Word: upset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard women's cross country team captured the Greater Boston Cross Country meet for the fourth consecutive season last weekend in Boston. The Crimson upset Boston College, the team favored to win the meet this year...
Penn (4-0) gained sole possession of the Ivy League lead with its third conference victory, combined with Columbia's 16-13 upset victory over Princeton. Brown slipped to 0-3-1 and 0-2-1 in the Ivy League...
...have accomplished my dream now," said Kenya's Paul Ereng after his stunning upset victory in the 800-meter race. He had completed the two laps in 1:43.45, comfortably ahead of defending champion Joaquim Cruz of Brazil and the celebrated Said Aouita of Morocco. Ereng, 20, a sophomore at the University of Virginia, began competing in the 800 meters only this year and had not been expected to place in Seoul.Instead he led a return of Kenya to the head of the distance pack...
...almost every sport, there are some pills and potions that promise black- magic results. To fire their systems up, many competitors have turned to stimulants, using amphetamines or even caffeine enemas and suppositories, because rectal administration puts the chemical into the bloodstream without causing an upset stomach. Testing for "uppers" by sports federations is highly reliable, but use of this class of drugs is not confined to competitions like the Olympics. Some of the most famous cases of stimulant usage have occurred in professional baseball and football, which have lax testing for the substances...
...Johnson, the world' s fastest human, becomes sport' s most famous steroid abuser, pumping up suspicions of widespread drug abuse. -- Led by Flo- Jo' s joyous medal romp, the athletes run, jump, dunk and slam their way through a picturesque final week of records set and favorites upset. -- One man' s answer to why TV sees less than the eye of the beholder...