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...high ratings for CBS and ABC, and a higher profile for its star. It provided thrills, laughter and tears. But last week, after a chaotic three-year run on NBC, The Fred Silverman Show was canceled. Silverman, 43, resigned as president of NBC when his new boss, RCA Chairman Thornton Bradshaw, 63, refused to guarantee him a free hand. Fred's successor: Grant Tinker, 55, whose MTM Enterprises has produced such classy fare as Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda, Lou Grant and NBC's own Hill Street Blues. Says TV Consultant Mike Dann: "Tinker has the best reputation...
...really rugged assignment for the college kids to come back this soon after NCAA's." Concord-Pleasant Hill Coach Nort Thornton said. Many aren't coming at all. For Thornton this means that his top freestyler. Pelle Holmertz, and world record holder Par Arvidsson are going to Sweden for the Swedish Nationals. Add to this the retirement of last year's double winner in the backstroker. Peter Rocca, and you'll know what led Thornton to say. "We're certainly not the team we were last year...
...currently within the coaching profession, such as Karen Moe Thorton, women's swim coach at the University of California at Berkeley, point to the fact that coaching opportunities for women really only opened up with the advent of scholarships at the collegiate level less than 15 years ago. Previously, Thornton believes a certain stigma was attached to the title "female athlete" and women were often channeled into instructor positions...
...father figure." Another young woman remembers sitting at a national meet in a row of coaches only to have the server of refreshments pass over her, mistakenly believing she was a wife or mother. Incidents like this commonly lead to the feeling of being "definitely misplaced," says Thornton...
...Thornton adds. "The situation should change as younger women have more opportunities to get major jobs. Already many athletic teams prefer to hire women," adds Thorton...