Underneath the competition, sportsmanship ethic prevails
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Many athletes exude ideals of Games, from embraces in the pool to a fencing timeout. By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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One thing you learn over the years is how Indian spectators love to get involved, even when the match is as dead as this one. It places them in a unique position and the pity is that a game that offered so much turned out the way it did.
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Football players aren&#39;t into moral victories. It goes against the grain of their rough exteriors and win at all cost mentality.
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Hometown fans are often more tolerant of an athlete whose alleged behavior on or off the field has drawn the ire of others.
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It is an all-for-one, one-for-all game if ever one existed. The complexity, the speed, the violence all dictate that, and even those who practice the team concept fervently sometimes find it isn&#39;t good enough.
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You can show confidence many ways, such as giving out backhanded compliments to the competition.
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it&#39;s the sport that won&#39;t die, no matter what. You can have gamblers, psychotic fans, spouses that blab and players who cork.
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By Douglas A. Kaid, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 31--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Sometimes the other team is simply better. It's a tough thing to admit for competitors who spend all season trying to convince themselves they can't be beaten if they play their best.
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Many athletes exude ideals of Games, from embraces in the pool to a fencing timeout.
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One way to compete with a team whose payroll is more than $100 million dollars more than yours is to do all you can to make sure you're not going to beat yourself.
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As some approach Olympic levels, the question is whether their high-tech limbs give them an unfair advantage
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As sports becomes a measure of success in America, young athletes are training ever harder.
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As track and field begins at the Games, it is up to athletes to set right a sport seared by scandal.
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ATHENS: Seldom have sporting moments of inconceivable pain and delirious joy covered more emotional ground yet been so difficult to distinguish.
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In fact, it is greeted with equanimity. "Good idea,'' says the other footballer.
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Marissa Coleman and her teammates finally showed what they are capable of when they play a full game.
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It's games like this that make a team feel almost invincible.