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SURPRISE! MS INCREDIBLE DEFEATS MS. INVINCIBLE

SURPRISE! MS INCREDIBLE DEFEATS MS. INVINCIBLE

NEW YORK -- She was flat on her back in the middle of center court, her eyes squeezed shut in glory, as if she had to lie down to absorb what she'd just accomplished.7-6, 1-6, 7-6.Mandlikova beats Navratilova.Incredible.What a match! What a spectacular match! A showdown that was never supposed to be. Everyone knows that just as dessert comes at the end of the meal, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd come at the end of a women's tennis tournament.Chris vs. Martina, punch after punch, rematch after rematch, Ali and Frazier in tennis dress.
WOODY AND ME

WOODY AND ME

This is the second of five excerpts from "Bo" by Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, co-authored with Free Press columnist Mitch Albom. Today's excerpt, "Woody and Me," deals with Bo's relationship with Woody Hayes.I loved Woody Hayes. I am not ashamed to say it. In the 37 years I knew him, he coached me, humbled me, employed me, angered me and taught me more about the game than anyone could. I guess I was about as close to him as anyone, but to the day he died, I never considered myself his equal.
WOODY AND ME

WOODY AND ME

This is the second of five excerpts from "Bo" by Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, co-authored with Free Press columnist Mitch Albom. Today's excerpt, "Woody and Me," deals with Bo's relationship with Woody Hayes.I loved Woody Hayes. I am not ashamed to say it. In the 37 years I knew him, he coached me, humbled me, employed me, angered me and taught me more about the game than anyone could. I guess I was about as close to him as anyone, but to the day he died, I never considered myself his equal.
LIONS JUST BITE THE DUST IN BRUSH WITH GREATNESS

LIONS JUST BITE THE DUST IN BRUSH WITH GREATNESS

The fans got up early. They drove for miles in the snow. They marched through the stadium turnstiles.They had come for a brush with greatness.Members of the media loaded their tape recorders. They sharpened their pencils. They filled the press box with excited whispers.They had come for a brush with greatness.The Lions pulled on their helmets. They tucked in their blue and silver jerseys. They trotted out through the Silverdome tunnel.They had come for a brush with greatness.
LIONS JUST BITE THE DUST IN BRUSH WITH GREATNESS

LIONS JUST BITE THE DUST IN BRUSH WITH GREATNESS

The fans got up early. They drove for miles in the snow. They marched through the stadium turnstiles.They had come for a brush with greatness.Members of the media loaded their tape recorders. They sharpened their pencils. They filled the press box with excited whispers.They had come for a brush with greatness.The Lions pulled on their helmets. They tucked in their blue and silver jerseys. They trotted out through the Silverdome tunnel.They had come for a brush with greatness.
THE CHAMP WAS TRAPPED BUT WENT DOWN SWINGING

THE CHAMP WAS TRAPPED BUT WENT DOWN SWINGING

MUIRFIELD, Scotland -- He was inch-deep in wet sand, swinging in a way that did not fit him at all. One stroke, two strokes. The ball barely moved. Three strokes. Four strokes. The ball curled back into the dent of his footprint. Five strokes. Five strokes? How crazy was this? Arnold Palmer, one of the greatest names in the history of golf, was swinging himself right out of this British Open, without ever leaving the sand trap.
THE CHAMP WAS TRAPPED BUT WENT DOWN SWINGING

THE CHAMP WAS TRAPPED BUT WENT DOWN SWINGING

MUIRFIELD, Scotland -- He was inch-deep in wet sand, swinging in a way that did not fit him at all. One stroke, two strokes. The ball barely moved. Three strokes. Four strokes. The ball curled back into the dent of his footprint. Five strokes. Five strokes? How crazy was this? Arnold Palmer, one of the greatest names in the history of golf, was swinging himself right out of this British Open, without ever leaving the sand trap.
GOLF IN THE CLUBHOUSE-A FAIR WAY TO RETURN

GOLF IN THE CLUBHOUSE-A FAIR WAY TO RETURN

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Where have I been?A) At Adrian Dantley's house, cleaning up.B) On vacation.C) With Salman Rushdie.If you guessed (A) you would be wrong. If you guessed (C) you would also be wrong, but you get credit for imagination. If you guessed (B) -- "On vacation" -- aha! You were reading the newspaper in my absence!And you would also be wrong.

Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.

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