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Transcript: Are Teenage Tennis Players Turning Pro Too Soon?
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- May 20, 1994
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NOAH ADAMS, Host: Jennifer Capriati, 18 years old, a professional
tennis player since she was 13, a tennis player who has earned $1.5
million, who won an Olympic Gold medal, is now in a drug rehabilitation
center in Florida. She was arrested Monday, charged with possession
of marijuana. Capriati has not played tournament tennis since last
year. She left the tour, saying she wanted to go to high school and
have time to be a normal teenager. Sally Jenkins of Sports Illustrated
magazine wrote a cover story this month titled, `Is Tennis Dying?'
She is not surprised by the news of this week.
SALLY JENKINS, Sports Writer, `Sports Illustrated': Most people ...