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The portable high-school hoops factory

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Washington, D.C. - region basketball coach Stu Vetter has maintained a stunning winning percentage despite inheriting poor teams at four different private high schools in the past 10 years. The professionalization of high school athletics is analyzed.

Author: Zenglerle, Jason
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Evaluation, Interview, School sports, Washington, D.C., Basketball coaches, Vetter, Stu

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Batting the breeze

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The particular way in which language is used when referring to sports is discussed. The emergence of a counterfactual tense that is when the present tense is used instead of the past is examined.

Author: Carkeet, David
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Research, Usage, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language and culture

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To an athlete dying young

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Changes in attitudes to sports, sports injuries, and our relationship with our bodies are examined in detail.

Author: Blythe, Will
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000

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