Word: thrower
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hogan was not the hardest thrower in the Ivy League, he did not have the league's nastiest curveball and he was never totally satisfied with his pitching performance. But in eight of his 10 decisions, Hogan came away with a "W." By no means overpowering, Hogan was a veteran who knew how to pitch and who knew how to get big outs when he needed them...
...spring once again by Carswell and Lonergan. The men's team was also joined by junior Ethan Philpott, known not only for his bone-crushing body checks on the men's hockey team, but also for his power in the shot-put, as well as fellow thrower and co-captain Mark Clayman...
Musselman, a standout pitcher for the Crimson, was the 157th selection overall in the 1985 draft. Within a year of signing, the lefty thrower was in the Show with a 12-5 record in 68 appearances...
...Olympic Village, the mood may have changed, but for the most part it was determined. "We've got to get on with what we're here to do," says Robert Norris, a track-and-field coach for the South African team. "We're too busy to worry." U.S. hammer thrower Kevin McMahon agreed. After years of preparation, he was ready to compete Saturday. "This is just a reminder that sports is the ideal, not the reality," McMahon says. "It would be nice to do nothing but practice and compete, but that would be living life with blinders...
...Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov, 25. Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor, 28, the only man ever to clear 8 ft., is a solid favorite if his knee holds up; British triple jumper Jonathan Edwards, 30, is the first man to hop, skip and jump 60 ft.; and Czech javelin thrower Jan Zelezny, 30, had 21 of last year's 22 longest throws. Barring the kind of bad luck that kept him off the U.S. team for Barcelona, decathlete Dan O'Brien, who turns 30 the day before the opening ceremonies, will get his overdue gold. Jackie Joyner-Kersee...