Word: athleticism
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The Journal came across this information and other fascinating tidbits of Harvard football memorabilia in a sports treasure chest unearthed at the Sports Service Bureau in the Athletic Department Building.
Although Stram was not seriously considered for the post eventually given to John Yovicsin (then head coach of Gettysburg College), all information indicates that Allen was among the finalists under consideration by Harvard athletic Director Thomas D. Bolles. His resume boasted impeccable credentials as both a football textbook author and...
Floyd Patterson, 43, gained the championship by winning a tournament after Marciano retired in 1956. Patterson lost the title to Ingemar Johansson in 1959 and then won it back in 1960, making him the first man ever to regain the championship. After two first-round knockouts by Sonny Liston, he...
Sometimes, when beholding the contractual orgies that professionals indulge in, bidding their prices higher and higher as the years pass, it is possible to suspect that the whole professional sports business artificially prolongs athletes' careers, keeps them slogging along for huge sums of money long after their powers have...
It is the difference between, say, Lear and Lycidas. Hobey Baker, a masterpiece of athletic talent at Princeton in the years before World War I, died in 1918 when his plane crashed in France. After his graduation, Baker had said sadly: "I realize my life is finished ... I will never...