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• n  a person trained to compete in sports

• Even elite athletes find it tough to work out; a new study shows that a surprising number of them suffer from exercise-induced asthma.
• Just Say Go The latest performance-boosting drugs are impossible to detect--and, for many athletes, impossible to resist.
• So athletes who depend on the drugs are usually careful to stop using them before that time.

• jock

News & Articles

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• 10 Athlete of the Year finalists selected
  Each of the 10 Reading Eagle Athlete of the Year award finalists will continue playing their top sport at the college level.
  June 16, 2013 - Reading Eagle
• Paralympic Athlete Completes Cross-Country Ride For A Good Cause
  A Paralympic athlete has been pushing his wheelchair across the entire country to raise money for a cause close to his heart.
  June 15, 2013 - CBS New York
• Athlete of the Week: Perry's Andrew Vincent
  Perry High School’s Andrew Vincent is The Independent’s Athlete of the Week.
  June 15, 2013 - The Massillon Independent

Quotes

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• Mike Garrett in TideSports.com
  I'm writing to follow up with you on the report that your institution called freshman USC football student-athlete Dillon Baxter without permission to contact,Garrett said in the letter to Moore. "I have spoken with Mr. Baxter and he has...
• Joe Maddon in The Associated Press
  He's a great athlete and a great kid. He's one of the very few who can do that,Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said, noting Jackson's ability to continue to pitch well despite a high pitch count.
• President Bush in New York Times
  Former President George HW Bush, highlighting Mr. Ford's Midwestern roots, said he was a "Norman Rockwell painting come to life.'' But then, in saying he wouldn't go on too much about how Mr. Ford, an allaround athlete, was spoofed as a...