Word: box
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...performing in mostly empty arenas. Except for one team. In São Paulo, at Pacaembu Stadium, 35,000 fans are on their feet, pounding samba drums. Legions of shirtless young men are cheering, "Corinthians, my life! Corinthians, my past! Corinthians, my true love!" Above them in the director's box sits the unlikeliest of futebol moguls, and the man who made it his goal to save their team, if not their league: Kia Joorabchian, 33, a suave, Iranian-born Brit...
...first reel, Fred never engaged the audience of kids and adults that I saw it with. There were neither big laughs nor the kind of warmth you can feel when moviegoers are connecting with the stuff on-screen. And if early indications hold, the opening weekend will be a box office disappointment...
...second quarter: After two Walker incompletions and a false start, it's third and 10 for Penn. The handoff to DiMaggio goes nowhere, and coaches in the press box yell over and over again for a Harvard timeout. They finally get the call with 10 seconds to play...
...second quarter: Penn RB Kelms Amoo-Achampong fumbles, BUT they call him down before the ball popped loose. From the view in the press box, that's a legitimately terrible call. Third down Penn...
...first quarter: A writer in the press box just referred to this one as a "1904 game." True...