Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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But during the summer, Kirkland came up lame in a pickup game. He had pulled a muscle away from his hip making even walking painful. Figuring what the athletic director giveth he can taketh away (ie. scholarships), and wanting to go East, Kirkland found himself at Harvard.
But tragedy can also falsely canonize a player and his career. Brian Picolo's losing bout with cancer did more for his stature as a player than touchdowns do for O.J. Simpson. The fact that Picolo died after averaging less than 250 yards per season with the Bears leaves a...
It's common knowledge that last night's 67-59 win over the Tar-Heels was Al Maguire's last game as Marquette's coach. Now I'm not going to say anything dramatic like "Oh! What a fitting way to end a glorious career!" but it does make one...
All of them operate under the jurisdiction of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, which has an annual budget of nearly $1 million. The 16 teams that make it to the Des Moines finals must fight their way through a grueling, complex schedule, playing as many as seven play...
Jubilant Rams rooters streamed onto the court while both winning and losing players exchanged tearful hugs. As proud parents pumped his hands, Rams Coach Bob Merkle summed it up: "A dream come true." With that, the new champions and the runners-up moved to a fried-chicken victory dinner. But...