Word: sportsmanship
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...maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea if the Ivy League adopted the non-sudden-death overtime. After all, the Ivy League has been the conference of innovation since football began giving football the 11-man team, the word "gridiron," and the emphasis on sportsmanship and academics over semi-professionalism...
...would have been a cinch on any course in the world. At Royal Birkdale in 1969, England's Tony Jacklin, this year's defending captain, had a short but missable putt on the 18th hole for a final tie so implausible that in a hallmark of sportsmanship, Nicklaus gave it to him. "After years of Britain's never winning," Nicklaus recalls, "the spirit of the match, international goodwill, was all that really mattered...
...comes from inside yourself," said field hockey and softball co-captain Gia Barresi, who once had to sit out half of a field hockey game for wearing jeans on the team bus. "Sportsmanship is a big part of it. It's not really dictated to you from the coach. It comes from inside...
...that afternoon, amid mutual efforts at chivalrous good sportsmanship by Dole and Byrd, the Senate defeated President Reagan by the bare margin...
...captain and graduating senior Ingrid Boyum was awarded this year's Betty Richey Trophy in February--a highly prized accolade that goes to the squash player who exemplifies good sportsmanship and fair play, and serves as a role model for her peers...