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The Writers' Bloc gets a little nasty when discussing the greatest athletes of the past 25 years.

W.W.J.D.?

Looking across the sports landscape, Page 2's Ralph Wiley can't help but ask one question: What would Jackie Robinson do?

Extra Point/ESPN Sportsbeat for Feb. 16-28, 2002

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First Cup: Tuesday

...crackdown on beastly brutality a disservice, as does describing such cold-blooded force as merely excessive. While football glorifies violent tackles of unprotected targets -- somehow managing to shrug off a perpetual procession of paralyzed pass...

Friday Mini-Bullets

...time with the poor health of his mother. Today comes word -- from several Brazilian news outlets, and...that are played on grass over here (tennis, football, rugby, cricket, golf ... see where I'm going...

Friday: First Cup

...two orange-and-blue numbers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- will now be worn by...cap, mostly), but his firing by Robert Rowell today will forever put D'Alessandro in the Warriors...

First Cup: Wednesday

...right foot. X-rays were inconclusive and the 20-year-old is scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging today in Portland. Oden, who wore a protective black boot after the game, said he landed on the...

First Cup: Thursday

...But [Edwards] showed a lot of athleticism. It would be hard to do a cartwheel wearing a football uniform.' 'Football players only play once a week. They get a lot more excited,' said Z. 'When...

David Foster Wallace on Unworldly Athletes

...of Olympic athletes, the pain and analgesia of football, the early rising and hours of practice and...farce because the realities of top-level athletics today require an early and total commitment to one...

Friday Mini-Bullets

As he enters the Hall of Fame, Bill Davidson has this to tell the Free Press's Mitch Albom about the referees: "What do you look for during a game? We...

First Cup: Monday

...that every rookie faces regardless of talent,' Frank said." Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "Sometime, somewhere today, dictated entirely by habit and reflex, Donté Greene will have his eyes wide, mouth open and arms...

First Cup: Monday

...sporting venues in basically a decade. Palaces for football and baseball, and a white elephant for basketball...S. Olympic basketball roster when it is announced today. He ought to say, 'Thanks, but no thanks...

Monday Bullets

...to-wall coverage of the Sonics' trial, beginning today in Seattle. Bill Walker, on the brink of...classes he's taking this summer.High school football coach, Charlie Ward.Joe Alexander has an amazingly...

Monday Mini-Bullets

...Rascals and a former college football player) in an alley next to Chelsea's. During fight, Larry knocked Harlow the hell out and injured his right index finger."Today many people are crucifying the...