Champions older, not wiser
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Let the younger guys have April in Augusta. For the older crowd, April at Cap Cana is a piece of paradise that tells them how far they've come.
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In the retirement game, sometimes the best offense is a good defense.
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The older the violin, the sweeter the music. And the Athens Olympics is proving the lyrics right as Martina Navratilova, Merlene Ottey and company are demonstrating the endurance of women with middle-aged ladies defying perceptions about age and competition in nearly every sport.
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With a major championship in her grasp, Suzann Pettersen never flinched. Not at the furious charge from 18-year-old Na On Min, who made four straight birdies to pull within one shot. Not at the relentless pressure from Karrie Webb, who birdied the last two holes. And not at memories of a major meltdown 10 weeks ago.
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Two old hands adopt each others' core strategies. In the end, everybody wins.
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Advances in training allow some Olympians to continue competing even as they reach beyond 30-something.
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Five seniors on a basketball team is usually a mark of experience. But for two-time defending Division 4 champion Cathedral, that isn't the case.
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In 1904 at the St. Louis Olympic Games, Canada won gold in soccer. In 1936 in Berlin, our nation won silver in basketball. That&#39;s it for traditional team sports.
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Anyone out there who associates badminton with old-fashioned ideas of decorous behaviour can think again. Last night&#39;s mixed doubles final, in which Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson of Britain conceded the gold medal to Gao Ling and Zhang Jun of China, was ...
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Runners over 50 improve performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes.
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Successful athletes don&#39;t make the team because of their mediation skills. They are bullies with a purpose. If sportsman-like conduct isn&#39;t called forth during high testosterone moments, all is typically lost.
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Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols: The aging slugger against his heir apparent.
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Jennifer Capriati is one of the elder statesmen on this WTA circuit, having turned pro in 1990 at the age of 14, and folks have now taken to asking her if she&#39;s thought about retirement.
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The gold and bronze medal finals last night at the Athens Olympic Games mark the end of American women&#39;s soccer. Not the team, of course, which will go on to play, probably at the highest level, for decades to come.
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It&#39;s tough defending the heavyweight championship, even in this era when the talent level ranges from mediocre to embarrassing.
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PHILADELPHIA Â» Venerable Bobby Ross was not quite ready for those daily rounds of golf and afternoons at the senior-citizen center.
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Like most people of retirement age, Andre Sampou remembers far different times, and some would call them better.