Word: sporting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Playing the same sport is an advantage that has enabled them to see each other at least once every day. But the brothers have made it a habit to spend time with each other off the courts. "I talked to him every day," George says...
During spring training, Commissioner Peter Ueberroth quietly tried to talk to Martin about his drinking. But alcohol and baseball have always had a charmed association. Beer is practically a synonym for the sport. Hockey scrapes Drunken Driver Pelle Lindbergh off the highway, while basketball and football shake their heads at Chris Mullin and Tommy Kramer. But baseball literally cheers for hangovers. In Mel Allen's day at the Yankee mike, home runs were "Ballantine blasts." Now the St. Louis Cardinals do their rallying to the Budweiser jingle played incessantly on the Busch Stadium organ...
Many pairs of sibling athletes tend to play the same sport at Harvard. Joe and John Sweeney both play hockey. Betsy and Mary McCagg both row crew. Anne and Mary Moon both play rugby...
...different reasons for choosing Harvard. "I knew wherever I played, it would be nice if my parents could come and see me play," the North House junior says. "And so, it really wasn't that my sister was here, but that I had more flexibility to choose which sport I wanted to play--and it's only 45 minutes from my home [Westborough], so it was the perfect spot...
...Kennedy '91 was an all-state wrestler three times at his high school in Kenney Lake, but he was forced to give the sport up this year. "I was failing Spanish," he says. "Lots of people in my class have had three or four years [of the language], but you know, my school wasn't accredited or anything...