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Coping With Tragedy, Wrestler Learns to Take Care of Himself

After the death of his daughter in 2003 unraveled his career, Daniel Cormier is finally wrestling for himself.

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:03 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Families and Family Life, Wrestling, Jackson, Kevin

Billed as the Future, Ready for the Present

Henry Cejudo feasts on pressure. And he will feel it again Tuesday when the freestyle wrestling competition begins at the Beijing Games.

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:31 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Families and Family Life, Wrestling, USA Wrestling, Mexico

Guiding Athletes in Spotlight’s Glare

At the Olympics, every moment leading to an athlete’s event is meticulously mapped. But few competitors ever plan for what may happen next.

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 1:44 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Families and Family Life, News and News Media

Sports of The Times: From the Hutong, an Ordinary View of the Games

Despite the politics of the Games, we should remember that ordinary folk enjoy them and are excited and proud to have them.

Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 4:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Families and Family Life, hutong

Former Teammates Marvel at Torres’ Comeback

At 41, Dara Torres was the last person her teammates from the 1984 Olympic Games had expected would make an comeback.

Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 2:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Swimming, University of Florida, Families and Family Life, Los Angeles (Calif), Torres, Dara, Johnson, Jenna, Steinseifer, Carrie, Hogshead, Nancy

An Olympian Is Smacked by Burden

Bob Malaythong came to America to study, to make money and send it home. Then he found himself chasing a dream he was not sure his family would understand.

Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:25 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Families and Family Life, Laos, Badminton

A Farewell to the Best Seat Not in the House

The upper floors of three apartment buildings in the Bronx long served as perches for peering at Yankee games.

Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 12:23 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Families and Family Life, Bronx (NYC), Yankee Stadium (NYC), Restoration and Rehabilitation, Roofs, Windows

Cheering Section: A Mother Steps Up to the Plate

In an effort to understand my son’s passion for baseball, fueled by his father’s enthusiasm, I decided to educate myself.

Posted Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Families and Family Life

A Game-Changing Player Unchanged by the Game

In an era when prospects increasingly seek out the trappings of handouts and entourages, Jamarkus McFarland, the country’s top defensive recruit, stands out.

Posted Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Education and Schools, Colleges and Universities, Families and Family Life, Louisiana State University, Kmart Corp, McFarland, Jamarkus

Lakers’ Fisher Makes His Plea for All to See

Roughly a year after Derek Fisher gave a live interview on TNT describing his daughter’s battle with eye cancer, the impact of that unscripted moment is still being felt.

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 8:43 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Cancer, National Basketball Assn, Children and Youth, Medicine and Health, Los Angeles Lakers, Families and Family Life, Chemotherapy, Fisher, Derek, Eyes and Eyesight

Cheering Section: Father-Son Connections Are in the Cards

When my mother arrived last summer with 5,000 of my old sports cards packed into Mother Goose shoeboxes, my sons opened each flimsy container as if it were the Ark of the Covenant.

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Ice, Families and Family Life, Trading Cards

Cowboys’ Ware Fulfills a Challenge for Fatherhood

DeMarcus Ware and his wife, Taniqua, believe they appreciate their daughter, Marley, more because they adopted her after three failed pregnancies.

Posted Saturday, June 14, 2008 1:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Football, Families and Family Life, Babies, Ware, DeMarcus

Schedule Revives Memories of Coach’s Emotional Journey

Nearly four years after his wife died during an Olympic warm-up tour, U.S. softball coach Mike Candrea will return to the spot where she suddenly collapsed.

Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 10:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Families and Family Life, Softball

Cheering Section: In W.N.B.A., a Little Traveling Music

Some W.N.B.A. fans go to great lengths to root for their favorite teams.

Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 4:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Families and Family Life, Women's National Basketball Assn

For Many Olympic Families, the Dream Is Proving Costly

Some families of Olympic athletes have been shocked to learn that the price of attending the Games this August may be between $5,000 and $10,000 a person.

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, Families and Family Life

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