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...tanque competitively are taking things a little too seriously. An annual Montpellier tournament scheduled for last month was canceled when too many visiting teams bowed out after receiving threats from hometown fans. "Bouligans" have been known to warn out-of-town rivals to lose deliberately - or else. "That, and unsportsman-like behavior by some fans during play, got to be too much," laments Philippe Gaffet, secretary general of the Paris section of the French Pétanque and Provençal Game Federation, the sport's governing body. "So the city decided to shut it down." Pétanque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware Of Bouligans | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

First Period--1, H, Vukonich 6 (Weisbrod, Melrose) 2:19; 2, H, Ciavaglia 9 (Young, MacDonald) 6:49; 3, H, Howley 4 (Presz, Hartje) 14:03, 4, H, Weisbrod 13 (Ciavaglia, B. McCormack) 16:10. Penalties--A, Tobin (slashing) 0:15; A, Sheridan (cross checking) 4:45; A, Bench (unsportsman-like conduct) 4:45; H, B. McCormack (interference) 10:37; H, Sneddon (hitting from behind) 11:32; A, Kennedy (high sticking) 18:51; H, Sneddon (high sticking) 18:51; H, Caplan (cross checking) 18:51; A, Tobin(high sticking, 10-minute misconduct) 18:51, H, Melrose (high sticking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For the Record | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

That tennis is a highly individual sport, undeniably reflective of the personal temperaments quirks and the artistry of each distinctive player enriches the game's spontaneity and spectacularity. But, as a consequence, this game--without league regulations, season schedules and a structured format--also forgives too much unsportsman-like conduct...

Author: By Steven M. Arkow, | Title: Tennis Served a Double Fault | 3/16/1982 | See Source »

...loes. Tresham instigated a battle with the two Hughes brothers at 1300. After Treshman twice knocked Jack's helmet to the ice with his stick, brother George threw a punch at the Tiger. George went to the pevalty box for four minutes: two for roughing and two for unsportsman-like conduct. George received the second penalty for going after Tresham while on his way to the slammer. Harvard killed them both...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Icemen Dump Princeton, 4-3 | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

...only near-tally in the Eliot-Leverett tie came when the Elephants pushed to Leverett's four-yard line. Lew Goetz caught a pass in the end zone, but two offside penalties invalidated the pass and a 15-yard penalty for "unsportsman-like conduct" forced Eliot back to the Bunny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Marks Anniversary With First Football Victory | 11/8/1955 | See Source »

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