Word: steffi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Olympics have a built-in advantage, for the Olympics offer no official cash prizes, and they reward the majority of their competitors with nothing but bright memories. For every Larry Bird or Steffi Graf, there are at least 300 athletes with the odds firmly stacked against them. And for every Ben Johnson, there are a hundred others who are neither competitive nor affluent enough to boost their chances with illicit drugs. The Olympics, in fact, are a festival of underdogs: at least 130 of the nations that will compete in Barcelona will have the luxury of being...
...more than ever before, the Olympic scene will include pampered stars: Carl Lewis, Steffi Graf, a U.S. basketball team that collectively earns about $33 million a year -- the budget of a good-size town. The pertinent word here is amateurism, and the official condition is deceased. There were steps in this direction in 1984 and 1988, but now the modern Olympics are wide open...
...delivered none. Old-timers Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe got as far as the semifinals, then were whipped. And Monica Seles, the steamrolling Serb with a shot at a Grand Slam sweep, got to the finals but lost in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, to defending champion Steffi Graf...
...feature story on page C-1), the 109th rated player in the world, will play at number-one, and will be among the nation's best number-ones at that. In fact, college play should be a level down for deLone, who regularly has played the likes of Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati during her not-for-profit tenure on the pro circuit this past year...
...feature story on page C-1), the 109th-rated player in the world, will play at number-one, and will be among the nation's best number-ones at that. In fact, college play should be a level down for deLone, who regularly has played the likes of Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati during her not-for-profit tenure on the pro circuit this past year...