Word: blitz
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...behind-the-body, acrobatic sliding catch. On the Leopards’ next possession, senior linebacker Dante Balestracci and junior defensive tackle Matthew McBurney teamed up to make the play of the game. As Glavic dropped back to pass deep in his own territory, Balestracci came on a blitz up the middle and nailed the quarterback just as he was about to pass, knocking the ball loose. McBurney fell on the ball and the Crimson took over on Lafayette’s 16-yard line...
...Huskies will mix coverages and blitz heavily to prevent Fitzpatick from finding his rhythm, hoping to keep the pocket shrinking without allowing him to slip away...
...fact, for Gillis and others like her who joined the draft-Clark movement that sprang up over the Internet this summer, there was something of a Field of Dreams quality to it all. They had built it; he had come. In that sense, the Clark blitz has less to do with the candidate than it does with the political landscape around him. Even as Democrats are beginning to believe for the first time that President Bush may actually be vulnerable, they are increasingly worried that they have not yet seen the Democrat who can beat him. Many are intrigued...
...Bill Veeck, the Hall of Fame owner who organized the disco-album bonfire at Comiskey Park in the '70s, to do their promotions. So they did have Duct Tape Night, Magic Night with illusionist Aaron Radatz, a Christian concert after an Angels game and Baseball Card Blitz, where kids under 15 got to trample one another on a field littered with 50,000 packs of baseball cards. But Veeck didn't go far enough. First of all, he should have removed the Tigers from those baseball-card packs. And he should have replaced the entire lineup with Tiger look-alike...
...normal passenger flow, and hotel occupancy rates were even lower than that. Those numbers have been soaring recently, thanks to a surge in visitors from mainland China, taking advantage of relaxed visa rules. To lure more big-spending long-haul travelers, the tourist association has launched a worldwide advertising blitz starring Jackie Chan. (The punch line: "Hong Kong: Live it. Love it!") And now the government is underwriting an ambitious fall concert schedule featuring pop acts Craig David, Westlife and Santana, and tenor Jos? Carreras. The Stones gigs (Nov. 7 and 9) will have special resonance: the old rockers cited...