Word: pass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Green's subsequent attempt at a full-court inbounds pass to their aptly-named star center Sterling Edmonds was foiled by a cluster of Harvard defenders, and--all of a sudden--this crazy game belonged to the Crimson...
Edmonds--the game's high scorer with 24--nearly saved it for the Big Green, tipping a Fine pass with ten seconds left, but then came Stenhouse, darting to save the ball and then arching the ball on its parabolic path...
...John Cochrane's ninth of the season, as the classy junior converted centerman Rick Benson's backhand pass into a flip shot goal from 2 feet out, punctuating the well-fed break into the Dartmouth zone by the Cochrane-Benson-and Phil Evans threesome...
...moment to a child, and in some ineffable manner those titled men seemed drawn to children. It is remarkable how many ex-fighters work with children after retirement. Perhaps it is a means of staying close to the incandescence of their youth. Or perhaps it is an impulse to pass on that special strength forged in fighting, man's first competition. Ali tells how his daughter tried to thread a needle for several minutes, then gave up in frustration. "I spanked her and made her try again. It wasn't important for her to thread the needle...
Sometimes, when beholding the contractual orgies that professionals indulge in, bidding their prices higher and higher as the years pass, it is possible to suspect that the whole professional sports business artificially prolongs athletes' careers, keeps them slogging along for huge sums of money long after their powers have faded. Occasionally that happens. But men and women in most sports do not even reach athletic maturity until they are well into their 20s, or even later. It was not until she had hit 31 that Virginia Wade won Wimbledon last year...