Sex Match: Female prep wrestler battles with the boys
JIM THORPE, Pa.(By The Associated Press) -- In a city and a high school named for an American athlete who found the rules of sport as difficult as the competition, a young wrestler has been struggling with both opponents and tradition.She is Michelle Green, 17, a 126-pound wrestler for Jim Thorpe High School. Acceptance of a girl in the once all-male domain of high school wrestling has come slowly in this scenic, snow-coated region of the Pocono Mountains.At the start of the season,...
Sex Match: Overcoming an `accident',
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With so many series - from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy to Changing Rooms - finding big audiences with their formula of cosmetic makeover, it is easy to forget that there is more to true transformation than the instant gratification of a great haircut or a shiny coat of designer paint. The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story, a Showtime documentary that chronicles an all-important life passage for a transgendered male, is a wise and welcome reminder of how perilous and long the journey can...
Sex Match: EVOCATION OF ART AND LOVE: GERTRUDE STEIN LIVES
Gertrude Stein is already dead when Win Wells' Gertrude Stein and a Companion begins, but it doesn't matter in the least. Certain larger-than-life figures refuse to die, and Wells' vibrant, vociferous Stein is one of them. The play, first done locally in a 1990 production at the now-defunct Area Stage, is a two-character romp for the actresses playing Stein and her ``companion,'' Alice B. Toklas.In his new production at Fort...
Sex Match: EYE OPENERS
Eighteen years after BILLIE JEAN KING beat BOBBY RIGGS, a Hollywood promoter is hoping to stage a second Battle of the Sexes in tennis. DAVID KRIEFF would like to pair MONICA SELES, the 17-year-old winner of three Grand Slam events this year, with 39-year-old JIMMY CONNORS, who reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open.The plan is to offer a million (as in dollars) reasons why the match should be staged, make it a winner-take-all pot, and hold it in March at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nev....
Mixed-sex match does little for the sport
SEATTLE (AP) - Margaret McGregor and Loi Chow made pugilistic history and proved that a woman who can box a little can beat a man who can't box at all. McGregor won all four rounds on all three judges' cards Saturday night, then left it to others to assess whether her waltz in the ring with Chow will be remembered as a landmark in sports, a stride for women or yet another punch in the nose for boxing.If boxing can survive Mike Tyson biting a chunk off Evander...