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Joseph D. Bertagna '73, director of sports information, said yesterday there is a real need for such a foundation because teams incur many expenses--for things such as training trips, pre-season practice sessions, and national meets--not covered by their allocated budgets...
...brother to the Washington Post sports page, eager to drink up whatever new story the reporters had seen fit to write that day. The paper never failed me--you can always count on the Redskins to have the most important billing on the sports page for weeks before the pre-season begins, until weeks after the season finally ends. It always takes several weeks to bury the Redskins; every game is rehashed, and every possible theory that can be advanced for either their success or failure is put forth, and no player is left uninterviewed. For a diehard Burgundy...
...Redskins made it to the Super Bowl amidst much hoopla, and on January 14, 1973, they faced the unbeaten Miami Dolphins--a team that had lost only one game in the pre-season, and to none other than the Washington Redskins. It made for great press and great excitement...
...word has gotten around that those four workmen--because of a strike--won't get around to finishing Briggs until January or (gulp) even late March, pre-season attention has shifted from the arena to the team that will eventually play there...
Everybody's pre-season Ivy favorite, Yale faces the pressure that accompanies a sterling reputation. But with the likes of Diana, quarterback John Rogan and split end Curtis Grieve, the Elis figure to sweep through the league with ease--until The Game, when other factors come into play...