Word: stadiumitis
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...Geneva, the venue for Saturday's match between Turkey and Portugal, made a first-rate effort to let its hair down, but the city's stadium, home to second-division Servette, doesn't hold even 30,000 spectators. There was the usual big-screen Fan Zone set up in the Plain Palais that drew throngs of Geneva's Portuguese and Turkish populations to watch the Switzerland-Czech Republic game followed by Portugal-Turkey. But Geneva is a serious city filled with diplomats, private bankers and watchmakers. Geneva on a Sunday is still deader than road kill...
...Zurich, Switzerland's business center, the media guide brags that the city built the Letzigrund Stadion just in time. That hurried effort produced a single-level doughnut of a stadium stuffed with 30,000 supporters for France's matchup with Romania. Neither the French fans not their team seemed all that impressed, and the latter played that way. France was pathetic in the 0-0 stalemate. If this game were a cuisine, it would be English, and no one would eat it. Sure, it's difficult to play against the Romanians. The men in gold stacked 9 or 10 players...
Moore, who oversees approximately 150 magazines and 40 Web sites, advised the graduates that they should always maintain their priorities. Though she has dined at the White House, attended the Academy Awards, and thrown out the opening pitch at Shea Stadium three times, Moore said that her most lasting memory has been the time that she has spent with her family...
...seconds left on the clock. Lehigh defensive tackle Paul Bode scooped up the ball and ran it back 27 yards for the score, giving his team the 20-13 win despite scoring zero offensive touchdowns.The lone early victory came in the first night game in Harvard Stadium history, a 24-17 win over Brown in which the defense proved it was a force to be reckoned with, as it allowed just one third down conversion on 12 attempts and posted three interceptions—statistics that would become the hallmark of a veteran-stacked defense that allowed only 22 percent...
...Patrick Long field goal and a short touchdown toss from Pizzotti to junior tight end Jason Miller, but Yale finally broke through with an 87-yard punt return by Gio Christodoulou with 4:15 to play, an irrelevant score that took place in front of a rapidly emptying stadium...