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...yard lob from Giants quarterback Eli Manning glided into the endzone into the hands of an awaiting Plaxico Burress, giving New York a 17-14 lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII with just 35 seconds left in the game, I jumped up and, after a quick high five with my roommate, I looked for one person: Tom Conley. The Kirkland House Master has been a die-hard Giants supporter since the team played its games in Yankee Stadium in the 1950s, and as a cacophony of sound waves both jubilant but mostly anguished crashed against...
...Unger converts an easy layin down low from a nice lob pass from Lin, then Princeton's Jason Briggs makes a nice backdoor cut and score to answer. 48-45, Princeton...
...basket by Harris with 4:48 left. But it wouldn’t get the ball back until 1:45 later. After Spates missed a three, the ball when out of bounds off Harvard with one second left on the shot clock. But McGeary fouled Ojougboh on the intended lob inbounds pass in front of the basket, resulting in a restart of the shot clock. Adako missed a shot but got his own rebound. Spates then missed a jumper, but Ojougboh grabbed another board. Spates completed this sequence by hitting a three with 3:03 left, making...
...Bore Him. Federer is a pleasure seeker, the best ad-libber in the game. No one loves hitting the perfect angles on the move - off your drop shot, your lob, your slice - more than him. "So stymie him by boring him to death," says Courier. "Play every single ball to the same corner, over and over. Deny him the pleasures of the sport." Another tedium tactic is to take extra time between points. "He's a rhythmic kind of player," says ex-pro Barry MacKay, a veteran TV commentator. "He likes to have things moving along at a certain pace...
Kumar clearly relished his strong play and the victory it produced for him. After one set of having his lob attempts smashed back in his face, Alvarado shook his head at his coach in despair. Minutes later, after another set went by in a flash, Kumar put away match point, just as Nguyen won his first set on the neighboring court...