Word: sensationalization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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At Georgia he was an instant sensation. In his first game against Tennessee the Bulldogs were trailing in the second half. Walker came off the bench and scored two touchdowns, keying Georgia's 16-15 come-from-behind victory.
Billy Olson used to dream of flying, not over crossbars, over rooftops. "I imagined myself jumping off fences and just flying," he says, "running down the street, flapping my arms and . . . taking off." For those who have never traveled by catapult, this is the sensation of pole vaulting.
As an amateur tradition, under-the-table paychecks date back to the Punic Wars at least. Still, considering the regimen of exercise and travel in light of the pay scale in popular professional games, the people who test man's physical limitations qualify as idealists, even dreamers. And it...
Tune and Walsh's choreography remains an uneven mixture as well. The show includes a few inspired numbers, as when the chorus teaches Billy how to walk and dance in top hat and tails, but many flat and dull sequences. Tune overuses the technique he employed in Broadway's A...
Cornell's victory at 177 lbs, virtually settled the issue, leaving the Crimson with only a chance to tie with pins in the next two matches. Cornell galleried in the victory by stalemating Harvard's Kevin Wattlkes, who scored a 4-4 tie in the 190-lb, match. Even though...