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ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. To the asphalt warriors (all men) on the pickup courts of New York City, the red-haired girl from Far Rockaway, Queens, was just another...

"The player who speaks here is not Omar Linares but the son of a country who rejected a contract of $40 million to make himself a professional." -- Fidel Castro, April 5, 1999 PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba -- They are the last of baseball's Cold Warriors, t...