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...delivered by Marion Jones. She was impressive, certainly, especially as she had to compete in the wake of allegations that her husband was a drug cheat (see box). She won the 100-m sprint before the news broke. In the 200-m, she had to run from the controversy and the field, which she did easily. But she knew coming into the Games that the long jump posed her big challenge, and on Friday she could not harness her speed, crashing out with four fouls in six jumps. Germany's Heike Drechsler took honors, Jones a consolation bronze. On Saturday...
...Staples and a planned Sprint telephone store represent the continuing trend of gentrification in the Square--but as Express' departure shows, it's not just mom-and-pops that are leaving...
Adidas moved in last year, replacing the century-old Square music store Briggs & Briggs, and a Sprint telephone store is scheduled to replace neighborhood market Sage's, which closed last spring...
...past, done with - the Olympics that America missed, for whatever reason. We went to the Closing Ceremonies last night. Those wacky Australians! I'll tell you, it's about as likely that we'd have a closing like than in the States as the 100-meter relay sprint team - and it wasn't Mo's fault! It was his buddies, those jerks - behaving with the least bit of decorum. Anyway, about the Closing Ceremonies, I mean it was totally political! Midnight Oil singing "Beds Are Burning," Yothu Yindi singing "Treaty" - singing these songs right into John Howard's reddening face...
...past year, it all came together last week. He became the first man since Mark Spitz in 1972 to win the 100-m and 200-m freestyle finals - perhaps an even greater feat than the American's considering the Dutchman's stellar opponents. In winning the blue-ribbon sprint title, Van den Hoogenband ended the reign of Alexander Popov, who was trying to win his third straight Olympic 100-m freestyle gold. "It's not the end of the world, obviously," said the 28-year-old Russian, undefeated over the distance for seven years before the Dutchman beat him last...