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TENNIS / Controversy a part of tennis lore, but ...

Sep. 16, 2009
During one of the rain delays at the U.S. Open, CBS showed some classic footage of the Jimmy Connors-Aaron Krickstein fourth-rounder in 1991. It was riveting television, nearly as compelling as it was 18 years ago, as a vile and vulgar Connors worked the...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler