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...York for the holidays, our hero's father (Gary Cole) promises him a Porsche (!) if he makes it home by 6 p.m. on Christmas Day. This is a prospect Jake finds too tempting to pass up. Jake's business, however, botches one too many assignments, and some unhappy customers toss him into the desert after supergluing a Santa suit to his body (no, this doesn't make more sense when you see it). Without the money for a bus ticket, Jake has to rely on his smooth-talking savvy to mooch enough rides to get him across the country...

Author: By Irene J. Hahn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HEEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEE'S JOHNNY | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

Enter Phil Luckett, bless his heart. In the now-infamous coin toss, Luckett succumbed to a moment of aural hallucination and misheard Jerome Bettis's call of tails, awarding Detroit possession...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Unofficials | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

...time, I found Cowher's naivete charming. Sure, the busted coin toss was the fluke to end all flukes, but once made, an official's call assumes the magnitude of divine revelation and griping, as Chuck Knoblauch taught us, is futile...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Unofficials | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

...when Ben Coates elevated in the back of the endzone to snatch Bledsoe's one-yard touchdown toss, my attitude was bemused at best. Typical, I reasoned. Hardluck Boston fans get another week of falsely inflated hopes before the ultimate demise...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, | Title: Unofficials | 12/1/1998 | See Source »

Handerhan tipped the rebound and Hill scrambledfor it, getting a touch before the ball fell outof bounds on the baseline. Again, a toss-up callwent Lehigh's way as the zebras ruled Hill sent itout with 28.9 seconds to play. The Mountain Hawksmade 5-of-6 from the line thereafter to seal thewin...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hoops M. Handled by M. Hawks | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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