Tag Archives: Athletes
Golf and Motherhood on Conflicting Courses
After a long day on the golf course, Cristie Kerr relaxed on a cushioned seat opposite her husband, Erik Stevens, and savored every moment of an orange sherbet sunset from the patio of the Mirabel clubhouse, a quick cart ride from their home in North Scottsdale, Ariz.
They gazed beyond the 18th green, where they were [...]
Nets Throw First Bucket of Paint at the Knicks
From the blacktop of Harlem, LeBron James gazes up at the skyline, projecting hope. From a building in Midtown, Jay-Z and Mikhail Prokhorov tower over Madison Square Garden, casting an audacious shadow.
Two basketball-themed murals, spaced 121 blocks apart, came to life Wednesday afternoon, turning Manhattan into a bright canvas of free-agent dreams and taut [...]
Bench Lifts Celtics to Tie Series
Sports and Health – The fashionable “Beat L.A.” chants had all but faded from TD Garden, the oxygen bled from the building by Ray Allen’s misfires, Kobe Bryant’s impossible jumpers and Derek Fisher’s intensity. An anxious air hung over the Boston Celtics on Thursday as they teetered on the edge of a heavy series deficit.
Then [...]
Pacific-10 and Big Ten Step Toward Expansion
Sports and Health – Two meetings of university presidents on Sunday, the Pacific-10’s in San Francisco and the Big Ten’s in Chicago, could go a long way toward reshaping the alignment of major college athletics.
The most significant news came from the Pac-10 meetings, where presidents voted to give the first-year commissioner Larry Scott authority to [...]