A SIDEWAYS GLANCE AT ATLANTA : E-MAIL FROM ATLANTA FIELD THIS BIG QUESTION: WHY DO SO MANY THINGS AT THE TRACK NOT TRACK?Went to the track stadium. Some thoughts: They have the long jump and the triple jump. What happened to the double jump? What's up with that? Hammer throw hammer throw Athletic event in which a hammer is thrown for distance. The hammer consists of a 16-lb (7.26-kg) metal ball attached to a spring steel wire handle that measures not more than 4 ft (1.2 m) in length. . It's a ball on a chain. Where's the hammer? Is it supposed to be some kind of ball-peen hammer ball-peen hammer n. A hammer having one end of the head hemispherical and used in working metal. Noun 1. ball-peen hammer - a hammer with one round and one flat end; used in working metal ? Why don't jumpers rake the sand in the pit after they're finished? Golfers do. Maybe they think they're better than golfers. Got news for them. Why is it a discus? Why not just a disc? Is the ``us'' some tribute to ancient Greece The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. 750 BC[1] (the archaic period) to 146 BC (the Roman conquest). It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western Civilization. ? Can we use short version in cramped headline situations? Ponder for just a moment the guy who invented the pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. . Do you think in those initial days that his friends were really worried about him? The rest of world is on metric system metric system, system of weights and measures planned in France and adopted there in 1799; it has since been adopted by most of the technologically developed countries of the world. . We're not. But we're host nation. Shouldn't they convert to ours? What's up with that? Sample sentence: ``Yes, Mr. Foreign Dignitary, you can buy a quart of milk if you just walk 100 feet that way.'' When distance runners change lanes, shouldn't they signal first? If they had a javelin relay, I'd want the first leg. The measure of a hurdler's progress is if he improves by leaps and bounds. Heard the term ``dead heat'' everywhere in Atlanta except the track stadium. You can enter two races and a relay and win three gold medals. Or you can enter decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. , compete in 10 events and win one gold medal. Tough call. Shouldn't the final event of the Olympics be a race up the steps to blow out the torch? On your mark! Get set! Go! - Cyberscribe SOURCE: Michael Ventre U.S. diver Clark reprimanded At the 1992 Summer Games This article is about the Epyx video game series. For the international multi-sport event, see Summer Olympic Games. Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. in Barcelona, controversy surrounded which outfits members of the U.S. basketball team would wear when they received their gold medals. Several players had contracts with companies other than Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. , then the team's official supplier. They dealt with that conflict by draping draping, n in massage, technique of securely covering and uncovering parts of the body and moving the client. draping covering the animal with sterile drapes for surgery leaving exposed only that part of the body that has been an American flag over the Reebok logo on their jackets. The U.S. Olympic Committee noticed and this week reprimanded diving bronze medalist Mary Ellen Clark Mary Ellen Clark (born December 25, 1962 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American diver who won two Olympic bronze medals. The first was in diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the second was in diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics. for wearing the wrong outfit during her award ceremony. After finishing third in Saturday night's springboard event, Clark wore her Speedo An earlier scalable font technology from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.bitstream.com). Speedo fonts used the .SPD extension. See FaceLift. warmup jacket instead of the official USOC (Universal Service Order Code) An equipment coding system created by AT&T. The number was applied to telephone equipment and to wire termination patterns. See 568A. outfit provided by Champion. She could not immediately be reached for comment. ``The issue has been resolved,'' USOC spokesman Mike Moran Mike Moran is the name of:
2. This species of punishment is used by legislative bodies to punish their members or others who have been guilty of some impropriety of conduct towards them. . Clark, 33, was focused on her competition and forgot to bring her Champion outfit, ``just an honest mistake,'' said U.S. Diving spokesman Dave Shatkowski, who said Speedo is the supplier of the U.S. national diving team. However, the USOC code of conduct requires medal winners to wear their Champion outfits to the ceremonies. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what anybody else said and I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. ,'' Moran said. ``Mary Ellen Clark acknowledged that she did not wear her awards suit on the medals ceremony platform.'' Moran said the USOC's contract with Champion provides monetary support for Clark and other athletes. ``All you have to do is look what the Dream Team did to us to see how serious we take this,'' Moran said. He said the USOC has accepted letters of apology written by Clark. Baseball fever hits Capitol Hill Time and place:Monday, Washington, D.C. Occasion:Press Conference, Secretary of State Warren Christopher's office. Topic: Olympic baseball. A press briefing turned into a hot-stove baseball fest when press spokesman Nicholas Burns was asked if Cuba's longstanding dictator, Fidel Castro, had joined the 23 other world leaders who are attending the Olympic Games in Atlanta or have plans to come later this week. ``No,'' Burns said. ``As far as we know, he's still following events from afar in Havana.'' But, Burns continued, ``If he'd like to see the United States defeat Cuba in the gold-medal game in baseball, that's another question. I don't know how we'd respond to that request, but he hasn't made it yet.'' The American and Cuban baseball teams are expected to play for the gold later this week. Burns, an avid baseball fan, went on to say Sunday's U.S.-Cuba game, a 10-8 slugfest won by Cuba, ``was just a warm-up. We'll get them in the end.'' Castro's Washington spokesman couldn't be reached for comment on Burns' remarks. He was said to be out of town - in Atlanta. Writer is in deep water ``Be careful of what you make fun of,'' warns Miami Herald humor columnist Dave Barry, gasping for breath in the middle, ``because you could find yourself upside down attempting a vertical split while your lungs fill with water.'' Barry found out the hard way the answer to his question, asked in print: ``Exactly what is so athletically impressive about people swimming around in circles while smiling like recently escaped lunatics?'' Dared to compete in the Synchronized Swimming Media Challenge at Atlanta's Emory University, Barry and fellow Miami Herald scribe Dan Le Batard Dan Le Batard is an American newspaper sportswriter, radio host, and television reporter. Le Batard graduated from the University of Miami in 1990 with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and politics. soon found themselves literally over their heads. Trouble started with a maneuver called Eggbeatering, in which synchronized swimmers move their legs around like an eggbeater, enabling them to keep head and shoulders above water with arms raised gracefully in the air. ``When Dan and I gracefully raised our arms,'' Barry relates, ``our entire bodies, arms and all, immediately sunk like anvils.'' Fortunately, preparations had been made, according to U.S. Sychnchronized Swimming spokesperson Laura LaMarca, who said a one-to-one ratio of lifeguards to journalists was ``standard procedure.'' After attempting, then subsequently watching from the bottom of the pool, three other maneuvers and noticing ``the lifeguards were standing much closer,'' Barry finally got in the last word: ``I came to the surface and, using what little air I had left in my lungs, shouted: `THIS IS THE HARDEST SPORT IN THE WORLD!' ``Then, and only then,'' he wrote, ``did they finally let us out of the pool.'' It's a bird, its's plane it's a . . . track shoe Everybody's shoeing it. First, unofficial Dream Team spokesman Charles Barkley tosses his sneaks to a young fan in the stands. Then runner Michael Johnson gives the heave-ho to a pair of his favorite spikes, launching them into the Olympic Stadium crowd, where the famous footwear ends up in the hands of fans Gordon McConnell, above left, and Brad Simmon. Who's next? Karch Kiraly? Naw, those beach volleyball players don't wear shoes. Janet Evans?. Same problem. And look out if some excitable excitable /ex·ci·ta·ble/ (ek-sit´ah-b'l) irritable (1). ex·cit·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of reacting to a stimulus. Used of a tissue, cell, or cell membrane. 2. member of the equestrian team lets fly with a pair of riding boots. VOICES ``We've got ballroom dancing and surfing ready to kick us off the Olympic bus.'' - American modern pentathlete pen·tath·lete n. Sports An athlete who participates in a pentathlon. Noun 1. pentathlete - an athlete who competes in a pentathlon athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports Michael Gostigian, on the precarious position of his sport in the Games. ``I was walking down the street yesterday, and people yelled at me, `Hey, Amy, I was a nerd, too!' '' - American swimmer Amy Van Dyken Amy Van Dyken (born February 15, 1973 in Englewood, Colorado) is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat. , a self-proclaimed nerd, who dedicated the last of her four gold medals to ``all the other nerds out there.'' ``That's kind of a bad feeling.'' - Bronze-medal diver Mary Ellen Clark, who battled vertigo, a malady malady /mal·a·dy/ (-ah-de) disease. mal·a·dy n. A disease, disorder, or ailment. malady a disease or illness. that sometimes caused her to swim to the bottom of the pool after a dive, thinking she was headed for the top. ``I have to keep telling myself not to get too keyed up that this is the Olympics. It's exciting and all that, but I'm not going to let it get me to the point I'll throw up.'' - John Mooney, of the U.S. flatwater kayak team ``We know you're enjoying doing the wave. But you're delaying the start of the 1,500-meter qualifying.'' - Track and field announcer to 80,000 exuberant Olympic Stadium fans on Monday CAPTION(S): 3 Photos, Chart Photo: (1) Then runner Michael Johnson gives theheave-ho to a pair of his favorite spikes, launching them into the Olympic Stadium crowd, where the famous footwear ends up in the hands of fans Gordon McConnell, above left, and Brad Simmon. (2) no caption (Dave Barry synchronized swimming) (3) ``I would love to continue the sport, but there are too many guys out there cheating and that makes things unfair for guys like me who got big and strong naturally.'' MARK HENRY American weightlifter who, 25 and still growing, weighs 413 natural pounds. Chart: OLYMPIC TECHNOLOGY Associated Press |
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