Word: catches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Besides, granting a college scholarship to an athlete who is incapable of college work does him no favor. He is herded through college, sheltered from serious work that might threaten his GPA and athletic eligibility and exploited for his ability to shoot free-throw or catch touchdown passes...
...Such intimations that Bikkembergs may be on a popular wavelength encourage his sweeping fantasies of success but do not dilute his often self-mocking sense of humor. One recent inspiration was to reverse the usual order of dressing and put underwear on over the trousers. The look may not catch on at Paine Webber, but Bikkembergs is hardly the first young upstart to show off his talent by flouting convention...
Rice, a Mississippian, was equally at home in the cold, showing hands like an Eskimo in catching five balls for 133 yards. On his first TD catch, he leaped high into the air to grab the ball; on his second, he reached down and grabbed the ball at his ankles as San Francisco took a 14-3 halftime lead...
...from the moment of the decision, the NCAA has seemed to flex its muscles with increased vigor -- and the college-sports lockup has swelled. Brooklyn College, Illinois, Marist College, Minnesota, Texas A & M, Arizona State, Cleveland State, Cincinnati, Houston, West Texas State, Kansas and Oklahoma represent the year's catch in the NCAA's crusade, according to its charter, to "retain a clear line of demarcation between college athletics and professional sports...
...Hall are avoiding at least one mistake made by their predecessors: trying to be too different. Thicke of the Night attempted an offbeat mix of comedy and talk but misfired badly. Rivers brought a more abrasive edge and some attempts at wacky stunts to the format but failed to catch on. Only Late Night with David Letterman, with its hip, self-parodying pose, has succeeded in cutting a new path. Letterman's influence will be evident in both shows: each, for example, plans to take the camera outside the studio occasionally. But mostly the newcomers are following the old-fashioned...