Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bolivian goaltender, Carlos Trucco, was engaged in picking himself up off the ground. German enthusiasts chanted, whooped and sang, while Bolivian hearts sank along with mine. The game ended orderly and soberly 29 minutes later. There was nothing rowdy or untoward about the crowd at any time, despite the sport's reputation for passion that leaves bruises. People just got up and walked out. No announcer said anything, not even the final score or that it was time to go, on the public address system, which had gone unemployed throughout the whole match. Football people assume that...
...often immersed in memories rather than the task at hand. The rigid fat-free diet, the weight training for strength and the basketball drills for agility have only stayed, not stopped, the passing years. Navratilova at her best is still the fiercest force in what looks like a sport of grace but is in truth one of intimidation. These days, though, her best comes on single shots or at most single games. Martina can no longer play a Martina match. The woman who once won 54 straight matches, lost one, then won 74 more, now keeps losing to players...
Navratilova was tough enough to withstand defection from Communist Czechoslovakia as a teenager, knowing she might never see her family again. She was gritty enough to bear the burden of being the world's most famous gay athlete, made harsher because she was also the first woman in her sport to train the way men do. Yet this stubborn competitor was always fragile, often on the edge of a "Martina meltdown." No one wins everything, but it seemed Navratilova should. Her fans still agonize over the 1989 U.S. Open, when she was two games away from beating Steffi Graf...
Navratilova has won more matches and more money, $19 million, than any other woman in tennis. In one of the most remarkable feats of endurance in any sport, she has taken at least one title for 22 straight years and ranked in the top five for two decades. Barring a miracle, her numbers won't grow more impressive during Wimbledon fortnight. But for a match or maybe a few, there will be glints of the lightning serve, the headlong dash to net, the utterly % unreturnable volley, the predator's grin, the confidence of an artist whose heart and mind know...
...changing. They're confronted with different cultures and personal values, and it scares the hell out of them." One factor that intensifies the battle is the 1996 Olympic Games. Cobb County is the venue for volleyball, and gay activists are lobbying Atlanta's Olympic committee to get the sport moved or the resolution rescinded...