Word: stadium
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...should take lessons from people in professional baseball and football. Mediocrity in these sports are not being rewarded. The Chicago White Sox are ready to bolt for St. Petersburg or any other town that will promise on a stack of Roger Angel's The Summer Game to fill the stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals were so bad that the city finally gave up on them. Their move to Phoenix brought no tears. Now, with the marriage of the Cardinals and Phoenix not yet a year old, fans are getting the let's-end-this itch. Phoenix Cardinal ticket prices...
...YORK--Bucknell captured its first victory of the season, defeating Columbia, 21-7, Saturday at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium...
HERE in Lima it is still easy to find pirated tapes of Chilean folksinger Victor Jara. Author of lyrics like "Liberate our people from the dominion of the exploiter," he was one of the thousands forced by the Chilean army into the Santiago soccer stadium during the 1973 overthrow of Socialist Salvador Allende. In the stadium with his guitar, Jara began to sing some of his most popular songs; the waiting crowd joined in. The soldiers grabbed him, pulled away his guitar, and chopped off his hands--challenging him to "Try playing now" before killing him. The crowd watched, then...
...Sontag's name finds its way into some unlikely exchanges, it may be a sign that intellect is not just a target but a magnet, a fascination even in a culture more preoccupied with stadium bruisers and nymphets. At 55, she has been one of the most visible intellectual figures in American life for more than two decades. In two novels, a collection of short stories and five volumes of essays, Sontag has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations: as analyst, rhapsodist and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience. In private...
Last year at The Stadium, the Crimson pulled out a 24-19 thriller over Princeton. Harvard Captain Kevin Dulsky sacked Princeton quarterback Jason Garrett in the final minutes to end Tiger scoring threat...