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...Redskins-obsessed Washington, Georgetown University Hospital installed television sets in the labor rooms of the maternity floor. Before that inspired move, fathers-to-be delayed bringing their wives to the hospital until the game had ended. How long between contractions? One slant off-tackle, an end-around, two passes and a penalty. When the Kansas City Chiefs played in the 1970 Super Bowl, the home-town police had one-quarter the usual number of Sunday-morning calls and just one crime, a burglary; they waited until half-time to question the suspect. The Kansas City Power and Light Co. turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: THE SUPER SHOW | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

Harvard hung tough while losing to highly-touted Holy Cross and South Carolina, but the physical disparity between the hoopsters and Georgetown made David and Goliath seem like an even matchup. The Hoyas' shortest frontline player is 6 ft. 7 in. Craig Shelton...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Going Gets Tough | 1/7/1977 | See Source »

Daly spent Christmas vacation experiencing mental anguish unparalleled since the days of the early Christian martyrs, as the Quakers lost to both Manhattan and Georgetown in the Holiday Festival in New York City. Manhattan, which has been manhandled by both Princeton and Columbia, won in the opening round 68-61. Georgetown took the consolation game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Going Gets Tough | 1/7/1977 | See Source »

...Georgetown, rated "Best in the East" by The Sporting News, also spent the holiday down South, trampling the Crimson hoopsters 60-40 in the Carolina Classic. The Hoyas moved north as the pre-tourney favorites at Madison Square Garden, but the Purdue Boilermakers made it two wins in a row for the Big Ten in the Holiday Fest...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Going Gets Tough | 1/7/1977 | See Source »

...think the cagers have a tough schedule this year, playing three of the best teams in the East in Georgetown, Syracuse, and Holy Cross, just remember that their next three Ivy League opponents are Princeton, Penn and--you guessed it--Columbia...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Going Gets Tough | 1/7/1977 | See Source »

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