Word: play-by-play
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...sport--he lets you know what it feels like to be on the tour. Not just the fans, money and amazing backbiting between players, but, without ever saying it, the grueling monotony and loneliness of being an itinerant athlete. But he also fits in the drama of a play-by-play and the tension of the locker room. And he includes priceless bits of Anna-tude, like when Kournikova, at a Wimbledon press conference sponsored by Berlei bras, which endorses her, responded to a question about her engagement with "My private life is private. I'm here...
...contest with friends, hammered a nail in the wall next to the kitchen radio and hung the receiver. For four hours I sat in my frigid Moscow office listening to the game, occasionally clenching my fist in triumph. The Internet has responded to that need. Games are now tracked play-by-play and broadcast live online, often for free. You don't want to know what my phone bill was in January...
...baseball aficionado - the significance of statistics generally escapes me, and I prefer stories about players' personal tics to even the most thrilling play-by-play commentary. But as someone who grew up in Pittsburgh, I am well aware of the basic facts, which were as indelibly imprinted on my childhood psyche as the indisputable superiority of Heinz ketchup over all other brands...
What sent chills down the spines of 20,000 fans in that arena was when Reed tested out his injured leg prior to tipoff. His warm-up routine that night is the only one I can remember that received actual play-by-play, as well as the rapt attention of the entire opposing team...
...same fight-dirty spirit that it did with Morin on the ice. Otherwise, sophomore Dominic Moore might've still had his three points, but with a stick in his back to accompany them. ... Lastly, a big, warm hearty thank you to Mrs. Schulz, the mother of WHRB play-by-play ace, Brian Schulz '01. She hosted Jennie Sullivan and myself along with our WHRB friends for the weekend and fed us more good food in two days than the dining hall serves in two years. We already miss her cheerfulness, exceptional concern and generosity... and those chicken nuggets...