Word: gridironer
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...injury required surgery, leaving a prominent scar on Callahan's back. To this day, Callahan has trouble even jogging. It meant the end of playing days for an athlete who was a standout not only on the gridiron but also on the basketball court as a member of the Harvard Classics...
...shocking as Jackson's release was, it made sense -- and dollars -- for the Royals. Because Jackson's injury occurred on the gridiron, the Royals have a contractual right to release him. If the damage had occurred on a baseball diamond, the Royals would have had to pay his full salary. Royals general manager Herk Robinson said the team considered keeping Jackson on the disabled list, but that would have tied up more than $2 million with very little hope of a positive return on the investment this season...
...then it was left to the scantily clad Yale contingent to take up the pre-Game demonstrators' vow--"we won't go back"--as the action degenerated into near-riot chaos and the mounted police made frequent trips onto the gridiron...
...past, the Dartmouth freshman class has always stormed the gridiron at halftime of the Harvard game. But Freedman's Dartmouth is a new Dartmouth, an "intellectual" Dartmouth with "alcohol policies" and "diversity." Times are a-changing...
...Gridiron Tradition...