Word: cushioned
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...Until you see Jaa in action. In a cavernous room on the third floor of a stunt training center in Bangkok, Jaa bobs on the mat like a gymnast lining up a run to the vaulting horse. At the end of the room, a crew member holds aloft a cushion that stands in for a human head. Jaa hurtles down the runway, launches himself like a missile, flips in midair and brings his right foot crashing down on the cushion. The kick sends the cushion?and the unfortunate guy holding it?flying across the room. Jaa lands on his feet...
...cushion all but sealed it for the home team, and Brady’s fumble at the Huskies’ 20 yard-line—recovered by freshman defensive end Desmond Bryant—was the final nail in the coffin. Schindel booted his second field goal of the game, and Harvard led 41-14 after three quarters...
...deference to the big-play potential of Harvard’s offense, the Northeastern secondary provided wideouts Brian Edwards, Corey Mazza and Ryan Tyler with a seven-yard cushion off the line of scrimmage from the Crimson’s first snap, though such a tactic is usually reserved for the waning moments of a blowout victory...
Knowles and the Big Red have reason to believe that they can come into Cambridge and take out yet another Ivy power. Both teams come into the contest with 1-0 league records, and the winner will claim an enviable cushion in the ever-contentious Ivies...
...first game was relatively evenly contested, as the Crimson posted 18 kills as a team and the Explorers responded with 15. Harvard’s hitting percentage just barely edged that of LaSalle, but it was enough of a cushion to allow the Crimson to close out the Explorers...