Articles Written by:    KAREN CROUSE     

Speedskaters Pass Torch to Children

WEST ALLIS, Wis. People see Sheila Young Ochowicz, a two-time Olympic speedskater, in her daughter’s high-beam stare on the ice, her powerful pushes, her sleek raven ponytail. But last week when her middle child, Elli Ochowicz, was racing, it was hard ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009
Related Topics: National Ice Center

Retiring Isn't on Chelios's Radar

The defenseman Chris Chelios was in a combative mood, and this was before he played his first shift for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League. In a telephone conversation Thursday afternoon, Chelios made clear that his stint with the Wolves ...

From KAREN CROUSE, Slap Shot,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Chris Chelios,  Detroit Red Wings,  National Hockey League,  Stanley Cup,  Scott Arniel

At Quarterback, a Montana and a Gretzky

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. In the halls of the Oaks Christian School, students’ artwork is displayed next to pieces by Charles Arnoldi, a noted American painter who uses tree branches in his compositions. Twigs from lofty family trees are also arranged, ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Joe Montana,  Wayne Gretzky,  Janet Jones,  Will Smith,  Trey Smith

Like Wanderers in a Desert, Coyotes Play Amid Disarray

GLENDALE, Ariz. After another discouraging day, the flesh-and-bones pillar of the property sat in a wood-paneled dressing room with his head bowed. The clock is ticking on this transplanted Arizonan, Shane Doan, and the other tenants of 9400 West ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Columbus Blue Jackets,  Don Maloney,  Shane Doan,  National Hockey League,  Pittsburgh Penguins

Fever-Mercury Finals, Down to Game 5, Lifts W.N.B.A.

PHOENIX Before the Indiana Fever or the Phoenix Mercury was crowned a champion Friday night, a clear winner already had been declared in these W.N.B.A. finals: women’s basketball. The series between the high-scoring Mercury and the defense-minded Fever ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Phoenix Mercury,  Tamika Catchings,  Larry Fitzgerald,  Indiana Pacers,  Indiana Fever

For Scioscia, Long Drives to Success With Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. The Los Angeles Angels open their division series at home this week against Boston, so their manager, Mike Scioscia, will be hitting the road. Around noon on the days of Games 1 and 2 at Angel Stadium, he will squeeze into his Toyota ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Los Angeles Angels,  Bobby Wilson (baseball),  Mike Scioscia,  Pixar,  Brian Fuentes

Lights Shine Brighter on Lakers and Newlywed

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Squinting at the cue cards with lettering big enough for Mr. Magoo to read, Lakers forward Lamar Odom repeatedly flubbed his lines Tuesday. It was a good thing he was only being asked to read a Dodgers promotional spot for the ...

From KAREN CROUSE, International Herald Tribune,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Lamar Odom,  Kobe Bryant,  Shaquille O'Neal,  Derek Fisher,  Khloe Kardashian

Bats: Adenhart Never Far From Angels' Thoughts

Andrew Gombert/European Pressphoto Agency The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim posed for a team photo in front of a memorial for pitcher Nick Adenhart at Angels Stadium after clinching the A.L. West title. ANAHEIM, Calif. — Champagne and beer were flowing ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,  Mike Scioscia,  Nick Adenhart,  Texas Rangers,  New York Yankees

Once a ‘Bad Boy,’ Detroit Shock’s Rick Mahorn Becomes a Father Figure

Rick Mahorn grabbed a padded chair in the visitors’ locker room at Madison Square Garden and lifted it with such force he cracked a plastic light cover and lacerated a ceiling panel. It was halftime of his fifth game as coach of the Detroit Shock, and ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  25 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Detroit Pistons,  Rick Mahorn,  Cheryl Ford,  New York Liberty,  Bill Laimbeer

After Tour in N.B.A., a Second Career Over There

Every day the 5-year-old son and namesake of the basketball player Tim James, a former first-round draft pick in the National Basketball Association, asks when his daddy is coming home. Betty James, who is looking after her grandson while James is gone, ...

From KAREN CROUSE, The New York Times,  15 Sep 2009
Related Topics: National Basketball Association,  Tim James,  New York Liberty

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