All articles by "Alice Cook"
Like many Americans, I spent the better part of seven hours watching election coverage on Tuesday night. I’m one of those people who likes to “flip” around to see which network is doing what, who...
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I’ve been to London twice, most recently in the summer of 2010. My daughter talked me into it after her high school graduation. As we took in the sights, the museums and the pubs for...
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It was a beautiful October morning in New England. The plan was to get on the 9:05 train to Boston for a doctor’s appointment that I canceled three times, then meet a friend for lunch....
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Anyone can have a bad day — even Tom Brady. Two interceptions, two intentional groundings, and a bunch of bad passes made for one of Brady’s worst outings in quite some time. The Patriots had...
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Tom Brady has been on plenty of magazine covers, from Sports Illustrated to GQ. Most recently, No. 12 was captured on VMAN baring his ultra white teeth next to a fierce looking Doberman. It’s certainly not the all...
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When I first started sports reporting back in 1985, I worked with a female camera person and a female audio tech. We called ourselves the “broad squad.” More often that not, we were the selected...
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Two weeks ago the London Games kicked off with the Opening Ceremonies and the parade of nations. Since then, it’s been wall to wall coverage of glory and defeat, celebration and tears. Each athlete has...
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It was 1996 and my son was 3 1/2 years old. We were watching the Atlanta Olympics for several nights, and little Brendan was loving it. There he was, with his bare feet hanging off...
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It’s not unusual for an Olympic athlete to get a case of the butterflies. Nervousness can make the stomach flip and twitch. But when Olympic shooter Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi felt the kicks in her...
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There are 16,000 athletes competing in the London Summer Games in hundreds of events. Simple math confirms the vast majority of these competitors will be going home without a medal. Most of these athletes are...
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