Word: finishes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...weather has been warm here, meaning that the top of the courses have been rock hard ice while the bottom is mush. Miller grew up skiing in New Hampshire, where conditions often vacillate between icy and slushy, so perhaps it was a perfect test. He paired a 7th place finish in the downhill with 3rd place slalom. "I've been ready and prepared for this all year," he said after the race. But he admitted that he was exhausted after the downhill. Still, he says he didn't think strategize about the slalom. "I wasn't thinking about what...
...matchup promises to be intense. In addition to the historic nature of the game, both teams hope to put forth a strong finish to the season and improve conference rankings before the playoffs...
...been a bit disappointing at times, but fortunately, in our league every team makes the playoffs,” senior forward Doug Rogers added. “We are right in the middle of the pack so if we can do well in these last four games we can finish in a decent spot in our league, and we can make a good run in the playoffs...
...that the quad is the future of figure skating. The quad is necessary ... Not doing the quad will be going backwards in time," he said after the men's short program on Tuesday, in which he was the only skater to land a quad cleanly. Following his silver-medal finish, he was pessimistic about the place the quad would have in the new system but remained adamant that such innovations be recognized and rewarded. "I was sure that I had won my second Olympic Games," he said. "But my basic position and attitude is that movement must go forward - never...
...bleak life: his harried and shrill mother, his dead father, the cash he swiped from a bakery, the copper who nabbed him, the condescending director who’s dangled the prospect of an Olympic future or at least better treatment in the present. A few yards from the finish line, he stops. A crooked grin spreads over his face. The second-place runner passes him. Life will deal him a hard blow for not compromising with those in charge, but he’ll never be anybody’s blue-eyed...