Word: byrons
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...There should, for instance, be a system of fines and other penalties for losing coaches who accuse referees of incompetence, or worse. The most egregious example of this sort of scapegoating came last week, when Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni blamed Ecuadorean ref Byron Moreno for the Azzuri's inglorious defeat by South Korea. In addition to questioning Moreno's professional abilities, Trapattoni suggested obliquely that the official was ordered by FIFA to ensure a Korean victory so that one of the two host nations would remain in the tournament...
According to Bonneville County sheriff Byron Stommel, a 14-year-old girl who had been sleeping with her sisters on the family's backyard trampoline was abducted at gunpoint during the night by Keith Glenn Hescock, 42. After allegedly assaulting her at his home and chaining her to a bed, Hescock went to his day job as a traveling tool salesman. The girl found a nearby fire extinguisher, beat at the chain for several hours to break it, freed herself and then, perhaps because her family's home line was busy, called her parents' office. The employee who answered picked...
...year” feeling. If the Bruins had won the Stanley Cup, the euphoria would continue. I was willing to give the Patriots a pass this year because they will certainly not repeat next season. The Bruins, however, have a solid core of young talent. If Bill Guerin and Byron Dafoe are resigned, the B’s could easily challenge for the next five years. That is a good thing—because there’s nothing better than good Boston sports teams that disappoint...
...DIED. BYRON WHITE, 84, last surviving member of the Warren Supreme Court, who won renown first as a college and pro football player and then as an even-keeled, defiantly independent jurist; of complications from pneumonia; in Denver. Known for his speed--and record rushing yardage and pay--as a defensive back for the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) and Detroit Lions in the late '30s and early '40s, the Rhodes scholar never shook his nickname, Whizzer, much to his ire. Appointed to the court in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy after serving as Robert Kennedy's deputy Attorney General...
...most interesting challenge for the current Lakers would have been Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Showtime version from 1987. With Michael Cooper being a premier defensive stopper to use in neutralizing Kobe, and Byron Scott rounding off the best offense in NBA history with his assassin-like three pointers, a 6’9 Magic Johnson would have a field day running circles around the 6’1 Derek Fisher. Shaq would dominate Abdul-Jabbar, who weighs about 60 pounds less, but that would be the only bright spot for the current Lakers...