Word: stadiumitis
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...July 2006. Daily rates for the largest Capesize ships, which typically carry iron ore, rose 6.8% on Wednesday to $93,197. Just five months ago, daily ship-rental rates were hovering just above $2,000, about the price of a great seat on opening day at the new Yankee Stadium...
...After changing the tire, they drove off without the Cup. (They returned later that evening to find the Cup still on the side of the road.) Stanley has been punted, abandoned -and, of course, stolen. During the 1962 playoffs, the Cup was on display in the lobby of Chicago Stadium when an angry Canadiens fan snatched it from a glass case and fled for the exits. When an officer stopped him, the fan offered a simple motive for the heist. "I want to take it back where it belongs," he said, "to Montreal...
...Sitting in Harvard Stadium for the first time, I was underwhelmed. The Crimson started the day by laying an egg and falling behind Brown, 16-0, in the first quarter. Accustomed to a more solid brand of football, I became slightly disenchanted with my college football prospects. Never one to leave sporting events early, I resorted to restlessly checking baseball scores on my cell phone and chatting with the people around...
...Sitting in the Yale Bowl press box two years later, I looked down on a scarcely populated stadium and a blowout game. The most anticipated meeting of the Crimson and Bulldogs since 1968 had produced one of the more lopsided wins in the storied rivalry’s history...
...that day (which ultimately turned into night), there was no greater meaning to what happened on the field. All in the stadium were privileged, and the outcome didn’t even deliver trophies to the ultimate victors. On some level, it wasn’t even about The Game—it was the game that we really cared about...