Athletics as artistry
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From the Latin, the Olympic motto is: &quot;Faster. Higher. Stronger.&quot; It says nothing about &quot;Beauty. Harmony. Emotion.&quot; Yet those values, promoted by the International Gymnastics Federation, help explain the scandal
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Which landed out? Which went in? Itâs all good in a highlight-reel culture where the acrobatic scissor shot in tennis has become the new dunk.
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How You Play the Game? At the Olympics, Some Think It Is Whether You Win or Lose. By David Marash. ATHENS, Aug. 28, 2004 - There was literally a field house full of great performances as the world&#39;s greatest
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There is a rough science to choosing performance-enhancing music.
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In most sports, there are athletes built for the long haul, and those who dazzle in quick, mercurial bursts. Track and field has distance specialists and sprinters. Baseball has starting pitchers, setup men, and closers. Based on anecdotal evidence collected from 40-odd years immersed in sports literature, I suspect sportswriters fall into roughly the same categories. Like the starting pitcher who is awkwardly relegated to the bullpen, some writers aren't a great fit for every project. Lars Anderson, author of "Carlisle vs. Army," is a case in point.
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IT IS impossible to achieve greatness in sport without being measured against history. On Saturday, the last night of athletics in the 2004 Olympics, a man and a woman, a king and a queen of the track, ran into history.
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This year's National Basketball Association playoffs recently provided not one but two examples of a very interesting facet of human decision making. Even if you are not a sports fan, these moments tell you something about human nature.
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A scientist at the annual AAAS conference presents a new statistical method for evaluating fielding performance in baseball. The Spatial Aggregate Fielding Evaluation uses a probability model to fit a smooth curve for entire teams, particular positions or individual players. Greta Lorge reports from Boston.
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One of the best events in sports is happening this weekend, but I&#39;d be surprised if many of you know about it because I&#39;m not talking about a marquee college football matchup or the Yankees-Red Sox series.
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The traditional clash between Ethiopia and Kenya in distance running is also a contest between competing visions of sport
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Ready for takeoff More modern, more art
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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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Fame is nice. Fame gets you money, women and if you just so happen to be an athlete, your name in video games. Thousands of professional and college athletes around the country participate in these video games
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On the eve of the OpenÂs denouement this weekend, here are excerpts from ÂThe Art of Tennis,Â Michael KimmelmanÂs courtside blog.
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Being naturally creative, artists often excel at more than just making art. In some cases they so excel that they double up or even switch professions.
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Life & style: Synthesised shark's skin? Sweat-reactive fish scales? Peta Bee looks at how the latest sportswear can enhance performance
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Thereâs one more activity emerging to give prepubescent go-getters a leg up these days: sports performance training.