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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first was very special," Clemens said in Kapalua, Ha., where he is playing golf. "The second was a challenge because you guys kept reminding me of the jinx...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Rocket Roger Captures Third A.L. Cy Young Award | 11/14/1991 | See Source »

Plays like Lerch's tipped ball reception and Roghair's prayer that Mike Wilson snared in the endzone on fourth down and 22 with less than three minutes to play had to make people wonder whether there was something to this fourth quarter jinx...

Author: By Josie Karp, | Title: Gridders Conquer Princeton By 3, 24-21 | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

Their names are Smudge, Sparky, Frankie and Jinx. That should give the viewer a fair indication of the kind of musical presented here. The very first song, "Three Coins in a Fountain," confirms one's every suspicion. All around, eyes glaze with nostalgia as, almost without pause, the quartet swings into "Gotta be This or That...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: Dumb Plays Wear Plaid | 10/24/1991 | See Source »

...bathroom fixtures salesman by day and a bespectacled baritone by night, Jeff Bannon has so few facial expressions that he might as well have been stuffed. As Sparky, a stocky fellow who exudes good-guy looks, David Benoit is too jolly to be real. And Leo Daignault, playing Jinx, has the peculiar elfin charm of Andy Hardy...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: Dumb Plays Wear Plaid | 10/24/1991 | See Source »

...Captain Robin Johnston broke the jinx with 20 minutes remaining in the first half, when she took a midfield pass from Co-Captain Amy Weinstein and redirected the ball past the Crusaders goalie...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: W. Booters Burn Holy Cross | 10/9/1991 | See Source »

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