Most important, their professional obsessions were beautifully complementary.
The implementation of this salary cap, or forced egalitarianism, in 1993 causally correlates to the ascendance of the NFL as America's premier sporting league.Joe Magliolo Dallas, Texas From an American sports fanatic: Thank you for criticising professional sports' obsession with egalitarianism.
The director Barry W. Blau stein includes that clip in "Beyond the Mat," his documentary tracking his own obsession with professional wrestling, a devotion that began at age 8. His is apparently just the sort of mind that watches wrestling.
This is where a spindly Italian boy — born into a farming family, the son of a modestly skilled professional player — fed his obsession and began crafting the jump shot that is now one of the smoothest in the N.B.A. Gallinari was 5 years old when his father, Vittorio, installed the basket on the brick driveway outside their home.
Alford will also be the first to admit that "passionate interest" could simply be the professional way of saying "obsession".
An article on Feb. 10 about the resignation of Germany's education minister over plagiarism allegations and about the German obsession with academic and professional titles, misstated the professional qualifications of Germany's vice chancellor, Philipp Rösler.
Her interest in Owen, purely professional at first, spirals into obsession.
Probably the best book written to date about life as a professional cyclist, warts and all, obsession, pain and heartache.
Local sports stars have not always been on the best of terms with Boston — an odd quirk given the city's obsession with its professional teams.
When you sign a professional contract, apart from your obsession to get to the next level and ultimately the big leagues, you are also trying to be a winner.
