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...showed a lot of character, that drive,” Murphy said. “It sent them into the locker room with a little different feeling than they had a few minutes before...
...might be asking, what’s the big deal? Yes, Crusader officials finally did get someone to unlock the locker room, but it wasn’t over then. Once the door was open, it became abundantly clear that there was no way that the whole team would fit inside. That left a good quarter of the team literally sitting and waiting while their teammates showered. Once a few guys left, another few trickled in. As my fellow football writer pointed out, it’s not as if the Harvard football team is any bigger than the Holy...
...bear the brunt of the blow, which is why the National Collegiate Athletic Association banned spear tackling in 1976. Beginning in grade school, players are now taught to keep their head up during a tackle, and a sign reminding players to "SEE WHAT YOU HIT!" hangs in every NFL locker room. "I played 20 years ago in high school, and my coaches really pounded home the need for good form, to keep the head up to maintain the curvature of the head and spine to dissipate any forces from impact," says Dr. Andrew Sama, spinal surgeon at the Hospital...
...open scabs Maddin keeps picking at after 40 years; the story of the man hired by the city to exorcise haunted furniture; the seances held in government buildings; the homoerotic camaraderie of the all-boys' swimming pool or the hockey-rink locker room - all these gave me the giggles and the creeps. I haven't laugh so hard, or with such good reason, since seeing Borat in Toronto last year...
...Power of Positive Thinking. Federer wins many matches in the locker room. Current pro David Nalbandian, who once held a five-match winning streak against Federer early in their respective careers, and most recently beat him at the 2005 Masters Cup in Shanghai, explains the pre-match body language of many players. "It's aw sh--, I'm playing Roger, I'm out," he says. Many players just want to give him a strong test; that's one reason they lose the match. "Every time I get on the court, I believe I can beat him," says Nalbandian. "Not enough...