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American Nastia Liukin is probably among the world's top all-around gymnasts. |
2008 OLYMPICS: BEIJINGOlympic flame warm-up
U.S. gymnastics trials to determine women who'll reignite China rivalry
By Frank Fitzpatrick
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
PHILADELPHIA – In ponytails and leotards, they do not look much like warriors. Uniformly tiny, as delicate as Chinese porcelain, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin and the 17 other female American gymnasts, who will be competing in the women's U.S. Olympic Trials, beginning today, more closely resemble teenage slumber-partiers than world-class athletes.
Yankees' 'Little Ball' beats punchless Padres
Steals set up runs; N.Y. sweeps series
By Chris Jenkins
STAFF WRITER
NEW YORK – Fact is, they don't run a lot. With what they've got in their batting order, why bother?
But the New York Yankees aren't the New York Yankees because they're fools. They pay their scouts well, and they employ players who are smart enough to learn from personal experience, and they know a gift when it's being handed to them.
Jones was true pro, with pipes of velvet
I remember so much more than The Voice. But when people think of Charlie Jones, it's what first comes to mind. The Voice. It was as though Charlie's began from a faraway place, from a fairy tale, and went through all kinds of Grimm trouble before it reached our ears. It was a sports voice, a football baritone that rustled the autumn leaves from their perches.
Congress turns up pressure on horse racing
House seeks regulation of breeding, steroid use
By Audrie Garrison
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – If the horse racing industry does not create a national governing body to regulate breeding and the use of steroids, Congress will likely step in, House members said yesterday.
