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...team's talent is often not as important as when it hits its strike. With four victories in a row under their belts and base hits flying off of just about every bat, the Harvard nine would have to be considered the favorite to emerge from the five-team pileup at the top of the EIBL standings with the championship...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Santos-Buch Injured as Crimson Cops GBL Title | 5/7/1980 | See Source »

With just over three minutes remaining in the first stanza, the Big Red shocked the favorites again when a pileup just outside the crease knocked Gaudet on his back and the puck out to Brian Marrett, who flicked it home for a 3-0 lead...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Cornell Plasters Big Green, Captures Sixth ECAC Crown | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...Rams were undefeated in exhibition games, but disaster struck once the regular season got under way. The Los Angeles roster resembled the casualty list from a 40-car freeway pileup: 18 of the 45-man squad missed all or part of the season. Quarterback Pat Haden, a Rhodes scholar, broke a finger; Fullback John Cappelletti missed the whole year because of a groin injury; Defensive Tackle Cody Jones sat it out with a torn achilles tendon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Super Bowl: A Family Affair | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

With no one on him, the high-scoring junior raced for the goal. The ball was lost in a massive pileup in front of the net and mystically reappeared in the loft corner of the goal. Both squads and the large crowd of spectators were dazed. The game for all practical purposes had ended there as Yale came completely apart. The remainder of the contest was only a formality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters Salvage Unbeaten Season | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

...Security". They were dressed in black pants and red shirts with a fist on the back. Some wore berets or military fatigue hats. They were like South American guerillas, but badly organized. The gates to the concert were opened later than even the organizers expected, causing a massive pileup of people who arrived early hoping to get the best of the general admission seats. "People's Security" was much better at protecting Marley...

Author: By Christopher J. P. damm, | Title: RADiCAL BOOGiE | 7/24/1979 | See Source »

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