Didrikson, Babe (1911-1956)
More than a hero to feminists and young women who aspire to athletic achievement, athlete Babe Didrikson was a sports hero in the finest American tradition, larger than lif...
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Called "the athlete phenomenon of our time, man or woman," Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (1913-1956) participated in almost every sport. She excelled as an Olympic athlete and as a golfer.Mildred ...
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Lorena Ochoa learned at an early age to aim high and not be afraid to fail. She was 12 when she trained six months to climb the snow-covered top of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's tallest mountain at 18,...
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Lorena Ochoa learned at an early age to aim high and not be afraid to fail. She was 12 when she trained six months to climb the snow-covered top of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's tallest mountain at 18,...
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Lorena Ochoa didn't have a blueprint for becoming the best in the world, and she certainly didn't have a role model. Mexico had yet to produce anything resembling a world-class golfer, and Ochoa di...
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There is a quiet battle for the future of this industrial town, one of America's most polluted places.On one side is ex-mayor Oscar Ortiz, who in the waning days of his administration worried about...
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There is a quiet battle for the future of this industrial town, one of America's most polluted places.On one side is ex-mayor Oscar Ortiz, who in the waning days of his administration worried about...
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Didrikson, Babe (1911-1956)
Mildred Didrikson Zaharias
Ochoa is AP's top female athlete of '06
