Word: stringing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
EVERYONE WAS EXPECTING him to sit and watch from the sidelines. But moments after the Green Bay Packers' first-string receiver separated a shoulder, Max McGee was forced to borrow a teammate's helmet before racing onto the field. The former Air Force pilot made history that day, catching the first touchdown pass in Super Bowl history--leading the Packers to a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967. After 12 seasons, McGee retired, refocusing his energy on Chi-Chi's, the Mexican-restaurant chain he co-founded, which operated throughout the U.S. until 2004. He died...
...over Lafayette he was the beneficiary of junior linebacker Glenn Dorris’ pressure, as Leopards quarterback Mike DiPaola threw an ill-advised pass right into Williams’ arms and Williams returned it 91 yards for a touchdown. Against Princeton, junior linebacker Eric Schultz hurried second-string Tigers quarterback Greg Mroz on Williams’ first interception. As the Princeton quarterback situation to devolve, Williams went to work. His second pick came from third-stringer Brian Anderson’s pass into double coverage. “Again, like last week’s interception, this week...
...Marilyn Monroe’s first husband James Dougherty—the only unknown in a string of infamous lovers, the only one who fell for the actress when she, too, was an unknown—had spent the rest of his life loving her, chasing her, trying to tame her after she’d left him, his memoir would have read like Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, “The Bad Girl.” While Marilyn is probably the original Bad Girl, the novel’s titular bad girl is no less...
...album makes two ultimately doomed plays for creative credibility: the back-to-back combination of “Gotta Be Somebody’s Blues” and “Feeling Lucky.” Not surprisingly, the first squanders the respectable tension built by an eerie string section, creepy vocals, and a disorienting beat. It quickly runs out of steam and reveals itself as a rip-off of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” without the grimy, visceral payoff...
...generations, English schoolchildren have revered conkers, the game in which two competitors each wield a horse chestnut attached to a string and take turns trying to smash the opponent's. Played primarily in September and October, as the requisite nuts ripen and fall to the ground, it's an autumnal tradition - and victory is the stuff schoolyard dreams are made...