Vick ‘reaction’ has racial aspect
Miami Herald - The white athlete tends to get more room to rehab his image than the black one. There is no black equivalent to reckless addict golfer John Daly, throwing away talent but nonetheless popular and embraced. Some of that has to do with Daly harming only

Kelly Sotherton ‘proves everyone wrong’
Daily Telegraph - After the frustrations of Helsinki in 2005, where her one poor event condemned her to fifth place, the bronze medal here was vindication for an athlete who used to cause such frustration to her former coach, Charles van Commenee, that he would walk

With honors: Athlete enjoys sharing talents
Daily Southtown - A member of the Mother McAuley High School golf team, Megan Needham knows her game, and she doesn’t mind sharing what she knows. When a group from the Special Olympics contacted her golf coach and asked if any of her students would be interested in

Memorial from the heart: Athletes get life-saving test
Philadelphia Inquirer - She had been an athlete all her life and never had a warning sign or episode,” Darren Sudman said. The symptoms of long QT include palpitations, dizziness, seizures and fainting, said Ronn Tanel, a cardiologist from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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