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...Lions' bandbox gym was filled to capacity on Saturday, as hundreds of students braved the near-zero degree cold to support their team. A particularly raucous group sat behind the Harvard bench, heckling senior center Arturo Llopis and cheering loudly during timeouts to distract the Harvard huddle...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Ready to Roar | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

...matter. Moments after he saw the show, a charmed Mackintosh offered to transport it from its bandbox site to the pilastered prestige of London's West End. There its exuberance and energy wedded happily with a larger space and wittier, more elaborate settings, a fantasy urban landscape in which skyscrapers look like zoot-suited people. So he decided to brave Broadway, where Five Guys Named Moe boogied in last week. It is a slight, sometimes silly but absolutely joyful experience, larkish and lighthearted and a bit like running around with a lampshade on your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Folksy Funk | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

...didn't beat ourselves this time," said Coach Lou Vairo after that 4-1 defeat. "We competed hard, but we lost to a great team." They tied Norway in Game 3, and any thought of advancing to the medal round ended. At the Zetra Rink, a charming green bandbox, U.S. tourists waved their flags wanly, and the players were crushed. "They're just sitting there crying," Vairo reported. Mark Kumpel, 22, who scored the goal against the Czechs, said afterward, "It means nothing, but it was the greatest goal of my life. We've been treated like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Snows, and Glows, of Sarajevo | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...important fifth game, Springfield's home court advantage may have made the essential difference. Playing in the Springfield bandbox gym--which makes the IAB look like the Astrodome--50 fans gave the home team an edge that Trumball throught may have been worth as much as five points...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: Springfield Spikers Down Crimson 3-2 | 2/20/1981 | See Source »

Spectacular Bid now goes to Maryland's Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness on May 19. He took the first two races of his career there, as it happens, and the bandbox track with the tight turns was also a training ground for Ronnie Franklin. It should be quite a homecoming for a pair of winners-a horse with enormous potential and a 19-year-old boy who proved at Churchill Downs that he could ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Spectacular Bid Trumps the Field | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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