Word: awkwardness
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...Crimson’s last title came in 1993, and the team hasn’t made the championship game since 1998. Harvard tied now-No. 8 Boston University, 2-2, at the Bright Center on Nov. 22. ALONG THE BOARDS Sophomore Mike Taylor left the ice after an awkward collision in the first period and never returned to the bench. Donato said the forward, who walked on crutches after the game, would be reevaluated once in Cambridge...The Crimson’s 47 shots on goal were a season-high, and Murphy took eight of them...Harvard had shut...
...driver rolls his shoulders to complete the turn. The key to doubles luge, says Italian coach Marco Andreatta, is "understanding each other only through physically feeling the athlete and knowing how to manage the reaction. You have to feel the sensations and interpret them as best you can." That awkward contact presents another challenge for "sliders" - jokes from bemused spectators (the punch line of a Robin Williams riff on doubles luge: "Boys, get a room!"). Some brush them off: "If I wasn't luging, I'd be the one making fun of it," says Canada's Chris Moffat, a former...
...That awkward contact presents another challenge for "sliders"--jokes from bemused spectators (the punch line of a Robin Williams riff on doubles luge: "Boys, get a room!"). Some brush them off: "If I wasn't luging, I'd be the one making fun of it," says Canada's Chris Moffat, a former singles rider now paired with younger brother Mike. Others take exception to the cracks. "O.K., we've heard the joke a million times," says Martin, 32, who won bronze with Grimmette in '98, silver in '02 and is chasing the U.S.'s first-ever luge gold...
YOUR HOMETOWN IS STRUGGLING. YET HERE COMES THE SUPER BOWL, WITH ALL ITS GLITZ, BEING PLAYED AT A STADIUM NAMED AFTER FORD, WHICH JUST CUT 30,000 JOBS. ANY MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THAT AWKWARD TIMING? It's disappointing that Detroit is going through what it has to go through. You never want that to happen, especially at a time when you want to showcase the city. So it's difficult to handle. But it's home, and I'll always love home...
People wishing to avoid an awkward conversation or remain anonymous can go to the inSPOT websites and choose from six e-cards with sayings such as "Going through my address book and you're on the list" or "I got screwed while screwing, you might have too." They're blunt but apparently popular. In its first two weeks, L.A.'s site has had 21,600 people send 38,000 e-cards...