Word: sport
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
When Sternberg called, Silverman had written nearly 60,000 words of his book. But even the novel, a story of a father-son relationship strained by addiction, had ended up revolving around baseball. The sport was Silverman’s inescapable passion, and so he accepted Sternberg’s offer...
...rare for athletes to speak of a “team first” mentality, but in a format that hinges on one-on-one battles, Weiss recognizes the value of his captain’s mentality.“It’s very difficult in an individual sport to focus on the bigger picture when you’re training to be a national champion,” Weiss observes. “But [Caputo] is really concerning himself with his teammates, which is admirable. I’m very fortunate to have the leaders we have...
...virtually every other sport, whether it's extra innings in baseball, overtime in basketball or a playoff in golf, both teams or players competing get an equal opportunity to win. But the format for overtime in the NFL is different, and inherently unfair. If the game is tied after four quarters, the teams play a 15-minute, sudden death overtime period in which the first team to score wins. Which means that whichever team wins a totally random coin toss to determine who gets the first possession has a better shot at winning the game. In fact...
...should come as no surprise, then, that the 24 children in Korn's class had never seen a lacrosse stick before she introduced one. The predominantly white sport popular at Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic universities requires two things New York City public schools don't have: money and fields. But given the election, it was, after all, a week of firsts. "All of our students were excited about the election," said Anderson. "For us educators, Obama's victory means that when we tell these students that they can do anything, it's not hyperbole." And so, on an unseasonably warm...
...deserves. I won't characterize the finale, except to say it proves Mackey is not so different from the people he disparages to the drug boss. Yes, he lives on the edge and embraces it. But for him, self-deception is not just an exercise; it's an Olympic sport. Fittingly and terribly, The Shield carries him across the finish line...