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...before kickoff: Vic Gatto and Brian Dowling accompany Matt Curtis and Bobby Abare to midfield for the coin toss...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: HARVARD-YALE LIVE BLOG | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...born in Pittsburgh in 1958, the son of a car upholsterer named Norton. Growing up, he was an overweight kid with Coke-bottle glasses, devoted to stamp and coin collecting. He wanted to be rich from a very young age, selling everything from garbage bags to magazine subscriptions door-to-door to make money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...reputation as Minnesota - our brand," Ritchie says. "Accuracy is the only measurement by which we can determine who won this election." Ritchie does not expect the recount to be completed until at least Dec. 19. If the results are a tie, the contest could be decided by a coin toss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coleman and Franken: Fighting over the Minnesota Recount | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...England's momentum quickly disappeared. The Jets won the coin toss and marched down the field to kick a field goal. Give New York credit for scoring, and sure New England could have gotten the ball back if its defense had "won" that particular part of the game. But why shouldn't the NFL give the Pats, and other teams like it, a chance to score too? Even a couple of NFL coaches this season have decided the the random nature of overtime can be too risky; twice so far, teams which scored a last second touchdown and could send...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solving the NFL's Overtime Fumble | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

...ridiculousness of the NFL's approach becomes clear when you think about the national pasttime. Imagine if at the end of a tied nine inning baseball game, the ump flipped a coin to determine who hits first. If that lucky team scores right away, it wins. It doesn't have to protect its lead by getting the final three outs, and the toss loser doesn't get its chance at "last licks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solving the NFL's Overtime Fumble | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

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