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Adjusting to a new life
Major professional sports are filled with young men who were raised in a street culture where Air Force Ones are regarded as dress shoes, the N-word is a term of endearment and self-worth is derived from what you wear and drive. They have been indoctrinated with morals based on unique concepts of loyalty, respect and rebellion. But, being professional athletes, or even big-time college athletes, they're expected to adopt mainstream culture. Immediately. .
Ivorians, hosts close in on the prize
Before a ball had even been kicked in this year's CAF Africa Cup of Nations, many experts were picking out Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire as eventual champions. Both remain two games away from glory, but they moved a massive step closer on Sunday, delivering performances that in vastly different ways made the case for their respective championship credentials. Depth of character, reams of skillIn Sunday's first quarter-final, Ghana were made to work desperately hard for their last-four berth. Up against a fine Nigeria side, Claude Le Roy's men drew strength from their vociferous fans to draw level after falling behind in the 35th minute. They then suffered another setback when reduced to ten men but were able to carve out a winner despite Nigeria's numerical advantage. "My boys put in an enormous team effort," said Le Roy after the game.
Former Miss Virginia: Everyone has 'body drama'
It's hard to believe that a former Miss Virginia might have had body image problems, but Martinsville native Nancy Redd, Miss Virginia of 2003, did when she was a teenager. It was out of those insecurities that she has just published a book for adolescent girls titled "BODY DRAMA" with frank answers to embarrassing questions and real, often explicit, pictures of women's bodies and problems with their bodies. "My own body gave me the idea for the book," Redd said last week. "In middle and high school, I'd often sneak into the health section of the bookstore or library and frantically flip through the dozens of puberty and body books on the shelves, ignoring the paragraphs of clinical text, searching urgently for photographic evidence that I was not a weird girl - proof by comparison, if you will.
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