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...credentials. But in the last two minutes of play against Cornell, last season's final game, Irion wrenched his knee coming down with a rebound. The real damage was done, though, two months later while Irion was playing in a pickup game at Mather Huse. When he tried to pivot his leg turned but his knee remained locked in place. Irion underwent knee surgery over the summer...
...second half, Cyrus Booker picked up the baton for Harvard, scoring nine of his 11 points. After center Brian Banks went to the bench when he was slapped with his fourth personal foul with 15 minutes left to play, Booker stepped into the pivot post with his customary aplomb...
...McLaughlin can still count his blessings, as last year the hoopsters opened against Syracuse, as the Orangemen went through the season with a 26-4 slate. With 6-ft. 11-in., 235-lb. sophomore Roosevelt Bouie manning the pivot post accompanied by frontliners Louis Orr and pencil-thin Dale Shackleford, Jim Boheim's charges look to be the best in the East and are ranked seventh in the nation in "Sports Illustrated's" pre-season poll...
...early years in the majors, Carew was moody, a loner who made friends slowly and suffered slights poorly. In 1970 a runner crashed into him while trying to break up a double play. Carew underwent surgery for a torn knee cartilage and, thereafter, was gun-shy on the pivot. This did not endear him to Manager Bill Rigney, nor Rigney to Carew. In a rare admission for an athlete, Carew acknowledged his fear and tried to conquer his anxiety on the field. Rigney's public questioning of his courage did not help...
...Pivot Peave...