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...tennis Pete Sampras set a new record for most majors--13--when he won again at Wimbledon. But for all his heroics Pete could not seize the spotlight from the dynamic, effervescent Venus Williams of Compton, Calif., who became the first black player to win the All England title since Arthur Ashe did it in 1975. She then added the U.S. Open crown and a couple of Olympic gold medals to complete a career year...
Sydney meant fun and games for Venus and her kid sister Serena as they danced to the doubles crown, but it meant brutal pressure for a woman named Cathy Freeman, who opened the Games by ceremonially lighting the cauldron and then, with the weight of her country upon her, came through sensationally in her footrace to become the first Aboriginal Australian ever to win an individual gold medal...
Sullivan doesn't get it. Tiger Woods, Venus and Serena Williams and shortstop Alex Rodriguez have unique talents and skills. So much so that people willingly pay to see them in action and buy the products they endorse. If Sullivan doesn't think the athletes should be allowed to bargain for their compensation because they "get to play," then who should get the extra money that a Tiger or an A-Rod attracts? The team owner or league president in the corner office who has none of the talents or skills that fans pay to see? STEPHEN VELIE Norwalk, Conn...
...VENUS WILLIAMS Serena's big sister became the first black player to win Wimbledon since Arthur Ashe did it in 1975, then kept the U.S. Open crown in the family. While most U.S. male stars bagged the Olympics, Venus and Serena brought back the gold...
...intentionally funny paintings in the show--there are plenty that look funny but weren't meant to be--is Barse Miller's 1932 view of a downtown temple in L.A. over which floats the apparition of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist and sexpot, flanked by figures of Venus, her lover in a straw hat, and little top-hatted putti clutching sacks of dollars like teeny refugees from a Popular Front cartoon of bosses...