Word: thrill
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Above all, though, Danny Jiggetts was of athlete--so rare around here these days--who participated in sports for the thrill of it, for the enjoyment derived simply from participating. He did not seek out press coverage, and he didn't covet it. The fact that he got a lot of ink came not from his bloated ego but because he just happened to be very, very good...
...Simon considers himself primarily a playwright. Even while he rejoices over the young and diverse audiences his films can reach, one senses that his first allegience lies in the theater. The stage gives him a special thrill; a play represents a "love affair that ends on opening night." But that affair almost always has a happy ending. "One of my greatest joys," he declares, "is to stand in the back of a theater and hear the audience laugh...
...Jankowski knocked in a rebound for his first career goal to give the Big Red a 3-0 lead before a non sequitur briefly interrupted the festivities--Jon Garrity inched the puck past Brain Hayward at 9:34 to give Harvard the cheap thrill of trailing Cornell by only two goals...
...there he stood, in his moment of glory, the prima facie representation of Blue Devilirium. The power he wielded, the spirits he evoked (and emitted), symbolized the collegiate "thrill of victory, and agony of hangovers...
...both a relief and a thrill to realize I was in the presence of none other than "Bucky Badger," mascot of the University of Wisconsin. As time passed, Bucky and I grew to be close friends. In fact, Bucky and I went skydiving together during the week before he courageously carried off one of the University of Michigan's cheerleaders to the Wisconsin side of Camp Randall Stadium in retaliation for the loss the Wolverines were currently inflicting upon the diehard Badger fans...