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Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 10:40 AM
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Robert EckselTagged as: Beijing Summer Olympics, Keeth Smart, Other Sports
At its worst, sport is part of the culture of distraction. Yet sport can be more than a means of simply diverting us, because sport distills the competitiveness that?s the lifeblood of the planet, whether we?re competing to survive, competing with the Joneses, or competing in the Olympics.
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Posted on Friday, August 8, 2008 at 10:00 AM
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Robert EckselTagged as: Olympics, Other Sports, Anthony Famiglietti, Beijing Summer Olympics
Anthony Famiglietti -- with his beard and long hair -- with a lotus tattoo on his shoulder and a quotation from the 1980s New York graffiti artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, tattooed on his arm -- is not your typical jock.
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Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 2:04 AM
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Robert EckselTagged as: Beijing Summer Olympics, Other Sports, Sandra Fong, Olympics
When 18-year-old Sandra Fong travels to Beijing this summer to compete for the U.S. Olympic Shooting Team, it will be a homecoming of sorts. Her father, Dr. Yuman Fong, a surgeon and researcher at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute in New York City, emigrated from Hong Kong many years ago.
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Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 2:51 AM
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Robert EckselTagged as: Beijing Summer Olympics, Erinn Smart, Fencing, Keeth Smart, Other Sports
Keeth and Erinn Smart are Brooklyn swordspersons, who are also brother and sister, and they will both compete in this summer's Beijing Olympics.
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Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 at 11:41 AM
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David RabinowitzTagged as: Alex Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles, Curtis Granderson, David Rabinowitz, Detroit Tigers, Ellis Hobbs, Golf, Jay Gibbons, Milwaukee Brewers, New England Patriots, New York Jets, NFL, Other Sports, Rick Ankiel, Roger Federer, St. Louis Cardinals, Stats Shmats, Tennis, Tiger Woods, Toronto Blue Jays, Troy Glaus, US Open
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Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 at 10:30 AM
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David RabinowitzTagged as: Alex Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles, Chad Pennington, David Rabinowitz, Jay Gibbons, Justine Henin, New York Giants, New York Jets, NFL, Other Sports, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Tennis, The Locker Room, US Open
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Posted on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 9:54 AM
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David RabinowitzTagged as: Carlos Moya, David Ferrer, David Rabinowitz, Duke, Indianapolis Colts, Justine Henin, Lacrosse, Maria Sharapova, New Orleans Saints, NFL, Novak Djokovic, Other Sports, Rick Ankiel, Roger Federer, St. Louis Cardinals, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Tennis, The Locker Room, Tiger Woods, US Open, Venus Williams
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Posted on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 11:27 PM
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Mike CrispinoTagged as: Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Mike Crispino, Other Sports, Roger Federer, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Tennis, US Open, Venus Williams
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Posted on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 10:25 AM
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David RabinowitzTagged as: Alex Rodriguez, Allan Houston, Andy Roddick, JaMarcus Russell, Justine Henin, NBA, New York Knicks, NFL, Oakland Raiders, Other Sports, Roger Federer, Tennis, The Locker Room, US Open, Venus Williams
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