Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year ago, Harvard gave B.U. a 7-2 thrashing at Watson rink, but the Terriers returned the favor by the same score in the Beanpot...
...working the night sports desk at The Greenwich Time when I received an assignment to cover a "Salute to Dorothy Hamill" night in nearby Stamford, Connecticut. The event was a showcase for area talent and a benefit for the Olympic fund. A crowd of 1800 jammed the Stamford indoor rink to catch a glimpse at America's skating sweetheart. In the press box, Stamford Advocate reporter Tom Shantz and I traded notes on our scheduled interview with Hamill...
...expect. Two years ago at the world championships in Munich, Dorothy gave a performance that captivated the crowd-and revealed much about the source of her appeal. The drama began as Dorothy, who battles almost uncontrollable jitters on the brink of each performance, waited at the end of the rink to be introduced for her free-skating program. As the points awarded to the previous skater flashed on the Scoreboard, the crowd erupted in an explosion of boos and catcalls, protesting the low scores. Dorothy thought they were jeering her, and her already fragile composure collapsed. In tears...
...exist. Topflight skiers quietly receive fat fees from equipment manufacturers. Where private enterprise stops, governments step in. The Russian hockey team, for instance, is a state-supported operation. So is the speed-skating team. The American speed-skating program is so impoverished that there is only one 400-meter rink in the entire 50 states-compared with nine, for example, in The Netherlands...
...oddest sights in sport. Tracing the circumference of perfect circles on the ice, first forward then backward on one foot, the skater moves around a small patch of the rink. Then, after the ice chips have been swept clear, the judges, who have been watching closely, scurry onto the ice. They bend over to examine the skate lines cut into the frozen expanse...