Pieter van den Hoogenband&#39;s name may be too long, but he&#39;s compelling
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Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands missed qualifying for the semis in the 50 freestyle this morning, and the world&#39;s headline writers heaved a sigh of relief. When the Flying Dutchman was beaten by Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe in the 200 freestyle on ...
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INDIANAPOLIS -- History doesn&#39;t always comply with a television schedule. It cannot be choreographed, even when you think you can see it coming a mile away.
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Pete Kendall&#39;s New England accent is as thick as his 6-5, 292-pound frame. So there&#39;s no hiding his roots or his allegiance to Red Sox Nation.
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Now, it&#39;s up to the rest to follow PSV Eindhoven&#39;s example of halting Arsene Wenger&#39;s lean, mean and well-oiled footballing machine.
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IN the space of four days we have seen the two faces of Wayne Rooney. Before Wednesday&#39;s England match in Spain I was hoping to devote the column to talking about Rooney the intelligent footballer.
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With lavish attention to detail and a powerful cast, director Oliver Stone&#39;s &quot;Alexander&quot; is a thought-provoking, although long-winded, film about a man who, by 32, had solidified a massive empire
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The odds are against this trio.
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Though Tim Henman may be considerably more senior than some of his more illustrious opponents at this weekâs Tennis Masters Cup, he isnât quite old enough to recall the Apollo programmeâs famous moon shots and the sound of Mission Control at Houston
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A simple question yields a surprising answer.
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It&#39;s in the nature of athletes to imagine themselves immortal, if not impervious to harm, as though they live by a different set of rules from ordinary people.
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The Dutch conductor Ton Koopman spent last week presiding over a choral workshop quite different from those the great choral conductor Robert Shaw used to lead.
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A thousand games as manager is a remarkable feat of longevity but Sir Alex Ferguson, originally a goalscorer by trade, would be the first to admit the most impressive statistic last night belonged to Ruud van Nistelrooy.
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He is a mass of contradictions. In the jeweled circle of &quot;celebrity&quot; trainers of thoroughbred horses, he is the face at the edge of the crowd because that&#39;s as close as he wants to get to it.
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THOSE who have known him longest say it takes quite a deal to rile Ernie Els. But when the large, laconic South African golfing genius does get annoyed - watch out.
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âYOU have never beaten South Africa in this country. What makes you think you can change that this time?â The historical imperfection of the young African journalist quizzing Duncan Fletcher, the England
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ATHENS, Greece - Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands successfully defended his Olympic 100-meter freestyle title Wednesday night. Van den Hoogenband won the gold medal in 48.17 seconds - 13-hundredths of a second faster than his winning time at the Sydney Games four years ago...
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The Netherlands was forged amid the Christian sectarian struggles of 400 years ago.