Word: slider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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German women's luge coach Sepp Lenz is back at work, hobbling on one leg. He lost the other last December when U.S. slider Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon collided with him on a track in Winterberg, Germany, after he failed to hear the "all-clear" signal that indicated she had started her race. He, of course, will never be the same; perhaps neither will she. German and American lugers had another, even darker, intersection last October, when skinheads beat up medal hopeful Duncan Kennedy, who intervened in a barroom incident to protect teammate Robert Pipkins, a target because he is black...
...season proved bittersweet for the Harvard baseball team and its star pitcher Jeff Musselman `85. Powered by Musselman's nasty slider and tireless left arm, the Crimson mounted an amazing comeback, winning 13 straight games to finish the regular season with a 15-3 league record and force a one-game playoff with Princeton for the conference title...
Eckersley made the big mistake: He threw Gibson a hanging slider. Gibson hit the ball. Canseco, playing rightfield, didn't even bother to turn around. The ball was in the rightfield pavilion...
...first period, Harvard took a 2-0 lead thanks to junior Chris Baird's deflection and senior Matt Mallgrave's slider from the side of the crease...
Again, the pitching staff could not hold it. Tony Lancette gave up a single and a walk and was yanked for Sean Johnston. Boston College then scored to close the gap to 9-8. With the bags full of Eagles, Johnston served up a slider that didn't slide. It ended up a towering fly ball that sailed over the fence in left centerfield...