Word: hardwoods
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...Sanders sleeps. Hundreds of benches lie empty, and a lonely pool of spring sunshine travels across the hardwood floor of the grand old theater. A couple of hours later, a door swings open, and the dusty air stirs as somebody walks in 10 minutes early for lecture. One minute elapses, and a pack of talkative TFs file in. They speak softly. In whiffs and poofs, students arrive, still quiet. Seven minutes go by-more people still. The spotlights turn on; the P.A. system warms up, and the room buzzes with ambient sound. At 10 minutes, hundreds of rustling papers...
...true to form, we eagerly tuned in again, just happy that some familiar faces in new uniforms were back on the hardwood. So happy that we'll let Barkley get away with his latest potty-mouth antics. So happy that we'll drool over the next Atlanta-New Jersey brawl as the NBA spins it to be the new Eastern Conference rivalry...
Sturdy will be on crutches until the swelling and pain in her ankle subside, but she hopes for a speedy recovery so that she can return to the hardwood before the end of the season. But even while she is sidelined, do not expect her to take a less active role in inspiring her teammates...
With the state of the NBA being what it is, about the only Ewing doing much of anything on the hardwood these days is Harvard senior forward Bill Ewing...
...from Big Coon Creek, near the town of Skyline, in northeastern Alabama, Cedric Stephens, 13, and his father wait for two hours on a mountainside, leaning against a hardwood tree in a misting rain. Miserable hunting. Just as they are about to give it up, Cedric sees antlers coming toward...