Search Details

Word: speedsters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...cash "appearance fee"-remuneration for showing up to compete in the event-and the provider was a member of the host country's amateur federation. An American track-meet promoter, anxious to lure a top dash man to his indoor meet to increase the gate, called a speedster and promised him $800 plus expenses for joining the field. But two meets were scheduled on the opposite coast for the same weekend, and the sprinter had been offered round-trip plane tickets by both meet directors-one of which he could cash in as an informal subsidy. So the promoter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cracking Down on the Payoffs | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

...Another Perez play typified the Reds' call on greatness. With runners on first and second and no outs, Perez made a leaping catch of a rifled line drive. He ignored the easy tag on the runner at first and fired to second to double up Speedster Mickey Rivers. The runner in scoring position was wiped out, and, with him, the Yankees' last hope for a rally...

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

...those who have been out of the country recently and haven't heard, a Laz Barrera-trained speedster named Bold Forbes is considered by one and all to be the competition for Honest Pleasure in the Derby. he has the credentials to pull the upset; it remains to be seen whether or not he has the endurance...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: Honesty the Best Policy in The Derby | 4/30/1976 | See Source »

Unlike many other varsity sports at Harvard, hockey is characterized by superb coaching and an aggressive winning attitude. "That Cleary is the hungriest bastard I've ever seen," Hughes says. "He wants to win so bad he'd get out there himself if he could." Speedster Purdy adds, "All three coaches are super. They won't bench you for one mistake, but help you and give you confidence...

Author: By William Scheft, | Title: Some Kinda First Season Phenomena, on the Ice | 3/13/1976 | See Source »

...speedster impresses the management with his tryout he will be given a regular contract, making him ineligible to play his final year of varsity hockey at Harvard. However, he does plan "one way or another" to complete his final year of college, which he left to play on the Olympic team...

Author: By William Scheft, | Title: WHA Whalers to Give Bolduc Tryout | 3/2/1976 | See Source »

Previous | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | Next