Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...psychological advantage enjoyed by an underdog team seeking to upset an arch rival is a phenomenon common to almost any sport. But this shaving bit is something else. Only swimmers use this tactic. Every swimmer worth anything does it religiously before the big meet of the season. And no one really understands why it works, even the coaches and the athletes themselves. All everyone knows is that it does work, sometimes incredibly well...
...twelve-year veteran of diving, Schramm can predict what a dive will be like the second he leaves the board. He enjoys the quick feedback of the sport because he can repeat the dive immediately if he's displeased...
...first two Monday nights in February. Four rival schools--Harvard, Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern--four anxious hockey teams, four tense hockey games: one winner, three losers. A hockey cathedral, Boston Garden, which first opened its doors to the sport when Calvin Coolidge was in the White House, rattled by the din of 15,000 fanatics and an occasional passing Green Line hulk outside. Blizzard optional. The Beanpot...
Surrounded by 20 reporters one day last week, Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams recounted how he and former Teammate Lance Rentzel attended the 1975 Super Bowl as accredited correspondents for Sport magazine. "We acted just like regular beat-reporters would," he said. "We ate and drank free all week, but we were unbelievable tippers. We slept in our suits. We blurted questions. We weren't interested in answers, and we didn't wait for them...
...Juice's words express the spirit of sport...