Word: races
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cross country team, running their best race since the season opener against Northeastern, fell four points short yesterday afternoon as Boston University edged the Crimson for the Greater Boston Championship crown, 41-45, at Franklin Park...
Until this year, Beckford had never competed in a 5000 meter race and spent most of her time concentrating on the middle distances...
Though she had to settle for second, the race marked a turning point for Beckford as she drastically cut 24 seconds off her best high school mile and decided to devote most of her energies to running with Liberty...
Beckford's strategy paid off as she glided to victory in the 800 in the Junior category, while the two-mile relay team moved up three notches from their finish the year before in the Senior race...
Heroics and histrionics marked Pittsburgh's year. Theirs was a disco-inferno season, a full-tilt boogie race for the pennant punctuated by the psyching-up war whoops of All-Star Rightfielder Dave Parker, the ego-deflating insults of Garner and the popping of corks by Team Captain Stargell, the oenophile first baseman. Typical play: a Pirate crashes a three-run home run to win an eleven-inning game. Typical congratulatory byplay: "Way to go, [bleep]!" "Thank you, [bleep]!" Other teams may deem it necessary to fine players to ensure promptness at the ballpark; the Pittsburgh locker room throbs...