Word: foul
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...people stood along the banks of a stream with a powerful chemical stench, pulling out dead and dying fish. According to the fishermen, the same thing happened every month when paper mills and fertilizer factories upstream discharged their wastewater tanks. Stripped to their underwear and wading into the foul water with nets and baskets, the locals regarded the situation as predictable, even humdrum - an aid to fishing...
...Ball? A Brick NBA game ball creates hoopla A new microfiber basketball replaces the old leather model this NBA season, which starts next week. Players are crying foul. Shaq says it's "terrible." Others gripe that it's slippery when...
Lovie Smith is a football coach. Yes, the name is Lovie, and while that's not exactly a testosterone-fueled calling card, Smith isn't cut from the foul-mouthed jock mold anyway. The head coach of the Chicago Bears cusses like, well, a kindergarten teacher. What does he say when he gets upset? "Jiminy!" And when he's really angry? "Jiminy Christmas," says MaryAnne, his wife of 26 years. "That's like us throwing F-bombs." Or there's the glare, a sign to the players that they've disappointed their coach...
That defense failed to stop the Crimson on the possession following the Leopards’ score, when Pizzotti, aided by a Lafayette personal foul penalty and key catches from junior Corey Mazza and freshman Matt Luft, marched Harvard down the field before finding senior tight end Matt Farbotko in the back of the endzone for a three-yard touchdown...
...caught a break in the 83rd minute when Cornell midfielder Tom Marks received his second yellow card of the match. Head referee Mike Violet drew the red card from his pocket and sent Marks on his lonely walk of shame to the Big Red bench. Fucito, who incurred the foul that resulted in the red, said afterwards, “it gave us a little bit of a lift, especially since we struggled a bit today. It pisses me off [getting fouled], but I try to use that productively, rather than retaliating. I try to use it to play harder...