Article December 26, 2011 Issue

Sports 2011: Staying steady through the ups and downs

By Kim Shippey, Senior Editor

What first comes to mind when you look back over the past year in sports? The New Zealand All Blacks’ narrow win over France in the rugby World Cup in Auckland? India’s triumph over Sri Lanka in Mumbai in the final of the cricket World Cup? The inspired leadership of Aaron Rodgers in the Green Bay Packers’ victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl?

You might recall Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s winged victories on the track, or the course records set by Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai in both the Boston and New York marathons. Perhaps you noted the steady rise of Serbian Novak Djokovic, who won three of tennis’s four Grand Slam events, or the achievement of 16-year-old American Lexi Thompson in becoming the youngest player to win a Ladies Professional Golf Association tour event.

In complete contrast, do you find yourself still preoccupied with the Penn State University scandal; lingering anxiety over concussions on the football field; the plane crash that killed the members of the Lokomotiv ice hockey team; the pile-up in October’s Las Vegas Indy 300; Serena Williams’s meltdown in her US Open final against the eventual winner, Samantha Stosur of Australia; or, the tiresome financial wrangling that affected the US football and basketball seasons?

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