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Word: jumpshots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Space Program: In the first half against Yale, Harvard was extremely patient on offense, passing the ball inside and out to find the open shooter. By making the extra pass, the Crimson frequently found Gielen or Neil Phillips open for a corner jumpshot...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Gielen Gives Improved Cagers Big Lift | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

...Captain guard Barbarann Keffer's jumpshot just inside the three-point line with about 10 minutes remaining in the game marked her 1000th career point. She is the third player in Harvard history to reach that esteemed plateau, behind Elaine Holpuch '83 and current Crimson Tri-Captain Sharon Hayes...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: W. Cagers Edge Brown, 62-57 | 2/6/1988 | See Source »

...squads exchanged baskets for several minutes, and the Crimson was able to pull no closer than 37-32 after a David Lang jumpshot at the 6:25 mark...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: B.C. Blasts M. Cagers, 121-80 | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

Facing a looser press, Barros scored nine points--including an amazing 360-degree spin-in-the-air jumpshot that few watchers will forget--to lead a 23-10 Eagle scoring run to close out the half with...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: B.C. Blasts M. Cagers, 121-80 | 12/2/1987 | See Source »

...loves San Francisco. This means that in a week he will be "leaving to pursue outside interests." In sports, it is understood that all such rapid declines are drug-related, and sportswriters, the original masters of journalese, are constantly casting about for nonlibelous ways of suggesting that Johnny Jumpshot is deeply in love with controlled substances. The current code words are "listless" and "lacking motivation or concentration." If the reporter writes that the athlete "occasionally misses the team bus," the astute reader understands that Jumpshot is a walking pharmacy who no longer knows where or who he is, though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Journalese: a Ground-Breaking Study | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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