Word: harshness
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...Wilson, who hails from Austin, Texas, this was her first foray into the frigid temperatures and harsh weather that are generally associated with the start of the spring golf season. To her credit, her teammates praised her for her ability to deal with the tough conditions...
...course, to be fair, I should note that there hasn’t been an outbreak of gastroenteritis in the Dunster dining hall for nearly three years. But that can perhaps be attributed more to the hardy Dunsterites’ immune systems finally acclimating to the harsh intestinal bugs in the Central American water (I’ve heard the syndrome referred to as “Cabotzuma’s Revenge”) than to any hygiene improvement on the part of the Dunster women...
...doubt, things were harsh for Fassel this year. How does a coach who once reached a Super Bowl cope with public humiliation? Not by locking himself in his home. "You have to realize that the fans that get POed and scream don't come close in numbers to those that support you," he says. "There is a silent majority out there that respects how hard coaches work, even when teams are not performing...
There are certain things Australians take for granted when they turn their minds to sport: footballers behave badly on trips, cricketers say harsh things on the field to their opponents and Ian Thorpe wins every time he hits the water in a race. But last Saturday the nation was reminded that the 21-year-old swimmer is, after all, only human. In a 400-m freestyle heat at Australia's Olympic trials in Sydney, the world-record holder and Olympic champion tumbled into the pool before the starter's signal - and was disqualified for a false start. Swimming...
...Crimson struggled in unusually rough sailing conditions at the Truxtun Umsted Trophy regatta hosted at the U.S. Naval Academy, finishing 10th in a 20-team regatta. The air was so harsh that the second day of competition was cancelled due to unsafe and harmful winds. It came almost as no surprise, then, that St. Mary’s, which had been practicing for about a month longer than had Harvard’s sailors, took home top honors and continued their early-season surge to No. 2. The squad has lifted its slot on the college rankings from 12th...