Word: balling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Trying desperately to negate Wilt's strength under-and over-the basket, Boston played "run and shoot," rushing the ball downcourt, hoping to get their shots away before Chamberlain could get set on defense. All that running merely tired the Celtics: in four of the five games, they jumped into early leads, only to run out of gas. The last game was typical. In the first quarter, the Celtics were ahead by eleven points; by half time their margin was down to five-and the final score was Philadelphia 140, Boston 116. The 76ers still had to get past...
Think Green. Last week Brewer was back at the scene of disaster-the Mas ters-with a new swing ("I'm not forcing the ball any longer, I keep within myself") and a new philosophy: "I used to think negatively about my game. I don't have that complex any more. I play offensive golf. I think positively." Tuning up for the Masters, Gay had won the Pensacola Open for the second year in a row-impressively this time, firing a record 61 in the third round. But at Augusta the oddsmakers gave Brewer no better than...
...wiped out that margin with three straight birdies on the 13th, 14th and 15th holes. When he trudged onto the 18th green to line up an 18-ft. putt, he was leading Nichols by one stroke, Yancey by four and Boros by five. Taking no chances, Gay lagged the ball to within 2 ft. of the hole, tapped in for a 67 and a 72-hole total of 280-eight under par-and went off to collect his $20,000 winner's check from the original Master, Bobby Jones. "Actually," Brewer confided to Jones, "I choked a little...
...Blessed by: Brotherhood of the Love of Christ, Community of Poets, Easter Coast Spring Ball, East Village Other, Innerspace, Jade Companions, League for Spiritual Discovery, Liberty House, New American Church, Peace Eye, Psychedelic Fellowship...
...weather -- all the lousy sleet and rain and snow and cold and wet -- has hurt the golf team, and captain Brian McGuinn and his crew simply don't know what to expect when they tee the ball up tomorrow at Pleasant Valley Country Club and take big swipes at it with their drivers...