Word: sportsmanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...haste with which they were revealed. The Stanford team, led by Burton Richter (a 1976 Nobel laureate), went public first, issuing a press release only one day before a European symposium at which CERN's findings were to have been presented. That led to charges of bad sportsmanship from some of the CERN team, led by Carlo Rubbia (1984 Nobel), whose results are said to be more accurate and even more definitive...
Flash back to last week's game against Boston College. An Eagle player, in a display of poor sportsmanship, hits Robin in the head during play. Instead of retaliating in kind, Johnston skillfully outmaneuvers her opponent the next several times she has the ball...
...case took another tack as a New York appeals court overturned that judgment and restored the Cup to the U.S. The decision was applauded in San Diego. But in New Zealand Michael Fay, head of the challenging syndicate, hooted, "A disgrace to sport. If it is not overturned, sportsmanship and the Cup are out the window." New Zealand will appeal. Planning for a 1992 Cup competition off San Diego has been on indefinite hold, but is now expected to resume...
...conditioned, dieted, lifted weights and practiced against men. Her career, launched at a time when many still professed to find something unfeminine in getting into shape and wanting to win, has helped legitimize running and sweating as suitable activities for two generations of women. Moralists hail her sportsmanship. In victory, Evert is exultant but not arrogant. In defeat, she congratulates opponents; she does not whine about maladies and misfortune. She has delighted feminists by regarding herself as a career woman and traditionalists by caring so openly about marriage and future babies...
Kaplan has also received several team awards, including the Harold S. Ulen Trophy for leadership and sportsmanship...