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Quincy Watts is a role model for what is possible
Quincy Watts has never been in a time machine. They exist only in science fiction and the movies. But Watts swears he had an experience like a time machine 20 years ago in Barcelona, when he was standing on the podium with a gold medal around his neck...
Tags: Basketball, Awards and Prizes, Olympic Games, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Fighting for truth, justice the silly way
Christian Jacobs is standing on the set of "The Aquabats! Super Show!," having cupfuls of what looks suspiciously like vomit poured all over his body. The set is cold, the slime colder, but Jacobs couldn't be happier. His new kids series, which...Tags: Concerts, Cartoon Network (tv network), Entertainment Events, Ska (genre), Music
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Steven Tyler's national anthem: Worst ever? [Poll]
Sports NowSteven Tyler turned in a weird, screechy rendition of the national anthem before Sunday's AFC Championship game. But was it the worst ever?... -
Sports Legend Revealed: Did the U.S. vote against sending NBA players to the 1992 Olympics?
The Fabulous ForumBASKETBALL LEGEND: The United States voted against sending NBA players to the 1992 Olympics. From the first men's basketball tournament in the Summer Olympics in 1936, where the United States won a thrilling, high-scoring 18-9 victory over Canada (okay,... -
Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....Tags: LPGA, Sonja Henie, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Wrestling, High School Sports
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PASSINGS: Scott Davis, Ed Moose, Frank Kermode, Ghazi Algosaibi
Scott Davis
Mount SAC track and field announcer
Scott Davis, 66, a longtime track and field announcer and statistician who added to the prestige of the Mount San Antonio College Relays by attracting such stars as Marion Jones, Carl Lewis and Asafa...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Science and Technology, Track and Field, Book, London (England)
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Carl Lewis announces candidacy for New Jersey Senate
The Fabulous ForumCarl Lewis is one of the best track and field athletes of all time, with nine Olympic gold medals, including four in the long jump. Now we'll see how he does making another jump -- from athlete to politician. On...... -
Carl Lewis sells Pacific Palisades house
Ten-time Olympic medal winner Carl Lewis has sold his Pacific Palisades home for $2.5 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows.
The contemporary Mediterranean, built in 1991, is on nearly a third of an acre with ocean and canyon views, a swimming pool...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Personal Service, Track and Field, Banking
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Keeping track of Carl Lewis
Ten-time Olympic medal winner Carl Lewis has crossed a finish line of sorts, selling his Pacific Palisades home for $2.5 million, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
On the market since January, the contemporary Mediterranean, built in 1991, is on...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Personal Service, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Celebrities, Banking
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10 Olympic sites: Revisit past glories
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNot everyone can have the raw strength of wrestler Rulon Gardner or the flexibility of gymnast Nadia Comaneci. Oh, and forget about having the blinding foot speed of sprinter Michael Johnson. But with the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing to inspire...Tags: Education, Sonja Henie, Michael Johnson (football, safety), Awards and Prizes, The Home Depot Center
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Michael Phelps is not the greatest Olympic athlete in history
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCould everyone please stop hyperventilating about Michael Phelps? Yes, he now has won more gold medals than anyone in Olympic history. No, that does not make him the greatest Olympic athlete in history. In fact, he doesn't even make my top five. He is...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Awards and Prizes, Track and Field, Multi-Sport Events, Chicago Tribune
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Michelle Obama goes for the gold in Copenhagen, wearing golden clothes
Top of the TicketIt was fitting symbolism for a first lady pitching her hometown as the site of the 2016 Olympics. As the Ticket reported earlier, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a from-the-heart pitch for Chicago to the International Olympic Committee, talking about....
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