Olympians bare all for Life magazine cover essay
Washington Post columnist Jennifer Frey reports on Life magazine’s photo essay featuring naked Olympic athletes. The spread includes water polo players and stars like Gail Devers and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, framed as artistic beauty rather than scandal, with discussion of the public reaction and potential impact on ticket sales.
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Gordon overcomes past blunder to win Teamwork 500 at Pocono
Jeff Gordon dominated the UAW GM Teamwork 500 at Pocono International Raceway for his fifth win of the season. He led 94 of 200 laps in Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, earning $96,980 from a $1.2 million purse. Ricky Rudd finished second, followed by Bodine and Mark Martin. Gordon became the first this year to surpass $1 million in earnings, raising his season total to $1,069,482 and career earnings to $7,967,801.
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Villeneuve Takes Second at Canadian Grand Prix
Jacques Villeneuve draws a record Montreal crowd as he finishes second to Damon Hill in the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Hill led most of the race from pole with Villeneuve noting the fans’ cheers but wishing they were closer to the winner.
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Sports Schedule Highlights Baseball Boxing and NBA Finals
A busy program lists baseball games including San Diego versus Atlanta and Los Angeles against Chicago across several channels. Boxing Night at the Forum features Grant versus Toney. Pro basketball potential NBA Finals tilt Seattle versus Chicago noted with other track and soccer matchups and Olympic Trials coverage.
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Pick' Em Odds Headlines Across Teams
Odds listings show matchups with home teams in caps and several cities including Atlanta Chicago Los Angeles Houston Cincinnati Colorado Montreal Detroit Oakland Baltimore Texas New York Minnesota Milwaukee Kansas City California Chicago. The format uses Pick' Em and varied garbled text, typical of a syndicated sports odds page from 1996.
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Today in History Highlights Major Sports Milestones
On this date in history several sports milestones occurred including Rocky Marciano retaining the heavyweight title with a win over Ezzard Charles in 1954 at New York. Gene Littler won the U S Open in 1961 by a final round 68. Jack Nicklaus edged Arnold Palmer in a 1962 playoff for the U S Open. John Miller shot 63 to win the 1973 U S Open, Hale Irwin topped Gary Player and Jerry Pate in 1979. The NBA absorbed the Nets, Pacers, Spurs and Nuggets in 1976.
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