Brazil Singles: ILLEGAL ABORTIONS RAMPANT IN LATIN AMERICA
Monica Maureira remembers how--as the nurses interrogated her and the doctors lectured her--she watched her hands going transparent from the blood loss.She was 16 years old and was hemorrhaging after having had a clandestine abortion in Chile, a country where abortion is illegal and considered immoral."I remember the nurses telling me that if I didn't give them the name of the doctor who gave me the abortion, they would let me bleed to death,"...
Brazil Singles: NBA ALL-STARS: LET'S GET READY TO DRIBBLE!
With all that excitement of the Pro Bowl and Winter X Games behind us, the TV sportsguys cast their bloodshot eyes to the hardwood.Big games litter the schedule as college teams enter the home stretch of the regular season, fighting for outright titles or good seeding in postseason, revenue-enhancing conference tournaments. Meanwhile, our very tall friends in the NBA are having their midseason lovefest in Cleveland this weekend as the best of the `I Love This Game' set come to...
Brazil Singles: Davis Cup Results
Andrea Gaudenzi, Italy, def. Jan-Michael Gambill, Colbert, Wash., 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-4). Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, def. Todd Martin, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 7-6 (7-0), 6-3, 7-6 (10-8). Sweden 2, Spain 0 At Stockholm, Sweden Singles Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, def. Alex Corretja, Spain, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3. Thomas Johansson, Sweden, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (8-6). Qualifying Australia 2, Uzbekistan 0 At Townsville, Australia Singles ...
Brazil Singles: Tennis
ATP: Brasil Open At Costa do Sauipe, Brazil Singles First Round Albert Montanes, Spain, d. Mariano Zabaleta (5), Argentina, 6-4, 6-1. Filippo Volandri, Italy, d. Felix Mantilla (6), Spain, 6-2, 6-2. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, d. Harel Levy, Israel, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Gaston Gaudio (7), Argentina, d. Ricardo Mello, Brazil, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles First Round Martin Garcia and Sebastian Prieto (3), Argentina, d. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, and Luis Horna, Peru, 6-4,...