A second later his head and shoulders reappeared and he waved his hand at the camera, grinning like a sports idol.

He was Denmark's first sports idol.

Caustic remarks about their latest pop or sports idol don't help.

For someone to be considered a worse sports idol than Tiger Woods, he really needs to do someone that is just out of this world.

Role of the media in creating sports idols, which is also related to their fall.

His ups and downs - many and varied - are followed with all the fervor accorded a national sports idol.

Her brother was her first sports idol.

When sports idols did not spend the off-season in rehab or completing their community service?

He is more than a sports idol in Los Angeles.

Reporters began to argue with Clay, about civil rights and the role of the sports idol.