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He is that stony light-heavyweight Georgian whose Olympic misfortune or fortune it was to ignore the referee's signal and flatten a New Zealander on the break. For knocking himself out, he was awarded the bronze medal. Still the broadcasters and promoters took Holyfield over a number of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Planting Gold in the Garden | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

Referee Bob Lynch had called a roughing the kicker penalty on an unidentified Harvard player, despite the fact that the ball had been partially blocked. A whirl of confusion surrounded the call, but Penn placekicker Dave Shulman nonetheless had another chance, this time from 28 yards out.

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: In the End, It's Penn | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

The crowd loves Casey. They hate Howard. Howard is grimacing, hurling guttural insults at Casey, who pursues him with burly, outstretched arms. The bout has a plot as clear as that of any play. As the referee turns his back, Howard slyly removes a shining metal strip from his mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Wrestling with Good and Evil | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

About 12 minutes later, it was almost an assumption that Cornell would equalize. Crimson 'keeper Matt Ginsburg was called by referee Jeff Mantel for interfering with a Cornell striker on the left fringe of the goal area, and the arbiter immediately pointed to the penalty spot--considered almost a 90...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Ohiri Field: A Big Red Graveyard | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

But when referee Frank Scargella signaled halftime, the scoreboard still read 1-1.

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Booters Reach.500 Mark With 4-1 Win Over MIT | 10/10/1984 | See Source »

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