A champion stretches her horizons
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CAMBRIDGE -- In a movement class at the American Repertory Theatre, the professor gave her students a basic command -- touch your toes -- and everyone lunged forward on the floor. The class overachiever, a petite brunette seated in the front row, extended her fingers, then wrists, then entire forearms past her ankles. Torso folded against the floor, she looked ...
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At a lake in Colorado last summer, 47-year-old Pleasanton water skier Richelle Matli was in such good form that she knew she had a shot at the national championships, only two weeks away in Texas.
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Winning the 100 meters at the Olympics isn&#39;t simply a tradition carried on by generations of American women sprinters, it&#39;s an exercise in domination.
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She has wandered the earth, trying her hand at a variety of occupations, feeling the soil of many countries beneath her feet.
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Deena Kastor, as humble an athlete as they come, has been struggling with her newfound fame. For the last two months, Kastor has made the daily trek to her post office in tiny
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Boxing is catching on among young women - both for its physical benefits and for the discipline it instills.
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A former heart patient, a courageous lady bidding to make history and a 3-year-old who can go from spoiler to champion provide some of the appealing elements
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Athens -- If there is a more obscure Olympic 100-meter champion than Yuliya Nesterenko, let her step forward and identify herself.
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At Brigham and Women's Hospital, a group of doctors last week gathered around the ''most physiologically gifted athlete in the world,&quot; and watched her breathe.
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She has the chance to banish the ghosts of last weekend&#39;s marathon failure and finally claim the Olympic medal she has sought for so long.
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For Marion Jones, Sydney must seem far more than half a world away. Those Olympics were some dreamland where she ruled track and field with a golden touch and a sweet smile, winning five medals that turned her into an international superstar.
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She won early and often, and often by overwhelming margins. She won on four continents &#151; in Australia, Sweden and Japan and in six of the 50 United States. She won a major, the most money and a remarkable 10 times in just 20 starts worldwide.
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In 2004 and 2005 Jen Toomey had great years but followed those with a year and a half of injuries. At Saturdayâs Reebok Boston Indoor Games she will be part of a strong field in the womenâs mile.
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Earlier in her career, she might have melted down. She might have bounced her racket, flailed her arms and wildly scolded herself after double-faulting to lose the first set of a championship match.
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It&#39;s easy to understand why. After almost a solid year of basketball that included a third straight NCAA championship, an Olympic gold medal and now WNBA Rookie of the Year honors, she plans to take three days off.
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Lorena Ochoa, a sporting heroine in her native Mexico, will not change her approach while playing for her first major title as the world's top-ranked player.
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The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer.