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...marker, a neat little flip just four minutes into the game, proved to be all that Yale needed, as tough defense on both sides turned the contest into a referee's delight--not much penetration in either direction. The Crimson managed to aim nine shots at the visitor's cage, but only three met with goalie Martha Finney's stick, and none got further...

Author: By Bruce Shoenfield, | Title: Bulldogs' Bark Frightens Stickwomen | 11/1/1980 | See Source »

Fifteen minutes and two penalty corners later, Bell rocketed another drive toward the cage, but this ball struck an intermediary: the leg of star link Ann Velie. Velie collapsed on the carpet in a heap, and was helped off the field minutes later with a pancake-sized bruise just above her knee...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Springfield Breezes Past Stickwomen | 10/17/1980 | See Source »

...minutes. At 5:40, she picked up a Lili Pew pass in front of the net and drove it past B.C.'s Peggy Cameron. A quarter of an hour later, the speedy forward gave Harvard a 2-0 lead when she followed a Sue Field shot to the cage and tipped home the rebound...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Stickwomen Soar Past Eagles | 10/15/1980 | See Source »

...interim, Field had notched her third goal when she picked up a rebound to the left of the cage and flicked it in the far corner. The 4-0 halftime advantage, Harvard's largest of the season, swelled to 5-0 with Laura DiBonaventura's first varsity goal at 23:00 of the second half, and settled in at a comfortable 6-0 on Beth Mullen's scorcher off a Field corner...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Stickwomen Soar Past Eagles | 10/15/1980 | See Source »

...back line, which meant that he was betting against the woman who happened to be rolling the dice. She first threw a six, then a nine and finally a seven. Said the dealer: "Pay the back line." The man scooped up his chips, traded them at the casino cage for $1,554,000 in cash and shook hands with Jack Binion, the stunned president of the casino. Said Binion: "It was the biggest bet in a gambling house that I have ever heard of." As the man walked out of the casino with his two brown satchels, both now stuffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: A Roll of the Dice | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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