-profile clash that professional tennis craves. Although the two players downplay the rivalry, it was the fierce face-offs between John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, and McEnroe and nerveless Swede Bjorn Borg, that drove the sport to its heights. Since 1992, the year Jimmy and Mac finally hung up their racquets, the number of Americans playing tennis has fallen 36%, to 11 million, according to the National Sporting Goods Association. Television ratings have trended downward...
...Rocky with shoulder pads - almost shamelessly so. The story line is similar: A working-class loser (in this case a part-time bartender and substitute school teacher) takes a shot at athletic glory and, after overcoming long odds and heavy obstacles, achieves success in his chosen sport. Perhaps more to the point, the setting is exactly the same: We are once again in Philadelphia and the grimy streets - or are they, perhaps, the stations of the cross? - through which Vince Papale runs every day in order to condition himself, bear an inescapable resemblance to the ones Rocky Balboa chugged through...
...Democracy is not a spectator sport. The fact that I'm able to participate in some small way in debates and policies that affect my country overrides any smears and name-calling that comes with the job. One critic called me "short," which really bothered me - I'm 5'5". The attacks from Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and the New York Post, the way I was labeled a "Nazi propagandist" - that all comes with the territory. Being called names by people who make their career through name-calling is to be expected. It would be na?ve...
...inventory carrying costs for our dealers - with the intent to improve residual values for our customers and stabilize operating patterns for our plants and our suppliers,"he says. Fields also says the new products such as the Ford Edge, due in the next few months, are designed to replace sport utility vehicles that have fallen into disfavor since the post-Katrina energy shock jolted the U.S. economy. In addition, Ford also has announced plans for a large pickup truck, aimed specifically at the commercial truck market, that's equipped with a new cleaner and more efficient diesel engine...
...somebody's circumstances to direct it to them. What I will say is that, in my experience, the healthiest thing you can do as a parent is to define what success is to you. And hopefully that conclusion won't be a result inside the playing fields of any sport...