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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... her as she returns to fanfare in North Texas today. As Liukin's unsurpassed Olympics – she tied Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Miller for the best American gymnastics medal haul in a single Games – came to an end Wednesday, Liukin reflected on what she'd accomplished, while also looking ahead to a whirlwind certain to continue for some time. Among the highlights: The Wheaties box cover,...
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THE iPINIONS JOURNAL (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the US won gold and silver , respectively. Of course, given the way she was hyped as the next Mary Lou Retton going into these Olympic Games, Johnson’s first gold in this last event must have provided glory and relief in equal measure. Diving The Chinese continued their Phelpsian quest to go eight for eight in diving by winning the Men’s 3m Springboard competition: 6 down, 2 to...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
The discus thrower, who started out wanting to be a gymnast, gets the first U.S. gold in track and field. The first American track and field athlete to win a gold medal here wanted to be the next Mary Lou Retton until her hardy English-German-Nordic genes kicked in and she hit 6 feet in junior high, on the way to her 6-4 adult height.
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DietsInReview.com Diet Blog (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... healthy, look beautiful and keep their bellies full and satisified. Even though Dara Torres and Mary Lou Retton are not similar in height, they both have similar eating styles. Neither of them count calories. Instead, they rely on eating everything in moderation, eating small amounts of indulgent foods and relying on lean proteins and plenty of fresh foods to fuel their day. Retton...
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ABC News (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... Phelps is expected to bank much more than previous Olympic champs such as "America's Sweetheart" Mary Lou Retton, decathlete Bruce Jenner and track star Carl Lewis. But he's not going to hit the stratosphere of sports marketing occupied by Tiger Woods, whose career earnings are expected to hit the $1 billion mark in 2010, or Michael Jordan, who reportedly has made more than $500 million...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... has secured a legacy at least alongside the sport's most famous American gymnasts — Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Miller. Liukin tied them for most medals by an American gymnast.Liukin's place in history could reach well beyond theirs, however, on an international scale. She has distinguished herself as a supreme artist and gymnast, rare in a sport that over the years has become more...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Font Resizesportsstat of the dayThe Denver Post Article Last Updated: 08/19/2008 11:51:19 PM MDTthe fab five Nastia Liukin tied the American record for most medals won by a U.S. gymnast with five. A breakdown: Gymnast Olympics G S B Nastia Liukin 2008 Beijing 1 3 1 Mary Lou Retton 1984 Los Angeles 1 2 2 Shannon Miller 1992 Barcelona 0 2 3 Note: Miller remains the top medal winner in U.S....
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Diary of a SubUrban Housewife (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... , Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci . Of course there was Mark Spitz . In later years we cheered on Mary Lou Retton , Apolo Ono , and so many others. But the one true man who holds my heart when I watch the Olympics is Bob Costas . Because here’s the thing about Bob Costas…there he is in some tv studio in beautiful downtown Beijing doing his Olympics host thing. And there you are sitting...
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TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Liukin, an 18-year-old from Parker, Texas, will go home as the American gymnastics star. The balance beam silver was Liukin's fifth medal of the Olympics, tying her with Mary Lou Retton (1984) and Shannon Miller (1992) for the most for an American woman in a single Olympics. Liukin, who wound up with one gold, three silver and one bronze, also ended a good-natured sparring match with...
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Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
... bronze (floor). She tied the U.S. gymnastics record of five Olympic medals at one Games, set by Mary Lou Retton in 1984 and duplicated by Shannon Miller in Barcelona in 1992. She also now holds bragging rights in her own house - with one more medal than her dad and coach, Valeri, who won four medals in Seoul in 1988 while competing for the Soviet Union.It’s unbelievably obvious that...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... Mills, boasts a long roster of Olympic champions who’ve graced its boxes, from Bruce Jenner to Mary Lou Retton.But now Kellogg has Phelps, whose eight gold medals in a single Olympics broke Mark Spitz’s old record of seven.According to Tony the Tiger, that definitively makes Phelps greaaaaat.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
BEIJING — Shawn Johnson won Olympic gold in Beijing today, edging teammate Nastia Liukin in the balance beam final with a daring, difficult routine that scored 16.225.Bela Karolyi leaped from his seat in the NBC announcing booth and ran down press row, hugging reporters.“Deep in my heart, I wanted to see Shawn win,” said Karolyi, who coached Mary Lou Retton and Nadia Comaneci to Olympic...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... of what she did here Monday night, but now laughs at how her happy ending got its start. "I had a Mary Lou Retton leotard that I wore all the time," said Brown Trafton, who dressed up and made believe she was an Olympic pixie. "But I grew out of it rather quickly. I was not going to be a gymnast." Somebody call David Letterman. We've found him a guest so fresh and so far out of left...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... pounds at age 28, Brown Trafton has found a more fitting route to Olympic glory."I want to meet Mary Lou Retton, so please, someone hook me up," Brown Trafton said. "She was my idol. I had a leotard like hers but I got too big to be a gymnast."After three mostly miserable nights of competition, the American team had only three medals, a silver by the shot-putter Christian Cantwell...
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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
... at the Great Wall of China, gets booed lustily. ( Miami Herald ) Can Nastia Liukin be bigger than Mary Lou Retton? ( Sports Business Daily ) Peter King struggles to find his rental car. Hasn’t he seen the second Jason Bourne movie? ( SI ) Blogger goes to Giants camp! ( Sparty and Friends ) FANTASY ALERT: Tom Brady’s ankle injury isn’t the one he tweaked in the Super Bowl, read into...
