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Avoiding the sophomore jinx with ease, Countryman turned in an impressive performance at this year's Easterns with personal bests in the 200 and 500 freestyle races and another NCAA qualifying time...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Larry Countryman | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

This play may carry a jinx. Each the infrequent attempts to stage it in the U.S. in the past quarter-century has proved monumentally inert, and the present production at Broadway's Circle in the Square is no exception. Borkman is a wintry drama, a sort of autopsy blanched ruined lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bleak House | 12/29/1980 | See Source »

Rose Bowl, January 1, at Pasadena: Will Bo Schembechler's 9 2 Michigan Wolverines finally break the bowl jinx against Pac-5 winner Washington...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Get Bowled Over | 12/13/1980 | See Source »

Aside from more muscle up front, Harvard should score more goals. First of all, Cleary is looking for Burke and Watson to return to their freshman form, when they combined for 32 goals. Last season the pair unsuccessfully battled the sophomore jinx and tailed off to an output of 17 tallies between them...

Author: By Mike Bass and Bruce Schoenfeld, S | Title: The Bright Brigade Faces Off | 11/20/1980 | See Source »

Speaking of sophomore jinx, it may take an awful beating in Bright Center this season. Greg Olson (16 goals last year), Jim Turner (16 assists), Greg Britz, Rob Burns, and Dave Connors all have a year's experience to add to their accomplishments of last season. "The poise of the sophomores will be important," Cleary says...

Author: By Mike Bass and Bruce Schoenfeld, S | Title: The Bright Brigade Faces Off | 11/20/1980 | See Source »

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