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Word: jinxed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when the Bruins lost in the Forum. Then lost again. And again. Then they won, four games to one. The end of the jinx...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Daddy? What Were Sports in The 80s Like? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

...weeks, the Patriots were popular. 'Squish the Fish.' 'Berry the Bears.' Pat Sullivan hit Matt Millen. The jinx was over...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Daddy? What Were Sports in The 80s Like? | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Yale could be rationalized. At least Friday's 6-2 loss could be chalked up as a product of first-game jitters and the old El: jinx. But Brown...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: What's Going On? Icemen Don't Know | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Maybe it's a jinx. There must be some reason the lowly Elis are 8-1-2 at home against the Crimson since the Bicentennial. Some Harvard-affiliated person somewhere must have said or done something really horrible to incur the wrath of the Connecticut sports gods. Home ice advantage is one thing, but the Elis have owned the Crimson...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Spouting Off About the Curse of the Yale Whale | 11/11/1989 | See Source »

Last night's eye-opener should put an end to the crimson's complacency. Why try to explain a jinx? It's like explaining the origin of the universe or the motivation behind the blue and white deodorant Stick-Ups the Eli fans threw onto the ice after Blaeser's first goal...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Spouting Off About the Curse of the Yale Whale | 11/11/1989 | See Source »

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