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...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 up the story...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: An Absence of Sportsmanship | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...unilateral cease-fire practically guarantees that Israel and Hamas are destined for another bloody brawl. And once again, the victims will be the Palestinian civilians whose streets and homes in Gaza are turned into a battleground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Gaza Cease-Fire Last? | 1/18/2009 | See Source »

Walt Kowalski is, to put it gently, an old crank, given to growling and spitting like a distempered stray. He's a mass of gruff prejudices against the minorities who've moved into his Michigan town. When some kids brawl in front of his house, he brandishes a rifle and actually shouts, "Get off my lawn!" In any other movie, he'd be the sour comic relief or the monster's first victim. But since, in Gran Torino, he's played by Clint Eastwood, Walt is a stalwart man of the Midwest--the hero who has a score to settle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Essence of Clint Eastwood | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...level.On Nov. 24th, all eyes will be on the talented grappler, as he travels to Columbus, Ohio for the 43rd NWCA All-Star Classic. As only the second Harvard grappler to ever compete in the event, Caputo will challenge No. 3 Phil Keddy of Iowa in a one-match brawl, meant to showcase the highest echelon of collegiate wrestling.“It’s one of the biggest honors you can get at this level and it speaks volumes about the wrestler Louis is,” O’Connor says. “It shows that...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Caputo Returns to Challenge for Title | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

...Bond Does Beer (License to Kill): Bond rendezvous with Pam in Bimini and both order a Bud with Lime. But before 007 can take a swig, he must fight off a henchman with a gun, knocking over the beers in the brawl. Bond's cheapest bar tab ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaken and Stirred, James Bond Loves His Booze | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

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