Word: raquet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wouldn't have thought it possible that the Crimson would be hitting the Turnpike at 4 p.m with a win in its pocket. On the opening drive of the game, Harvard halfback Steve Ernst went off right tackle and coughed the ball up, Crusader defense end Steve Raquet recovered at the Harvard 24 and four plays later H.C quarter back Pete Muldoon swept seven yard around right end and across the goal-line for a 7-0 advantage only three minutes into the contest...
...when I watch John McEnroe toss raquet into the beautiful turf at Wimbledon and call the wonderful old gentlemen who serve as umpires "incompetent fools," I have little patience for the argument that Mac does it to psyche himself up. He's been a crybaby for a long time...
...even at Port Washington. As I was in the midst of returning a backhand with pitiful timidity, the chunky kid coiled his body into a ball and then released, throwing himself into the air with a fierce, raging scream and launching his Wilson Prostaff toward the high ceiling. The raquet returned to earth on my side of the green court divider, bouncing at the service line and coming to rest near to where I had been awaiting a deep forehand. I called a let, as seemed only appropriate when under attack by unidentified flying Prostaffs...
...lazy to wean himself away from the habits he perfected at Port Washington so many years ago. Whether or not he wins Wimbledon, surpasses Borg, or becomes the greatest player ever, he will never receive the respect of a champion if he doesn't learn to keep his raquet on his side of the court divider and his mouth shut...