Word: sported
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BECAUSE AS THE divisions firm up, we reanze that one of the few bonds remaining in contemporary American culture is Sport, more precisely. Televised Sport. Don't believe me? Check the ratings on Super Bowl XII--it was the most-watched television extravaganza of all time. Then see where the New Yorker subscribers are. Then check out how many records the Sex Pistols sold. And remember they only print a million copies of The New York Times every day. What do I think? I think that you might be interested in reading a novel by a talented and growing writer...
...teammates call him, faces the difficult task of being team leader for an individual sport, but he should fit well into the dual role. As number four man Mitch Reese observes, "Mike is the man for the job, because he is accomplished both as an individual and as a team leader. Just the dedication he puts in is a motivating example...
...major cause of the racqueteers' decline from dominance seems to be the sport's increasing popularity. Back when Jack Barnaby was the Crimson's coach and squash was in its infancy, Harvard monopolized the game. But, as Desaulniers said recently, "times have changed." In particular, more than "times" have changed at Princeton, where the Tigers, tired of finishing behind the Crimson year after year, have discarded the "Harvard method" of coaching in favor of an aggressive recruiting program...
...myth has it that writing is like prizefighting. Contemporary subscribers to the pugilistic analogy include Norman Mailer, a few markedly inferior knuckle-typers and the odd belligerent who would rather fight than think. If this macho conceit helps anyone get through the night or his work, fine. But the sport that most truly engages American writers was, is and probably will always be baseball. This anthology of 27 pieces of baseball fiction, the first such collection in 30 years, demonstrates the affinity and raises a question: Why have so many authors felt the urge to make up stories about this...
This may explain why such crafty old twirlers as Ring Lardner, James Thurber, Damon Runyon and P.G. Wodehouse spun tales about the sport. Usually they played it for laughs. Lardner's Alibi Ike dealt with a peculiar rookie, using comic vernacular: "I've heard infielders complain of a sore arm after heavin' one into the stand, and I've saw outfielders tooken sick with a dizzy spell when they've misjudged a fly ball. But this baby can't even go to bed without apologizin', and I bet he excuses himself...