Word: benches
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...Winning in a close contest is one thing, but this game didn’t even deserve to be called a blowout: it was humiliation, pure and simple. In a country where bad sportsmanship in professional sports is not only prevalent but enjoyed by spectators—see any bench-clearing brawl between the Red Sox and Yankees for proof—the story of this episode of unthinkable athletic proportions swept throughout the country in a matter of days with outrage as opposed to pleasure. Local newspapers, national news networks, and bloggers everywhere were quick to pick...
...million people - where she hailed a taxi and asked to be taken to the courthouse. She had never been inside a courtroom but had once seen one on television, she says, and knew it was a place where people went for help. There she sat silently on a bench, uncertain as to what to do, while crowds of people scurried past, scarcely glancing at the quiet child. It was only once the courthouse emptied during the lunch recess that the judge noticed her and asked why she was there. "I came for a divorce," she told him. Horrified, he took...
...moving the ball,” Rollins added.Matera’s play was the story of the first half. Coming off her career-high 17-point-performance on her birthday Friday at Penn, the sophomore went 4-4 from behind the arc in the first half off the bench.“Christine [Matera] is one of the best shooters I’ve ever played with,” Rollins said. “Her decision-making and shot selection is great. We all have so much confidence in her. She’s really finding her rhythm...
...found Miller for a layup with 38.4 seconds to play. Rosen was fouled with 34 ticks left and knocked down both ends of his one-and-one. Shooting one-and-one again, the freshman missed the front end, but the ball bounced into the corner near the Penn bench and Eggleston beat Miller to it and called time. Quakers guard Tyler Bernardini caught the inbounds pass but was corralled and forced to use his team’s last timeout with 22 seconds left. “We group it all together in toughness—finishing free throws, getting...
...Shooting one-and-one again, the freshman missed the front end, but the ball bounced into the corner near the Penn bench and Eggleston beat Miller to it and called time. Sophomore guard Tyler Bernardini caught the inbounds pass but was gang-corralled and forced to use his team’s last timeout with 22 seconds left...