Puccini, the old Italian songwriter, would have loved Kimiko Date, the getting-older (but not noticeably) Japanese tennis player. Instead of his opera, “Madame Butterfly,” the tale of a Japanese lass betrayed by her American lover, Puccini might have created “Kid Butterfly,” the story of a world-cruising athlete who has not been daunted or betrayed by age. Remember “Float … [Read more...] about OLD MAYBE BUT STILL RELIABLE IN CHASING AND CHASTENING THE KIDS