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Word: sportsmanship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Patrick Healy was named as the winner of the most outstanding diver award. Co-Captain Keith Kaplan rounded out the awards by claiming two prizes, the Wyman trophy (top dual-meet scorer) and the prestigious Ulen award, given to the swimmer who best combines the qualities of leadership and sportsmanship...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: The Aquatic Notebook | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

...wives, kids, dogs and bungalows in 1973 has baseball forecast such a sexy spring. Wade Boggs, the Boston Lothario, and the retired Padre Steve Garvey are proving that the movie Bull Durham, which featured only one Baseball Annie, was a little light on realism. In a stunning show of sportsmanship, Garvey's new bride has offered to adopt any children he has pending from two other relationships. Sensing that New York might be lagging in perdition, outfielder Rickey Henderson declared that the Yankees "were too drunk" last year to win the pennant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dreaming The Big Dreams | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

Burns, a returning All-America, was named the 1987 Outstanding Collegiate Sailor and received last year's Senior Award (for sportsmanship). Burns, along with senior crew Geoff Kurland, who was ranked among the top-10 college crews last year, tore up the race course last weekend at the S.U.N.Y. Admiral Moore Intersectional Regatta. They cruised to a first-place finish with a comfortable 17-point lead. For the remainder of the season, Burns will be sailing with his regular crew, four-year varsity member Deb Dubin...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Warming Up For the Chilly Charles | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

Indeed, Julia Trotman seems to be smoothly sailing into a horizon of success, having already rounded the mark of sportsmanship that defines a true athlete...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trot-ting on to Your Wheaties Box | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

Winner of 53 pro tournaments, Greg Norman has had the worst luck in golf history. Still, the hard- hitting Australian demonstrates the meaning of sportsmanship and positive thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

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