Word: runner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Globe's "Schoolboy of the Year" two years back, this Hanover High grad may be just the thing Joe Restic needs to get his squad back on the winning track. At press time, his status as a starter was uncertain, but one thing is certain--this slashing-type runner will see lots of playing time this fall...
Double threat quarterback Mark Whipple, who was runner-up to Harvard's Larry Brown in both passing and total offense last season, returns to lead the offense, and he'll have a strong supporting cast. Split end Mark Farnham, league leader in receptions, is a sure all-Ivy candidate, and backs JoJo Jamiel and Marty Moran are both swift and solid. Scott Kidger is big (6-ft., 6-in., 235) and gifted at tight end. Three out of five offensive linemen return, among them first team all-Ivy center Mike Knight...
...personnel must come through, and that means no ifs, ands or buts. Leading the list of returning bodies is Harvard's 67th captain, bearded senior Mark Meyer, a four-year runner who burst onto the scene in a big way last fall...
...stories on the choice of a Pope and on the presidential prospects of Ted Kennedy [Aug. 21] provide an ironic contrast. For Pope, there is a bewildering array of choices of men of proven ability and unblemished record, so that it is hard to pick a front runner. But for President, there seem to be few options. Ted Kennedy appears to be far and away the front runner. Yet he has little or no executive or military experience. His best friends would not maintain that he is of outstanding intellect or character, and his blemished past is a source...
...swimming, skateboarding, scuba diving, hang gliding, golf, skiing, riding, surfing, bowling, basketball, volleyball-all sports have their share of problems. But more and more injuries are the outcome of America's newest athletic addiction: running. Appropriately, the damage tends to occur from the ground up. A typical distance runner's foot strikes the ground 1,000 times a mile each seven to ten minutes, and the force of impact is about three times his weight. The shock wave travels from heel through ankle to lower leg, knee, upper leg, hip and lower back. Ill effects are legion. Every...