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There were backboard-moving slam dunks by a guy named Wilkins, there were in-your-face, there were in-your-face back-to-halfcourt rejections, there were mouthing-off technical fouls, there were lots-o-shots and lots-o-points and there was even a scout from the Boston Celtics...
...just three minutes, Ventura atomic-knee drops Bird into the backboard and applies the sleeper hold to McHale. Sure, the Celts get two technical fouls, but imagine the long-term benefits...
...intermission gave new life to B.U., which submerged Galuppo under a barrage of shots at the beginning of the third period. While the Eagles goalie fended off attack for the first 12 minutes of the final period, Ronan backhanded a rebound off the backboard past Galuppo...
Runnerup: "It was like playing tennis on a backboard." --Harvard field hockey's Loren Ambinder, after she alternated with senior Sharon Landau to deflect four consecutive shots off the pads of the Holy Cross goalie Tuesday. The fourth shot--by Landau--deflected into the net for the only goal in the Crimson's 1-0 victory...
...like playing tennis on a backboard," Ambinder said...