Word: twyman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Fredrick 9 1 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 Dunleavy 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Connaughton 12 3 4 0 0 1 0 1 6 Harty 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Twyman 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 FG% 53.8; FT% 71.4; Team Rebounds 0; Turnovers...
...Novak St. sleds lie sprawled on condominium steps and a few snowmen deck the lawns. Sometimes the children point at the Rath place and whisper about her--while the adults are busy with the New Year. The Rath's new neighbor, Mary Beth Twyman, aged 19, was married two days ago Saturday in Holy Cross Chapel in a waltz-length white peau--de--soire dress and a crown of pink pearls, and as she drove off with her husband in his new model Camaro, a St. Christopher's charm dangled from the rear view mirror. December saw 25 houses finished...
MAURIE is an unprecedented film -the first full-scale weeper for men. It is the slightly fictionalized history of the relationship between Maurice Stokes, a black basketball player who was named rookie of the year after his first season with the Cincinnati Royals, then was mysteriously paralyzed, and Jack Twyman, a white man and one of the team's stars, who oversaw and financed a ten-year attempt to rehabilitate Stokes. In the end Stokes died, but not before recovering his ability to speak and to work, albeit painfully, with his hands...
...Twyman, what began as a casual case of good Samaritanism and team spirit turned into a cause and an obsession. Writer Douglas Morrow and Director Daniel Mann do not explore the complexities or growth of either character. They play their story strictly and obviously for tears and inspiration...
Bernie Casey in the title role and Bo Svenson as Twyman work with affecting simplicity and nice touches of humor, much of the time undercutting the film makers' implacable drive for sentimentality. Their combined efforts remind us that the relationship between these men was more interesting than a Love Story for jocks...