Word: bowled
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College football's annual bunch of bowls saw a thriller in Pasadena, a retirement party in Tampa, and the controversy neatly removed from the running for the national championship. The Arizona State Sun Devils (11-1) lost a shot at a perfect season and their first national title when Ohio State played spoiler with their Rose Bowl win. The Buckeyes' Joe Germaine threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide-open David Boston with 19 seconds left. Just 1:21 earlier, Jake Plummer had appeared to stage another heroic rally to victory. His 11-yard run capped a 58-yard...
...Super Bowl Blackout? NEW YORK CITY: For most football fans in five cities serviced by Time Warner cable, the long-running dispute between Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch was little more than a battle between two egotistical billionaires. That has all changed now that Time Warner and Fox are in the midst of a game of chicken that could cut off access of the Fox network to 1.5 million viewers just as the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl are set to begin. Time Warner says Fox is threatening to pull its signal in five cities -- Austin, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Kansas...
...Forbes magazine's annual listing of the 400 richest Americans. Or so billionaire Ted Turner believes. Last summer he told New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, "That list is destroying our country," claiming that the "ole skinflints" are so afraid of slipping down the Forbes list--"their Super Bowl"--that they hoard, rather than share, their wealth...
...cancer; in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Generally considered the best commissioner in any pro sport, Rozelle took over the N.F.L. when he was only 33 and there were 12 franchises, each valued at $1 million. Thanks to his leadership--he devised revenue sharing among owners and created the Super Bowl after merging with the rival American Football League--there were 28 teams when he retired, some valued at more than $100 million...
Fresh off Arizona's 82-45 trouncing in the final of last weekend's Copper Bowl Classic, the Crimson (4-3 overall, 0-0 Ivy) reversed the trend, riding junior forward Alison Feaster's monster double-double to a closer-than-necessary road...