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...what causes "I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow..." to fall short of its potential is Schaap's hasty effort in writing it. Granted, the time element threatened to make the book outdated if the author delayed longer than six months to have it published. But other authors, John McPhee, for example, have created fairly competent accounts of other athletes within a roughly comparable time span. Schaap's biggest failure, it seems, is that he relied too heavily upon his experience in writing Instant Replay, with Jerry Kramer, in his effort to put together a similar effort on Namath...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: The Namath Saga | 2/28/1970 | See Source »

...Eagles had lost four of their top five defensemen and goaltender George McPhee from last year's 19-11-1 team, and it looked doubtful that their high-scoring line of Paul Schilling, Tim Sheehy, and John Snyder could produce enough goals to compensate for the loss. A 6-5 overtime victory over weak Providence did little to dispel those doubts, and subsequent triumphs over Princeton and Northeastern, both destined for horrible seasons, were scant help in providing an accurate measure of the Eagles' talent...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Snooker's Fight Talk Is B. C. Edge Hockey Team Faces BC Tonight, Second Place in East is At Stake | 12/17/1969 | See Source »

...success has been its outstanding senior goalie George McPhee, who has allowed only 1.7 goals per game. Harvard's seven goals against Brown's goal tender Mark Burns demonstrated that its forwards can score on a top flight goalie, but McPhee, with his strong defense, will be much stingier tonight...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: Undefeated Harvard, B.C. Meet in Toss-Up Tonight | 12/17/1968 | See Source »

Parrot knotted the game at 1-1 when he deflected in a long shot by Bob Carr at 3:47. Fredo gave Harvard its only lead of the tournament when he faked past a defensemen going down right wing and flipped a backhand past goalie George McPhee...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Skaters Downed Twice in St. Paul | 1/4/1968 | See Source »

Harvard second tally came at 14:07. Parrot took the puck at the left point and instead of breaking down the wing made a 360 degree turn and led Fredo charging down the middle. Fredo, who had a step on the defense, lifted the puck over McPhee's shoulder into...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: B.C. Upsets Hockey Team On 3d-Period Goals, 4-3 | 12/11/1967 | See Source »

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