Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wish to bring an unsullied mind to the game, and so I approached Chicago packing little to no scholastic preparation. The careful reader will recall that last week I confessed to a profound ignorance of the sport we Americans continue to call soccer (we provincials in our middle years know it, alas, as "girl's kickball"), and I remained, through the run-up to the opening match, in the cellar of understanding...
...Frank Sinatra has it, about two steps behind a heat wave that had Chicagoans speculating whether a human could actually melt. The weather was all the word hereabouts, the weather and O.J. Simpson, and the two local subjects, heat and homicide, utterly eclipsed the Cup, the most popular sporting event on earth. Nevertheless there was a parade, and bunting and flags were hung about, and the city cleaned itself and put out flowers and swept bums under the rug. Outside those who stood to turn a dollar (about 200 million of them were expected to be spent in Chicago during...
...advantage of the unpredictable grass courts and his opponent's bad temper, Shelton consistently outplayed and outclassed Stich. Shelton says that he was inspired by his fellow Yank's earlier win, and hopes that their achievements as African-American tennis players will encourage black youngsters to take up the sport...
...SPORT: Real Football...
...more than ever, challenging an incumbent Representative or Senator is a rich person's sport, according to spending reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. During the 15 months ending March 31, candidates gave or lent their campaigns more than $28 million out of their own pocket, up from $24.3 million during the comparable period two years ago. Roll Call, a Capitol Hill biweekly, recently listed 21 candidates for the House who had already personally invested $100,000 -- nine months before Election Day. An additional 24 had put up more than...