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Word: backspin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...back to the court, and to the jumpshots with backspin and the tough boxouts underneath. And they'll keep telling Caryn Curry that she "plays like a man," but they'll know she's doing her thing for the women...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: CARYN CURRY: Basketball Star 'Plays Like a Man,' But Sparks Rise of Women's Sports | 2/28/1979 | See Source »

Yesterday, Dales went through the first five holes in three over par but settled down to hit the remaining 13 greens in regulation. He birdied the 11th hole when he plunked an 8-iron fizzing with backspin only a yard from the flagstick...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Eagles Upset Golfers in Greater Boston Tourney | 5/4/1977 | See Source »

...next year, she entered the world of golfing polemics, refuting the iconoclastic thesis of two savants of the golf swing, Alister Cochran and John Stobbs. Leslie showed that the surface of the clubface does, in fact, impart more backspin on the ball depending on its roughness...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: From Sarazen to Greis | 4/21/1977 | See Source »

...yard 15th, Nicklaus got his eagle by cranking out a drive that split the wasp-waisted fairway and then hitting a 235-yard two-iron shot that landed fizzing and kicking with backspin 30 feet beyond the flagstick...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Golden Hours of The Golden Bear | 3/3/1977 | See Source »

Kung, a minus 14 handicapper, was the only player to showcase a defense-minded style. Much like Bobby Riggs, Kung chopped, lobbed, and "out-Englished" his opponents with an expertly applied backspin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ping Pongers Look Good, Beat Salem | 11/7/1973 | See Source »

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