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cheetah
cheetah , carnivore of the cat family, Acinonyx jubatus, native to Africa S of the Sahara and SW Asia as far east as India. Formerly numerous all over their range, they are extinct now in Asia except for small numbers in Iran's Dasht-e Kavir, and are threatened in all of their range. The... Read more |
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Eddie G. Robinson
Robinson, Eddie G.1919-2007 College football coach Until 2003, no coach in the history of college football had won more games than Eddie G. Robinson. In fact, with some 408 wins to his credit in a career that spanned five decades, Robinson's record took years to surpass. A dedicated and principled... Read more |
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Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson (Philip Douglas Jackson), 1945-, American basketball player and coach, b. Deer Lodge, Mont. Jackson was an All-American at the Univ. of North Dakota. Drafted by the New York Knicks in 1967, he was a forward and a superb defensive player, remaining with the team until 1980. He then... Read more |
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Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowers 1973– Olympic bobsledder At a Glance… Sources Though she did not know it at the time, no African American had ever won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics until Vonetta Flowers took home the gold in 2002 at the Salt Lake City, Utah, Winter Olympic games. Flowers earned... Read more |
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Nikki McCray
Nikki McCray 1971- American basketball player Power guard and forward Nikki McCray has played basketball with the WNBA's Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever, and the ABL's Columbus Quest. Earning multiple MVP awards, starter for the WNBA East All-Star team, and gold medals in two Olympics with... Read more |
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Al Oerter
Al Oerter 1936- American discus thrower One of the great figures in Olympic track and field history, Al Oerter was the first athlete to win gold medals in four consecutive Olympic competitions. Between 1956 and 1968, Oerter dominated the discus event at the Olympics, and he continued to maintain... Read more |
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SPEED TRAP Perhaps the marquee display of the speed and power IN track &...
...the world's fastest humans put their...27 mph in the fastest races. That...compared with cheetahs, nature's...would smoke the fastest human on the...State track coach and Olympic...what are called ... |
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Aths: King makes another queen of the track
...another queen of the track By Paul Mulvey...Phil King has proved himself again to be a master coach of 400m hurdlers...a picture of a cheetah on one side and...Flow, forward, fast, fight," Pittman...around the bend, fast ... |
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A BOLT LIKE NONE OF US HAS EVER SEEN.(Sports)
...is his name. Track and field is...either, man. Cheetahs would envy him...the world's fastest creature on two...showoff, too. How fast can a guy go...is this: How fast could U have...came back. It proved him not to ... |
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Williams Shines At Golden West Invitationals: Sweeps 100 and 200
...uncompetitive in track and field.However...Williams ran with the Cheetahs, she ran with...which is the fastest time in the nation...broke her previous fastest time in the nation...Williams has already proved that she is the...depends upon my ... |