A Cabinet That Sweats Like America

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As the television audience watches the world's greatest athletes gracefully glide to victory in the pristine setting of Lillehammer, even seemingly sedentary members of the Clinton Administration think back to their own past sporting glories.

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MIKE ESPY

Secretary of Agriculture

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Getting his black belt last fall in Tae Kwon Do by breaking boards with his hand

POSTGAME REPORT

"My hand hurts."

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GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS

Senior adviser to the President

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Running in and finishing the Paris marathon (May 1986)

POSTGAME REPORT

"It was a beautiful, sunny day."

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DONNA SHALALA

Secretary of Health and Human Services

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Playing on a Pigtail League softball team (coached by George Steinbrenner) that won a Cleveland city championship in 1950

POSTGAME REPORT

"Steinbrenner was cute. I think I was in love with him when I was nine."

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JANE ALEXANDER

Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts

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Doing all her own stunts for the 1984 television movie Calamity Jane

POSTGAME REPORT

"I learned to drive a six-horse stagecoach for the film."

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RON BROWN

Secretary of Commerce

HIGHLIGHT

Beating President Clinton in a pickup basketball game

POSTGAME REPORT

"((My greatest triumph)) was hitting a 25-ft. jump shot ... with the President in my face."