Induction for Sampras an honor, and relief
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- Pete Sampras and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario were in town, gracing the Casino, the elder among the planet's tennis parlors. No, they weren't making comebacks. Rather, they were coming into new roles among the game's immortals, tapped for hard-earned, lofty membership in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, along with Sven Davidson and Russ Adams.
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Andre Agassi was greeted by a banner before his quarterfinal match at the Madrid Masters saying: &quot;Agassi, thanks for keeping on playing.
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The Great One hit town yesterday and he sure was welcome. He made it feel a bit more like winter. Wayne Gretzky was a pretty fair player in his day, and his time as an executive have been equally well spent.
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TREVOR IMMELMAN, the promising young South African, ended the first day of the Madrid Open in joint fourth place at Club de Campo yesterday, and can be happy that he managed to be there at all.
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QUESTION: Mr. Powell, we are honored with this opportunity to be with you. Thank you very much.
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The biggest applause at Olympic Stadium yesterday, the first day of athletics competition, didnât come for Greek heptathlete Aryiro Strataki or triple jumper Hristos Meletoglou
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The news that Tim Henman is on the road to recovery from his magnesium deficiency will have come as good news to his followers in Switzerland - and after Roger Federer&#39;s last-minute withdrawal
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Growth is an excellent catalyst for stock price appreciation.
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The Williams team breathed a sigh of relief after Juan Pablo Montoya&#39;s victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix. The team finished fourth in the constructors standings but technical director Sam Michael was full of praise for the Colombian&#39;s performance.
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In a way, it was a relief when authorities in North Carolina announced that Reggie White&#39;s sudden and shocking death Sunday was due to a long- standing respiratory condition.
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Pete Sampras doesnât think much of the grass-court tennis currently being played and doesnât sound terribly convinced that he couldnât still get to the net against these guys.
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A new addition to an already successful drug promises good results for investors.
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A first win on the European Tour - any tour, in fact - is a notable feat in any golfer&#39;s career. But the one by South African Richard Sterne in the Madrid Open yesterday deserves special mention.
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The Spaniard didnât quite repeat last yearâs achievement, but his Hungarian podium left him satisfied all the same.
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NEW YORK : Roger Federer, who has just won his first US Open, is in many people&#39;s minds a threat to Pete Sampras&#39; record of 14 Grand Slam titles.
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NORTON -- Truisms that resonated yesterday from a day of golf that could only make a true ball-striker smile:
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WHILE ONE-HALF of ten- nis&#39;s greatest rivalry has retired (Pete Sampras), the other half is still going strong. Andre Agassi and the rest of his professional tennis crew rolled into Washington, DC, this past week for the annual Legg Mason Tennis Classic.