Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days of being the darkhorse and taking inspiration from David and Goliath are over for the Harvard women's basketball team. The image of the underdog made famous by the Amazing Mets of 1969, NC State's NCAA basketball title in 1983 and Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass against Miami in 1984 are now images to fear for a team that has exceeded all expectations...
During his intermission pressconference, Hanks was a delightful mix of thoughtfulness and winning verve. He sang the Underdog theme song, and earnestly fielded probing questions. He responded to the accusation that "Forrest Gump" is a muted, conservative diatribe with mock indignation. Unlike Streisand, Hanks said that the artist is a citizen in most countries he knows of, but their only responsibility is to vote by secret ballot like every other citizen. He repeated again and again "I am not an activist." Some opinionated reporters would kiss him for that...
...actor was at ease with attending reporters, enough so, in fact, to sing an entire verse of the "Underdog" theme song with the press eventually joining...
This time, Harvard will need to keep the game close to have a chance. Like Villanova proved against Georgetown in the 1985 NCAA Finals, an underdog needs to stay close...
...real Super Bowl XXIX, which will be played this Sunday in Miami, will match the 49ers, who are trying to become the first team to win five Super Bowls, against the six-feet-underdog San Diego Chargers, whose only useful purpose, it seems, is to make this the first all-California Super Bowl. The game will have added significance when Sanders takes the field: he will become the first player to participate in both the World Series and the N.F.L. championship...