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Majumdar was named the EITA Sportsman of theYear...
Since then, Woods has won three consecutive U.S. Amateurs, three of the PGA tournaments he entered after turning pro last August and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's Sportsman of the Year award, as well as a five-year, $40 million endorsement deal with Nike. Even before Bay Hill, Woods made news this year with a triumphant swing through his mother's native Thailand, an awe-inspiring victory at the Mercedes Championships and a rare show of petulance after an inconsiderate photographer disturbed his concentration. The snit was perfectly understandable given his age and the demands newly placed on him--demands that...
...Here, too, his aged father (Jerome Kilty) can forget his disgrace in alcohol--when he can get it. There is a storeroom which he has converted into a small forest with a few pine trees and some rabbits, where he can relive his days as a great hunter and sportsman. Never has an unseen room been so important to a play, for here also resides the wild duck, shot in the wing and brought up from "the depths of the sea," now tenderly cared for by Hedvig, Hjalmer's 14-year-old daughter. The wild duck (which also remains unseen...
Your article "Hunting's Bad Sports" was biased and unfair. While you presented the anti-hunter's side of the issue very clearly, you failed to tell the sportsman's side at all. The bears being hunted are not friendly, huggable dolls; they are extremely dangerous animals, and if their population is not kept under control, they will begin to endanger the lives of human beings. The sport of bear hunting has not killed off the species. On the contrary, bear-population levels in Michigan are at an all-time high. Bears are extremely clever animals and are not easily...
...heights that have already defeated most of his rivals; a man who has jumped higher than any other human being (20 ft. 13/4 in.); a man who has dominated his field more ruthlessly and carved more world records for himself (35--18 indoors, 17 outdoors) than any other sportsman in history. But Bubka is more than simply the world's premier vaulter. He is an athlete who has so transcended his event that his most formidable competitors (some insist his only competitors) are himself and whatever law of physics ordains that a human being has no business leaping the height...