Word: grandstanding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Most of those seats, though, belong to season holders. The people hardest hit by the spike will be the average fan. Infield grandstand seats will now run at $40 apiece, up nearly 50 percent from last year. And a lower bleacher seat will now cost you 20 bucks, up 25 percent from last season...
...could hear the crowd," she said afterward, "and I could see them at the top of the grandstand...and I was thinking, 'Wow, this is going to be the most awesome experience of my life.'" At that moment a judge stepped out in front of her and raised a red card. Saville's race was ended. "No, no, no, not me!" she screamed. Crying uncontrollably, she fled...
...richness of Aqueduct's Turf Club that enchanted me 15 years ago; it is the grittiness and dirt of the Suffolk Downs grandstand that captivates me today. The attendance on any given day is 95 percent male and the average age of patrons is 50, and it's the last place in Massachusetts, I'm convinced, where profanity and chain-smoking are not only tolerated but encouraged. No sentence spoken without using "motherfucker" can be taken seriously; no bettor without a Lucky Strike dangling from his mouth is respected. Some players are cool and rational and know how the pace...
Never one to grandstand on the court or explode verbally off of it, Pankau plays professionally, practices methodically and respects his teammates. In an age of media-seeking superstars and flamboyant prima donnas, Pankau is a refreshing break from the ordinary--he prefers to do his job away from the glare of the spotlight...
...knew that my squash-joking days were over when I sat down in grandstand, after everyone else had competed, to watch Harvard co-captain Tim Wyant battle Amherst captain David McNeely. McNeely is the highest- ranked American collegiate player, and Wyant came ever so close to capturing the NISRA championship last year...