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...athlete's battle against time alternates between the immediate and the protracted: one final shot before the buzzer, one last season before the legs give out. How best to handle the specter of inevitable defeat among athletes accustomed to winning is a cause for debate. We balance our admiration for those who walk away at their best (Bobby Jones, Bjorn Borg) with the affection felt for those who soldier on, joints creaking, and displaying a vulnerability to which we can unexpectedly relate (Arnold Palmer, Andre Agassi...
Martin’s last goal, the 100th of her career, was a buzzer beater in the second half as time expired. Only eight players have reached that mark in the history of the Harvard program...
...can’t tell you what happened of course,” he said, “but I’ll tell you that the buzzer is tough...
After making it past the initial online portion of the try-out, Hawley was invited to New York where he impressed “Jeopardy!” executives with his intelligence, buzzer-skills, and charming demeanor...
...best action in the tournament is concentrated into the first four days, when 64 schools get whittled down to 16. For basketball fans, there is the orgy of games, with starting times carefully choreographed so that each ends a few minutes apart, allowing CBS to show every buzzer beater or near miss. (It's the least the network could expect for the $6 billion it has ponied up to broadcast the event for just over a decade.) But for secular audiences, those first few days are also when March Madness is at its maddest, when little schools get their...