Or what about the athlete who, inevitably, has to face the toll of aging?
At the beginning of my career I'd have said it's all about the athlete, that they'll make it there eventually.
Without some tantalizing new tale about the athlete, there was little to attract the average South African reader, he said.
"What's also cool about kayaking is that it's an individual sport, and it's about the athlete; the athlete versus the clock, and not athlete versus athlete," she said.
Last year, David Letterman apologized for a joke that Ms. Palin believed was about the athlete Alex Rodriguez impregnating her teenage daughter Willow.
I respect Newton's professionalism and desire to create fresh opportunities for Manyonga – but it would be pointless to write about the athlete in a vacuum.
Colin Kaepernick's decision to kneel during the national anthem was about the athlete exercising his constitutional rights, Barack Obama said on Monday.
There is nothing heroic about the athlete who plays hurt and performs brilliantly, the hitter who smacks the game-winning home run or the kicker who makes the winning field goal on the last play of the game.
Ethiopian sports officials congratulated team members but made no mention of Lilesa's silver medal achievement – one of only eight medals won by Ethiopia – and refused to answer any questions about the athlete.
To watch Bravo is to feel like an insider — to be taken inside a gated community or the back office of the exclusive gym (as in "Work Out," a documentary-style soap about the athlete and entrepreneur Jackie Warner).
Lining the brick walls are iconic shots of legends like Muhammad Ali, Hulk Hogan and a roller hockey team from the late 1800s, many photographed by the likes of George Kalinsky and Diane Arbus ("There is something about the athlete and American sports — it's kind of heroic," Mr. Abramcyk said).
