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Less than a minute later, Northeastern's Mike McMillen trotted into the penalty box, followed soon thereafter by teammate Mike Holmes. Some sharp saves by Bowman and sloppy passing by the Crimson teamed up to wipe out the two man advantage, however, and the Huskies maintained their 2-1 lead...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Last-Minute Escape | 11/30/1976 | See Source »

Sanders' prediction proved correct. Sloppy ball-handling and poor play-execution were the consequences of physical aggression. Most of the players spent a great deal of time on their backs or in someone else's arms.

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: English Hoopsters Top Harvard, 88-85 | 11/17/1976 | See Source »

It seemed as though the environment dominated Harvard's style of play. Their performance, like the field, was sloppy. Harvard's offense was frustrated by dropped passes and numerous penalties, and the defense was plagued by the periodic loss of its ability to defend.

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Yale Defeats Crimson Freshmen, 35-13 | 11/13/1976 | See Source »

The play comes to a rush-to-judgement end that is the measure of its frenzy. It's a point where sloppy acting or directing would be glaringly apparent, and the musical can simultaneously fall apart at the seams and flat on its face. The Grant-in-Aid production sales...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: That's entertainment | 11/12/1976 | See Source »

Radio Free Yankees. If the second-game loss on an error broke Yankee hearts, the third game crushed them. After a first-inning pickoff, no Yankee base runner so much as leaned toward second base. Pinning the New Yorkers back with superb defense-aided by sloppy Yankee fielding-the Reds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chilling the Yankees | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

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