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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Sudden death. Think about that for a minute, One little defensive lapse, one little missed check, one little bobble of the puck, one sneaky little wrist shot and--BANG!--it's all over. Sudden death. One of the most agonizing moments in sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life and Death | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

Apparently the jury did not find either side's case convincing and compromised with a slap-on-the-wrist verdict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wrist Slap | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...just a little more than a minute later, Harvard captain Mike Watson picked off an errant Wildcat pass just outside the blueline and wheeled in on Pearson's right side. But as the UNH goalie moved to guard the right post, Watson snapped a quick wrist shot high into the opposite side of the net for a 2-1 Harvard advantage...

Author: By Michael Bass, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: High Speed and High Quality | 12/10/1981 | See Source »

...game. Millionare inventor Howard Head '36. who revolutionized the skiing industry by introducing the aluminum ski in the '50s, began tinkering with the idea of a bigger racquet in the early '70s. Head, a typical hacker, became frustrated with his frequent off-center hits which would cause racket and wrist to turn, spraying the ball awry. Reasoning that the laws of physics dictate that the wider something is, the more resistant it is to twisting. Head figured bigger might be better. After some years of labwork, he devised a racquet with a "super" sweet spot-- the elusive point where...

Author: By Steven M. Arkow, | Title: Making Headway: A Prince Turns King | 12/4/1981 | See Source »

Wade Lau, appearing in top from in the Crimson nets, continually stalled the B.U. forwards, until Terrier captain Paul Fenton wheeled in around the right circle and popped a quick wrist shot through Lau's legs for a 1-0 B.U. lead at 18:21. From that point on, up until the last two minutes, Harvard's wide-open skating game turned sloppy enough for the trough. And the Terriers just ate it up, scoring three goals in the second period to put the game out of reach...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Not Like Old Times | 12/3/1981 | See Source »

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