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National Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
TUMBLIN' DICE: America's Sweetheart Mary Lou Retton's fall from grace
Article content At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, gymnast Mary Lou Retton won the hearts of America — and the world. Article content With a beaming, ready-made Pepsodent smile, the 16-year-old pixie's life ahead appeared sprinkled with rainbows and unicorns. But sometimes life doesn't turn out that way, and a tumble can become a plunge. Article content Article content Article content Cops say the companion in the passenger seat of her Porsche was a screw-top bottle of wine. Witnesses later said she was driving 'all over the roadway,' court documents obtained by WDTV revealed. Article content Officers at the scene reported that Retton reeked of booze and was slurring her words. Article content The Virginia-born athlete took up gymnastics at the age of 8, inspired by Nadia Comaneci's breathtaking performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. She then moved to Houston for further, more intense training, and began her remarkable ascent up the ranks of the gymnastics world. Article content Retton captured the all-around gold medal at the '84 games, which were boycotted by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries. On TV, the world fell in love as she notched four additional medals, silver in the team and horse vault and two bronze medals. She was named Sports Illustrated's Sportswoman of the Year. And she got her Wheaties box. Article content Article content Article content Article content After retiring from competition in 1986, Retton was sucked into the celebrity-industrial complex. The Republican boosted Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign. She also got down to making serious money. Besides endorsing everything from shampoo, pain relief creams and insurance, she was the first woman on a Wheaties box. Article content Pint-sized Retton also made a slew of appearances on TV and the movies, including Knots Landing, Scrooged, Baywatch, and others. In 2018, she appeared on Dancing With the Stars. Article content
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 24, #154
Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Connections: Sports Edition blends some unusual sports categories today, including gymnastics and surfing. Read on for hints and the answers. Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That's a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn't show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic's own app. Or you can continue to play it free online. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Think Nadia Comaneci or Bart Conner. Green group hint: Not up to snuff. Blue group hint: Jerry Rice's numbers. Purple group hint: Hang ten! Yellow group: Gymnastics apparatuses Green group: Out of practice Blue group: Stats for a wide receiver Purple group: A surfer's needs Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words The theme is gymnastics apparatuses. The four answers are beam, floor, pommel and vault. The theme is out of practice. The four answers are cold, deficient, rusty and sluggish. The theme is stats for a wide receiver. The four answers are catch, target, touchdown and yard. The theme is a surfer's needs. The four answers are board, ocean, wax and wetsuit.
