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...meter mark, the Crimson made a charge and opened up a one-length lead. With 500 meters left, Harvard put on one final sprint to widen its lead. The Crimson won the race by open water...

Author: By Sean Becker, | Title: M. Heavyweight Crew Gains Capital Victories | 4/23/1991 | See Source »

...expecting a very tough race, the Radcliffe crews trained through the week, not tapering as they usually do for Saturday race. After doing 10 sprint pieces during a Friday workout, the varsity team went into the race a little tired...

Author: By Katy Schmid, | Title: Radcliffe Crew Tops Syracuse, Green | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

...everyone is. Mark Spitz, 41, now a businessman in Beverly Hills, is the marvelous sprint swimmer who at the '72 Olympics in Munich won seven gold medals in world-record time. Spitz had a world-class mustache and was smashingly handsome. The only knock against him was that he projected the personality of a 22-year-old who had spent a lot of time in swimming pools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Coming Back to Me Now! | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

Women athletes are no less susceptible to ego and endorphins than men, though their comebacks tend to be no-bucks, low-publicity events. But Nancy Lieberman Cline, 32, arguably the best woman basketball player ever, is working out several hours a day to make her third Olympic team, and sprint swimmer Jill Sterkel, 29, hopes to make her fifth. Why do it? Says Lieberman Cline: "As world-class athletes, we are treated special. Since the first moment anyone recognized we had an ounce of talent, we've been stroked. We're spoiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Coming Back to Me Now! | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

...running at full sprint from the monster of garbage...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: An Environmentalist's Angst | 3/20/1991 | See Source »

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