Article: GATORS' NOAH DEFIES STEREOTYPES\ TENNIS STAR'S SON HAS DIVERSE ROOTS.(Sports)

Byline: Mark Craig Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Joakim Noah wasn't going to be quite like anybody else. Genes from a French Open champion and a former Miss Sweden made him 6 feet 11 with Plastic Man's extremities, all of them moving with peculiar speed and harmony. Mix in an unbridled spirit and that wild ponytail and, well, you have one of the most intriguing players to watch in the NCAA basketball tournament's Final Four.

A starting forward at the University of Florida, Noah was born in New York City 21 years ago. His father, Frenchman Yannick Noah, won the 1983 French Open and is an AfroReggae recording star living in France. Cecilia Rodhe, a ...

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