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Here is a spirited anthology highlighting the great moments and champions in women's sports--from the US Women's Soccer team to great women champions in tennis, golf, baseball, track and many other sports.

Intended to spur interest in women's sports, this collection of 27 articles, excerpted from books or originating as magazine or newspaper articles, is a mixed bag. Loving memorials to Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Florence Griffith Joyner mingle with behind-the-scenes pieces about BASE jumpers (people who parachute illegally from skyscrapers and radio towers), ultra-marathoners (runners who often throw up pieces of their innards while completing 100-plus-mile races), and athletes who changed the face of their sports, such as Nancy Lopez, Nadia Comaneci, and Dorothy Hamill. Outstanding pieces, such as Paul Gallico's on Gertrude Ederle and Helen Jacobs's on her 1930s rival, Helen Wills, contrast with some ho-hum articles such as Jake Curtis's on Lisa Leslie and Edward Epstein's on Michelle Kwan. Although uneven as a whole, the writing entertains. Recommended for larger public libraries. Kathy Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, BC Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.