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...Orange Bowl's 50th renewal, Miami, the game's original loser, was a sentimental but not a financial favorite. Committeemen estimate that $10 million could be lost in tourist trade. So no one paved the way for Miami (10-1), which had a hard road after losing its opener to Florida, 28-3. The Hurricanes are coached by Howard Schnellenberger, a former pro assistant of Don Shula's and head coach for the Baltimore Colts. Having immediately lost his star quarterback this year to injury, Schnellenberger had to choose quickly from three freshmen and selected Bernie Kosar...
...encouraging thought for the Crimson is the knowledge that many of the teams aiming to take Harvard's ECAC title are also reeling from losses--not just to graduation. The ECAC's top scorer last year. George Servinis, has left RPI for the Canadian squad Providence, the 4-1 loser to the Crimson in the ECAC final, not only lost two All-Americans to graduation but two highly touted incoming freshmen to the NHL. Three New Hampshire skaters defected to the pro ranks before graduation, and Clarkson lost its high-scorer, Colin Patterson, in the same...
...winner loses some aura, the loser wins some respect...
...gentlemanly fight last week with Roberto Duran, undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World Marvin Hagler was both an evident winner and an obvious loser, perversely confirming the curious viewpoint of the Las Vegas judge who scored six of the 15 rounds for nobody. The fight was not as close as the scores indicated (on two of three cards, Duran could have taken the decision in the last round), but it was close enough to reprieve Duran as a personification of shame and to reduce Hagler as a figure of terror...
...career as head coach, he earned the N.F.L. record for most victories, with 320 regular-season winning games, and led his team to six of its eight championship titles. "I play to win," he once remarked. "I shall always play to win. I speak no praise for the good loser, the man who says, 'Well, I did my best...