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...just a place but an attitude and a way of life. So you won?t find any of the top players complaining about all the hoopla. In fact, they relish the energy from a crowd that is moving and shaking. ?This is what is special about our sport,? says Kerri Walsh of the US, who is unarguably the best volleyball player the sport has seen since its debut at the Olympics in 1996. ?If we didn?t have the music and crowd cheering, we?d be wondering, ?where is everybody...
...After a soft grounder to short clinched it, the Americans hurled their gloves and piled up at the pitchers mound. But the sport's officials might not join the celebration. Softball has an America problem - Team USA hasn't lost in a year, and since only four countries (Australia, Japan, this year's bronze medallist, and China) are true competitors, the International Olympics Committee has threatened to drop the sport, though it's safe for Beijing in 2008. U.S. players don't understand the concerns. "I can't imagine being good at something as a bad thing," says catcher Stacey...
...players aren't only worried about their sport's future. They know the Olympics were a respite for Candrea, who hid his grief over the last few weeks to guide the U.S. to the championship. But now the ride is over. "It helped," Candrea says. "That's all I can say." At the post-game press conference, with Candrea sitting on her left, Fernandez began to choke up. "I don't know Mike Candrea that well - he only started coaching me last year," Fernandez said. "But the one thing I prayed to God I could do was play the best...
Even if Phelps belly flops, he will still come home a millionaire, thanks to his many endorsement deals. But the same is far from true for the 300 or so athletes who will leave the Summer Games with a gold medal. Compete in one of the less popular sports--one-man flat-water canoe, anyone?--and the ultimate prize for athletic achievement could be worth little more than what you can hock it for on eBay. "It's not the gold medal where the value lies--it's the neck it hangs around," says Dean Bonham, a sports-marketing consultant...
...Argentina's Mendoza have been up 35% in the past two years. Guided by enologists hired via Argentine travel agencies for $40 a day, tourists are descending on Mendoza's sprawling plain, where winemakers like Catena have polo teams to entertain wine tasters, and many bed-and-breakfasts sport spectacular views of the snowcapped Andes. At the Familia Zuccardi vineyard, guests at asados (meat-grilling parties) are treated to tango shows. The influx has also shone a spotlight on Mendoza institutions like 1884, which Restaurant magazine recently rated the world's seventh best restaurant, and the Park Hyatt, which offers...