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...timid, scared team right now and I have to get the losing demon out of our system. We have to exorcise it out, and it's my fault that we haven't yet."--Vermont basketball Coach Tom Brennan after Catamount Mike Lubas missed a wide-open layup at the buzzer during his team's 53-51 loss to Harvard...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: National Polls Bleed Crimson | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

Though Harvard's offense struggled, the games were not without high points. John Marshall gave the Crimson a goal at the buzzer in the team's game against Iona. Steve Kan, who has what Dodge calls "a rifle of an arm," also blasted one by the goalie...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Aquadudes Seventh At Eastern Tourney | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

Like an opera singer straining for a high note, Mitko Grablev opened his mouth wide, but no sound came out until the 369 1/4-lb. bar he was hoisting reached shoulder level. Then the Bulgarian weight lifter shrieked and raised the bar over his head. When the buzzer sounded, he dropped the bar on the wooden deck and cast a final look of defiance down at the weights before acknowledging the cheering crowd with a wave of his fist. He had won a gold medal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Shorts: A Top Power Crumbles | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Bright and unblinking, the marquee rose above the horizon of the subway staircase: TOMORROW'S STARS TODAY -- RALPH COOPER PRESENTS AMATEUR NIGHT AT THE APOLLO. Tomorrow's stars! He liked the sound of it. He pushed the stage- door buzzer and stepped into another world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amateur Night In New York: Triumph and Terror at the Apollo | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

...soon as the buzzer in the NCAA Championship Game went off, the horns in Philadelphia went on. Honk. Honk. The streets of Philadelphia were filled with the sounds of car horns and the shouts of people yelling from their doorsteps. It was New Year's Eve and the clock had struck midnight...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Viva Villanova | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

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