phenom
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Sports has a fraught history of hyping the next phenom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
In 1978 he was sitting in the visiting dugout in Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when a 17-year-old phenom named Cal Ripken Jr. started “driving bombs” over the wall during batting practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He’s an incredible story, a former phenom from the Junior Tennis Champions Center in College Park, Md., where his father, Frances Sr., worked in maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A prideful third-round exit to phenom Joao Fonseca in Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
In vetting him for the job, his trainer neglected to look at his sister, a local basketball phenom.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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